Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many referrals have been made to Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services in the last six months; how many appointments have been made for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services in the last six months; and how these figures compare to the same period last year.
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) data requested are shown in the following table:
| IAPT Referrals | IAPT Appointments |
October 2019 – March 2020 | 834,978 | 3,543,965 |
October 2018 – March 2019 | 841,006 | 3,377,787 |
Source: Psychological Therapies: reports on the use of IAPT services, NHS Digital