Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase the (a) overall funding available for adult eating disorder services and (b) per-bed funding for adult eating disorder inpatients; and if he will make a statement.

NHS England has commissioned the NHS Benchmarking Network to undertake a data collection exercise in 2017-18 looking at both inpatient and community based provision for adult eating disorder services. This exercise will assess levels of investment and access and will also consider the profile and skill mix of the supporting workforce.

This data collection exercise will enable NHS England to measure levels of geographical variation, and to model the cost and workforce implications for any future planned service improvement.