Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Monday, 15 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 October 2018 (named day). It was answered by Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 October 2018 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policy of the recent University of Birmingham report entitled Investing in a Resilient Generation which found that an almost additional £1.77 billion is required to scale up child and adolescent mental health services in order to ensure that every child receives support; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

Spending on mental health is planned to increase to a record £11.86 billion in 2017/18.

The government has published proposals to improve mental health support for children and young people in England, and over £300 million has been made available to fund these.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

179095

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Children Finance Mental health services Young people

Link

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