Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
(asked on 27th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on the treatment of mental illness in children and young people in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
This question was answered on 29th March 2018
In 2015/16, total clinical commissioning group and specialised commissioning spend on children and young people’s mental health was £835 million, rising to £960.5 million in 2016/17.
We do not hold the full information required for 2014/15 given that collection of programme level spend did not begin until 2015/16.