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Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 4 September 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 September 2006. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 September 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals have been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders in (a) England and (b) each London borough in each year since 1997.
Answer

The information requested on diagnoses of autistic spectrum disorders, for England and London since 1997 is shown in the following table. Information is only available by strategic health authority area and not by London borough.

Diagnosis of patients for autistic spectrum disorders national health service hospitals, England 1997-98 to 2004-05
Codes Strategic Health Authority of Residence 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2000-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Q04 North West London 25 35 27 38 41 49 61 100
Q05 North Central London 18 34 38 38 27 47 68 73
Q06 North East London 26 36 41 33 69 74 59 100
Q07 South East London 33 39 52 50 76 71 86 100
Q08 South West London 43 45 44 65 56 90 74 90
Total of London SHAs 145 189 202 224 269 331 348 463
England 1,420 1,852 2,179 2,586 2,762 3,243 3,586 4,196
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
90549; 449 c2270W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Autism
Link
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