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1249542

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/11/2020
	date	09/11/2020
	date tabled	09/11/2020
	ddp created	09/11/2020 22:01:11
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	09/11/2020 22:16:02 06/01/2021 14:12:06
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	113250
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/01/2021 13:40:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to offer mental health support for children and young people during the second covid-19 lockdown.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 113250
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113250
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We recognise the pressures on children and young people’s mental health due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated measures. We will bring forward our winter plan for mental health and wellbeing in due course, outlining the support available over the winter period.</p><p>We have published ‘Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’ on GOV.UK and Every Mind Matters. In September 2020, we launched a campaign through Every Mind Matters to raise awareness of the guidance and tools available to support children and young people’s mental wellbeing.</p>
	creator	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1457659

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/04/2022
	date	14/04/2022
	date tabled	14/04/2022
	ddp created	14/04/2022 14:36:09
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	14/04/2022 15:23:24 26/04/2022 10:58:10
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	153864
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/04/2022 10:24:13
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) inpatient child and (b) adolescent mental health beds have there been in the NHS in each of the last 12 years.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 153864
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	153864
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested, as the data does not differentiate between child and adolescent mental health beds. Information was not collected centrally prior to 2017/18. However, the following table shows the number of child and adolescent inpatient mental health beds commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement at the beginning of each financial year from 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1,476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>1,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>1,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>1,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>1,401</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS England and NHS Improvement</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p>
	creator	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1170391

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/01/2020
	date	13/01/2020
	date tabled	13/01/2020
	ddp created	13/01/2020 22:48:39
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	13/01/2020 22:57:35 21/01/2020 15:02:02
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	2459
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/01/2020 14:30:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is on course to meet its 2024 target of a maximum four-week waiting time for children and young people who are referred to a mental health specialist.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 2459
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2459
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>NHS England is currently working nationally with 12 pilot sites to test the feasibility of delivering a four-week waiting time for access to National Health Service mental health support. Delivering and maintaining a waiting time across the large and complex children and young people’s mental health pathway is a challenge, and we are proceeding carefully so as not to establish any perverse incentives.</p><p> </p><p>The pilots will test not only what it takes to achieve and maintain a four-week waiting time, but also how best to define and measure this access to specialist children and young people’s mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>The agreed pilots end in 2020/21. Results will then be evaluated. The Department and NHS England will consider the results of the evaluation and will look at its implications for the development and rollout of access and waiting time standards for all children and young people who need specialist mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1470307

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2022
	date	14/06/2022
	date tabled	14/06/2022
	ddp created	14/06/2022 18:48:37
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	14/06/2022 19:07:49 21/06/2022 14:56:23
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	17894
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/06/2022 14:24:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the published response of 20 April 2022 to the Rt hon Member for South West Surrey, Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, for what reason the Government has decided not to embed (a) early intervention and (b) other types of school and community-based measures for the mental health support of children and young people in statute.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 17894
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17894
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>No such decision has been made. We continue to consider the Committee’s recommendations in the context of the development of a long term, cross-Government plan for mental health. We will update our response to the Committee’s recommendations once the final plan is published.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1347407

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/07/2021
	date	15/07/2021
	date tabled	15/07/2021
	ddp created	15/07/2021 17:15:31
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	15/07/2021 17:35:31 22/07/2021 15:32:11
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	33911
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	22/07/2021 15:00:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of mental health support that young people can access through their GP.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 33911
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	33911
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Under the Primary Care Network (PCN) Direct Enhanced Services, networks are able to recruit new roles to expand their care team with 100% reimbursement through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme. From April 2021, PCNs have been able to recruit mental health practitioners through the Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Mental Health Recovery Action Plan aims to respond to the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of the public, specifically targeting groups which have been most impacted including those with severe mental illness, including young people. This is in addition to the £2.3 billion invested in mental health services by 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners are responsible for ensuring their own clinical knowledge remains up-to-date and for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development. This activity should include taking account of new research and developments in guidance, to ensure that they can continue to provide high quality care to all patients.</p><p>All United Kingdom registered doctors are expected to meet the professional standards set out in the General Medical Council’s (GMC) Good Medical Practice.</p>
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1584353

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/02/2023
	date	06/02/2023
	date tabled	06/02/2023
	ddp created	06/02/2023 21:55:34
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	06/02/2023 22:18:23 13/02/2023 11:40:15
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	140283
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	13/02/2023 11:09:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support children and young people with their mental health.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 140283
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	140283
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are expanding and transforming mental health services through the NHS Long Term Plan, which commits to increasing investment into mental health services by at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24. Part of this increased investment will enable an additional 345,000 children and young people to get the National Health Service funded mental health support they need.</p><p>In recognition of the increased demand created by the COVID-19 pandemic, we invested an extra £79 million in 2021/22 to expand children’s mental health services, including enabling around 22,500 more children and young people to access community health services, 2,000 more to access eating disorder services and accelerating the coverage of mental health support teams in schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 287 mental health support teams in place in around 4,700 schools and colleges across the country, offering support to children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issue. Mental health support teams now cover 26 per cent. of pupils, a year earlier than originally planned, and this will increase to 399 teams, covering around 35 per cent. of pupils, by April 2023 with over 500 planned to be up and running by 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2020, we launched a campaign through the Every Mind Matters website to raise awareness of the guidance and tools available to support children and young people’s mental wellbeing. Also supporting parents with the Start for Life programme that aims to improve the health of babies and children under five in England by encouraging a healthy lifestyle, helping parents-to-be and mums and dads to give their children the best possible start. We know that the 1,001 days from conception to age two years old are critical days for a baby that sets the foundations for lifelong emotional and physical wellbeing.</p>
	creator	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1205156

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2020
	date	18/06/2020
	date tabled	18/06/2020
	ddp created	18/06/2020 17:20:08
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	18/06/2020 17:39:13 03/07/2020 10:16:05
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	61631
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	03/07/2020 09:45:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking ensure that children and young people who do not meet the CAMHS threshold have access to (a) mental health and (b) wellbeing support during summer 2020.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 61631
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	61631
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for the City of Durham (Mary Foy MP) on 23 June 2020 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-06-23/903710/" target="_blank">903710</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
	creator	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1205159

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2020
	date	18/06/2020
	date tabled	18/06/2020
	ddp created	18/06/2020 17:20:22
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	22/06/2020 16:25:22 26/06/2020 13:45:08
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	61634
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/06/2020 13:13:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations contained in the report entitled, Time for a Clean Slate; Children’s Mental Health at the Heart of Education, published by Barnado's in May 2020.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 61634
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	61634
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people as a central part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. We welcome the reports that Barnardo’s and others have published to help inform how that can be done most effectively.</p><p>The report calls for reassurance for children and young people and parents about returning to school. We agree the return is a key part of promoting mental health and wellbeing as attendance at school allows social interaction with peers, carers and teachers, which benefits wellbeing. Children in reception, year 1 and year 6 are now able to return to primary, and year 10 and year 12 pupils are able to receive face-to-face support at secondary. Primaries with capacity can bring back additional groups, in line with existing protective measures, and we have given schools the flexibility to have face-to-face ‘check-ups’ with all pupils during the summer term, which will ensure more children and young people are able to achieve this benefit. Our intention is for all children to return to school from September and guidance will be published soon.</p><p>We are clear that children, young people and parents need to know it is safe to return to school. That is why our advice sets out further information on how this can be achieved safely and effectively, and it is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>The report also calls for the education system to prioritise child welfare and wellbeing as well as guidance to support schools with staff and pupil mental health and wellbeing. We have put it at the heart of our guidance both for children at home and in the guidance and planning frameworks for children returning to school. We will continue to develop this guidance to reflect the latest situation and scientific advice.</p><p>Online education resources are available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-online-education-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-online-education-resources</a>.</p><p>The planning framework for return is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-educational-and-childcare-settings-to-prepare-for-wider-opening-from-1-june-2020/opening-schools-for-more-children-and-young-people-initial-planning-framework-for-schools-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-educational-and-childcare-settings-to-prepare-for-wider-opening-from-1-june-2020/opening-schools-for-more-children-and-young-people-initial-planning-framework-for-schools-in-england</a>.</p><p>We have put in place further support for children and teachers on mental health and wellbeing. This includes training for teachers, such as a new module developed with clinical experts on how to teach about mental health in health education, which is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-mental-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-mental-wellbeing</a>.</p><p>We have also provided grants to the Education Support Partnership and Timewise to support teachers’ mental health and flexible working.</p><p>As the report suggests, schools need to be able to make additional provision to support pupils to make up for time lost to COVID-19. That is why the government has announced a £1 billion COVID-19 ‘catch-up’ package to directly tackle the impact of lost teaching time. More information is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/billion-pound-covid-catch-up-plan-to-tackle-impact-of-lost-teaching-time" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/billion-pound-covid-catch-up-plan-to-tackle-impact-of-lost-teaching-time</a>.</p>
	creator	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1239413

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/10/2020
	date	30/09/2020
	date tabled	30/09/2020
	ddp created	30/09/2020 20:02:21
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	30/09/2020 20:20:16 12/10/2020 14:16:05
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	97755
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/10/2020 13:44:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children and young people who (a) do and (b) do not meet the thresholds for access to CAMHS are able to access timely mental health support.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 97755
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	97755
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are introducing two waiting times for children and young people by the end of 2020/21: for 95% of children (up to 19 years old) with eating disorders to receive treatment within a week for urgent cases and four weeks for routine cases, and for 60% of patients of all ages experiencing a first episode of psychosis to receive treatment within two weeks of referral.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to an additional 345,000 children and young people in England accessing mental health support via National Health Service-funded mental health services and schools- and college-based mental health support teams each year by 2023/24</p><p>We are also piloting a four-week waiting time for children and young people’s mental health services in 12 areas to inform the development of a new national access and waiting times standard.</p><p>Where a local NHS children and young people’s specialist mental health service rejects a referral, the young person and/or their carers should be signposted to appropriate support elsewhere. On 8 September, the Government launched a mental wellbeing campaign for children and young people. This involves an extension of Public Health England’s Every Mind Matters webpage and signposts to a range of support available to children and young people and their parents and carers.</p>
	creator	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1239418

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/10/2020
	date	30/09/2020
	date tabled	30/09/2020
	ddp created	30/09/2020 20:02:43
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	30/09/2020 20:20:31 12/10/2020 14:08:05
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	identifier	97756
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/10/2020 13:36:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on waiting lists for CAMHS.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 97756
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	97756
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Whilst a national access and waiting time standard for children and young people’s mental health services has not yet been defined, we recognise that there is the potential for an increase in demand for these services as a result of COVID-19. We are working with the Department for Education, the National Health Service, Public Health England and others to gather evidence and assess the potential longer-term mental health impacts of COVID-19, including on children and young people.</p>
	creator	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford