Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 119885, on Hyperactivity: Mental Health Services, what steps his Department is taking to support providers of adult mental health services in Stockport to reduce waiting times for adults accessing ADHD assessments and appointments.

We are investing an additional £2.3 billion a year to expand mental health services by 2023/24. The NHS Mental Health Dashboard records spending on mental health, which includes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), expenditure was £57.9 million in 2020/2021 and £61.9 million in 2021/2022. Specific spending on ADHD services is determined locally by Stockport CCG. The CCG is working with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and has identified an independent provider to support those who have waited the longest for ADHD assessments.