Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 67108

Autism: Gender

Tabled: 11 July 2025

Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Afzal Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the gender diagnosis gap for autism.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

We recognise that diagnosis rates of autism are lower in women and girls and lower than the best evidence on prevalence. This may reflect differences in how autism presents in males and females, which may make autism more difficult to identify in women an...

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