Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 125433, and with reference to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 11615, for what reason bed numbers were provided for Question 11615 and not Question 125433; and how many CAMHS beds were available in the NHS in each financial year since 2010-11.

Data is collected by NHS England through the KHO3 Quarterly Bed Availability and Occupancy, submitted as a sector breakdown which includes mental illness. However, this data is not broken down further by specialty such as children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) beds. Question 11615 did not request a breakdown of adults’ or children’s beds and the response therefore included the total numbers of consultant-led beds.

Question 125433 referred specifically to CAMHS beds and, as explained in my response to that question, this information is collected by NHS England but not centrally validated, so bed numbers were not provided.