Written question asked by Stephen Hesford (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 March 1999. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 March 1999 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investment the Government plans to make over the next three years for helping children with (a) mental health problems, (b) attention deficit disorder, (c) phobias and (d) depression. - Inc figs.

Answer: Mr. Hesford: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what investment the Government plan to make over the next three years for helping children with (a) mental health problems, (b) attention deficit disorder, (c) phobias and (d) depression. [77752] Mr. Hutton: We are making an additional £84 million available over 3 years from April 1999 to improve provision of appropriate, high quality care and treatment for children and young people by building up locally based child and adolescent mental health services. These services address a range of child and adolescent mental health problems including emotional and behavioural disorders such as attention deficit disorder, phobias and depression.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 77752; 328 c184W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Children Depressive illnesses Complementary medicine Hypnosis Mental health services Mental health Phobias
Contains statistics: Yes