Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Expert Working Group for looked-after children's mental health plans to publish recommendations on mental health assessments for both looked-after children and care leavers.

The Expert Working Group for looked-after children’s mental health will look at international evidence and consider what sort of assessment is needed and when. This will enable professionals working with looked-after children and care leavers to make evidence based decisions which are appropriate for each individual child or young person.