Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of spending on mental health services for children and young people in each year for which data are available.
The following table shows actual spend on children and young people’s mental health by clinical commissioning groups and integrated care boards:
Financial year | Amount (£ million) |
2017/18 | 687.2 |
2018/19 | 753.3 |
2019/20 | 841.4 |
2020/21 | 938.3 |
2021/22 | 994.8 |
2022/23 | 1,087.70 |
2023/24 | 1,180.40 |
Source: NHS Mental Health Dashboard, NHS England