Asked by: Lord Carlile of Berriew (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the parents of young people detained by the under the Mental Health Act 1983 can access the same funding as their counterparts whose children are not detained under that Act; and if not, why not.
Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton
Under the hospital travel costs scheme, parents are eligible to apply for help with travel costs to accompany their children being treated in distant locations. This is means tested. Parents and carers of children detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 may also, in some circumstances, seek additional assistance provided at the discretion of the clinical commissioning group as part of the child’s care package.