| Heading: |
Police: Autism |
| Question ID: |
1760008 |
| UIN: |
27450 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5247 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sojan Joseph
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| Asking Member handle: |
sojanuk
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@sojanuk
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) police officers and (b) public-facing police staff participating in mandatory autism awareness and sensitivity training. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-03 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Diana Johnson
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| Answering Member handle: |
DianaJohnsonMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@DianaJohnsonMP
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
Training on mental ill health and autism is already integrated throughout the initial police learning programme which all new recruits must complete.Policing is operationally independent, and it is a matter for the chief constables of each force to decide... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |