Written question asked by Catherine West (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 July 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 July 2016 (named day). It was answered by David Mowat (Conservative) on Monday, 18 July 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Autism

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to (a) issue the local authority self-assessment questionnaire on implementation of the adult autism strategy, (b) receive all responses from local authorities and (c) publish the results of the questionnaire.

Answer: The fourth local authority self-assessment questionnaire on implementation of the adult autism strategy is expected to be issued under a joint letter from the Department and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, to Directors of Adult Social Services, before the end of July. This is with the aim of receiving responses by 17 October 2016. As with previous exercises, Public Health England will collate and analyse the data received and publish full results and all the individual responses. An exact date for publication has not yet been set but this is likely to happen in the period February to March 2017.

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