Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the targets set in the Five Year Forward View, published in October 2014 and the General Practice Forward View, published in April 2016, how many additional mental health therapists are now working in primary care.

This information is not currently available in the format requested.

Work is currently underway within NHS Digital to improve the National Workforce Data Set including improving information provision about the Psychologist and Psychological Therapies workforce. Changes to relevant systems should be in place by summer 2018 and NHS Digital should be in a position to begin reporting before the end of 2018.