A question on #Employment #Autism tabled by Lord Wigley on 01-07-2025 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock.

Heading: Employment: Autism
Question ID: 1818590
UIN: HL9025
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-07-01
Asking Member ID: 547
Asking Member display name: Lord Wigley
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lord Wigley
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of autistic adults who are in full-time work.
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Date answered: 2025-07-10
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Answering Member ID: 4147
Answering Member display name: Baroness Sherlock
Answering Member handle: MaeveSherlock
Answering Member Twitter reference: @MaeveSherlock
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Answer text: The Annual Population Survey (2023/24) estimates that there were 788,000 people - 1.9% of the UK working-age (16 to 64) population - who self-reported autism as a main or secondary long-term health condition. Of which, 281,000 (36%) were in employment, in...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true