Employment: Autism
(asked on 1st July 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of autistic adults who are in full-time work.
This question was answered on 10th July 2025
The Annual Population Survey (2023/24) estimates that there were 788,000 people - 1.9% of the UK working-age (16 to 64) population - who self-reported autism as a main or secondary long-term health condition. Of which, 281,000 (36%) were in employment, including 163,000 (21%) in full time employment.
Source: Annual Population Survey - unpublished