Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2016 to Question 27614, where the additional funding for children and young people’s mental health services in 2015-16 that was not allocated to clinical commissioning groups has been allocated; how such funding will be spent; and in what ways such funding has been spent to date.

Alistair Burt

An ambitious national programme of work is in place to support local transformation. Pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2016 to Question 27614 the remaining £68 million is being spent centrally this financial year across the course of this Parliament on workforce and system development to deliver the following:

― expansion of the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme;

― improvements to perinatal mental health care;

― investment, centrally in inpatient services for children and young people;

― building workforce capability; and

― supporting innovation and development of online support.