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<p>The Government recognises the need to adequately fund mental health services for
children and young people and, as indicated in the NHS Long Term Plan, for the first
time, funding for children and young people’s mental health services will grow faster
than both overall National Health Service funding and total mental health funding.
Mental health services will continue to receive a growing share of the NHS budget,
with funding growing by at least £2.3 billion a year in real terms by 2023/24.</p><p>The
Department has made no assessment of the causes for the variation seen in real-terms
funding per child for low-level mental health services as this is a matter for local
authorities.</p>
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