Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current average waiting time is for an assessment by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

Data on waiting times for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services has only been collected since 1 January 2016. The available data is published regularly as part of the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Statistics Monthly Reports and can be accessed here:

http://content.digital.nhs.uk/mhldsmonthly