Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) assertive outreach teams, (b) early intervention in psychosis teams and (c) crisis resolution and home treatment teams in each of the last eight years.

Information on the number of assertive outreach teams is not held centrally.

In order to understand the quality of Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services, EIP teams undertake an audited self-assessment on an annual basis. In 2016/17 and 2017/18, 158 EIP teams took part in this audit. Information on the number of EIP teams prior to 2016/17 is not held centrally.

According to surveys commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, the number of Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment teams (CRHTTs) has risen from 185 in 2016-17 to 231 in 2017-18. The number of staff working in these teams has risen by more than 1,100 over the same time period. Information on the number of CRHTTs in operation before 2016 is not held centrally.

NHS England commissioned a one-off stocktake of adult and older adult community mental health services in 2017/18. This suggested a total caseload across various community mental health services of just under 700,000 people as at 31 March 2017. This information is not available for previous years.