Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the availability of children and young people's specialist mental health professionals in A&E settings.

Data from the National Health Service Mental Health Dashboard in Quarter 1 2021/22 shows that 67% of settings have full or partial coverage of the four key components of a comprehensive children and young people’s mental health crisis service. The components include offering a crisis assessment within the emergency department and in community settings.