Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30514

Autism: Young People

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Lincoln Jopp

ConservativeSpelthorne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential causes of the diagnoses of autism in young people.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s Clinical Knowledge Summary on autism states that the precise cause of autism is unknown, but that genetic factors play a substantial role in the aetiology, and a number of environmental factors are a...

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