Written questions

Mental Health Services: Children

Commons · Question 32624 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Julia Buckley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of waiting times for children’s mental health services, between the point of initial assessment and starting treatment.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Mar 2025

No such assessment has been made, as the Mental Health Services Data Set does not collect data from ‘initial assessment to starting treatment’.