Mental Health Services: Finance
(asked on 15th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the percentage change has been in Government spending on mental health services in each year since 2010.
The Department and the National Health Service do not hold financial data at information requested prior to 2015/16.
The following table shows total spend on mental health services, learning disabilities and dementia from 2015/16 to 2019/20.
Year | England £ million | Year on year increase £ million | Year on year increase percentage |
2015/16 | 10,978.9 | - | - |
2016/17 | 11,601.9 | 623.0 | 5.7 |
2017/18 | 11,976.0 | 374.1 | 3.2 |
2018/19 | 12,513.2 | 537.2 | 4.5 |
2019/20 | 13,324.8 | 811.6 | 6.5 |
Source: NHS Mental Health Dashboard, NHS England and NHS Improvement