Autistic Spectrum Disorders Mr. Burstow 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. Ms Rosie Winterton 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |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| | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------