Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of mental health support services for people who have experienced trauma; and whether he has plans to expand provision of those services.

No specific assessment has been made. However, the NHS Long Term Plan commits to new and integrated models of primary and community mental health care which will support adults and older adults with severe mental illnesses. This includes access to personalised and trauma-informed care. In 2021/22, we invested £2.5 million to pilot new approaches to support children who have experienced complex trauma.

We are investing an additional £2.3 billion a year to enable a further two million people, including those who have experienced trauma, to access National Health Service-funded mental health support in England by 2023/24.