Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 September 2015 to Question 8249, on mental health services: children and young people, how many Child and Adolescent Mental Services in-patient Tier 4 beds were available in each region since January 2017; and what the average waiting time was for such a bed in each such region in that same period.

The number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services inpatient Tier 4 beds by region is shown in the table below.

Source: NHS England

Data is not available on the average waiting times for these beds.