Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people accessed NHS mental health support in the area covered by Central East ICB in each of the last three years.

The requested data is not centrally held, but the Hon Member may find useful information on the National Health Services provided in her region at the Fingertips website at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profiles

On the underlying issues raised by these questions, the independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism, led by Professor Peter Fonagy, was published on 9 October. The review provides analysis and makes recommendations across a wide range of issues relating to prevalence and rates of diagnosis, and the current provision of services.

The Government issued an initial response on the day of publication, available at the link below, but we will set out the full action we are taking in response to the review recommendations in our new Mental Health Strategy to be published later this year, including in relation to the issues raised by the Hon Member.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-pledges-earlier-support-to-tackle-mental-health-crises