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 the number of children and young people waiting to access children and mental health services in the Jarrow constituency.

No specific estimate has been made, as there are no overall waiting time standards. However, data on waiting times is available for mental health services where a waiting time standard is in place, which includes access to psychological therapies, early intervention in psychosis and children and young people eating disorders. This data is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard/

In February 2022, NHS England published the outcomes of its consultation on the potential introduction of five new access and waiting time standards for mental health services. We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement on the next steps.