Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on the formal review of the Debt and Mental Health Evidence Form which was announced by the Prime Minister in January 2017.

The Department is working with the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute to review the practice of general practitioners (GPs) charging patients for completing Mental Health Evidence Forms. The review was launched at a roundtable discussion at No. 10 in July and a review group has been established with representation from the financial and credit sectors, GPs and the debt advice sector. The review is expected to be completed by the end of the year.