Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults with autism in England receive support because they have been identified by a local authority as being at risk of abuse or neglect.

The Health and Social Care Information Centre does not collect any data on the number of adults with autism accessing care and support under the Fair Access to Care Services eligibility criteria.

The Care Act 2014 clarifies and strengthens local authorities' responsibilities towards people who are at risk of abuse or neglect. It places adult safeguarding on a statutory basis for the first time. Information on how many adults with autism in England who receive support because they have been identified by a local authority as being at risk of abuse or neglect is not held centrally.