Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 73589

Employment: Autism

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to encourage businesses to employ people with autism.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

In the plan to Make Work Pay (October 2024), government committed to raising awareness of all forms of neurodiversity in the workplace. This includes autism. In January 2025, DWP launched an independent panel of academics with expertise andexperiences of ...

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