Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the waiting time for an ADHD assessment on young people's education and wellbeing.

No specific assessment has been made. Schools have a statutory duty to use their best endeavours to make suitable provision available for children with special educational needs (SEN). A specific diagnosis is separate from making an assessment of SEN. Local authorities may be asked to carry out an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment without a specific diagnosis and it would be possible for the local authority to assess a child’s needs and put a EHC plan in place ahead of any formal diagnosis. The EHC plan can be revised if necessary, once the diagnosis has been completed.