Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism: Diagnosis

(asked on 10th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Dpartment holds on the average waiting times for (a) ADHD and (b) autism diagnosis for (i) primary school age and (ii) secondary school age children.


Answered by
Zubir Ahmed Portrait
Zubir Ahmed
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 20th October 2025

The information is not held centrally in the format requested, but some data on waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism assessments for children aged 0-17 is available on the NHS England website at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mi-adhd/august-2025

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/autism-statistics/july-2024-to-june-2025

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