Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in England are currently on the waiting list for an NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service appointment.

This information is not held in the format requested as there is no current waiting time standard for this service.

NHS England and NHS Improvement consulted on the potential to introduce five new access and waiting time standards for mental health services. This included a standard for children, young people and their families or carers presenting to community-based mental health services to receive care within four weeks from referral. We are now working with NHS England and NHS Improvement on the outcome of the consultation.