Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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. (90549)

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

Volume 449: debated on Wednesday 13 September 2006