Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2021 to Question 72641, on Health Services: Children, whether his Department has issued guidance on the allocation of the NHS Covid Recovery Fund to SEND and CAMHS services by NHS providers; and whether his Department monitors how much funding from the NHS Covid Recovery Fund is being allocated to SEND and CAMHS by NHS providers.

This specific guidance has not been issued. The funding provided is allocated to National Health Service providers based on their local plans and programmes, not to services specific to a particular patient group.