Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-02-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many safeguarding incidents occurred in child and adolescent mental health services in England by provider of such services in each of the last 10 years.

Alistair Burt

While information on safeguarding incidents is not held centrally, National Health Service organisations have a duty to investigate local safeguarding issues, where appropriate in conjunction with the relevant local authority. Reports from investigations into safeguarding concerns are typically held by the relevant clinical commissioning group, and local authority where appropriate.