Employment: Autism
Commons · Question 73589 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to encourage businesses to employ people with autism.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 9 Sep 2025
In the plan to Make Work Pay (October 2024), government committed to raising awareness of all forms of neurodiversity in the workplace. This includes autism. In January 2025, DWP launched an independent panel of academics with expertise andexperiences of ...