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 11 February 2020 to Question 12328, on Mental Health Services: Children, which areas of the country the new mental health support teams will cover by 2023-24.

The first 59 mental health support teams are becoming operational as part of the first wave of 25 ‘trailblazer’ areas. In July 2019, NHS England confirmed a further 57 areas, where 123 new teams will be developed by early 2021. Further details are available at the following link:

www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/cyp/trailblazers/mh-support-teams/

The programme will roll-out to at least 20% to 25% of the country by 2023. What we have learned from the first waves will inform our approach.