Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding for eating disorder services for children and young people to help reduce waiting times for those services.
Since 2016, investment in children and young people's community eating disorder services has increased each year, with an additional £53 million per year from 2021/22. This will enhance the capacity of the 70 new or improved community eating disorder teams.
We also invested a further £79 million in 2021/22 to expand children’s mental health services, including allowing 2,000 more children and young people to access support for eating disorders.