Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the total NHS budget is spent on child and adolescent mental health services.

Approximately 1% of the total National Health Service budget was spent on children and young people’s mental health services in 2018/19 through clinical commissioning group spend and NHS specialised commissioning.

It should be noted that this does not include other areas that may include spending on children and young people’s mental health services, such as primary care and health and justice.

We are spending more than ever before to transform community mental health services, expand crisis care and improve services for children and young people. The Government has also committed to a further £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24 of extra investment in mental health services to support 380,000 more adults and 345,000 more children.