Autism: Children
Home Department
Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance her Department issues to the police on procedures when dealing with children with aggressive autism.
Damian Green (Ashford, Conservative)
There is no specific guidance which covers police procedures in relation to responding to children with aggressive autism. However, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Department of Health issued ‘Guidance on Responding to People with Mental Ill Health or Learning Disabilities’ in 2010. Autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs) are covered within this guidance.