Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the long‑term outcomes of children who receive CAMHS mental health support; and how many of these recipients subsequently use adult mental health services.

The Department recognises the importance of understanding both the outcomes of children and young people who receive support from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, and their transition into adult services where ongoing care is required.

NHS England publishes outcomes data for children and young people receiving National Health Service funded mental health support, based on routine outcome measures collected at the start and end of treatment.

However, coverage of paired outcome measures remains incomplete, and the published statistics are not fully representative of all those in receipt of care. We are working with NHS England to improve the completeness and quality of outcomes data to strengthen our understanding of the impact of services.

We remain committed to improving transitions between children and adult mental health services so that young people continue to receive appropriate support as they move into adulthood.