Mental Health Services: Expenditure
Commons · Question 7504 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of total NHS spending has been allocated to mental health services in each year since 2019.
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 16 Jun 2026
The proportion of total National Health Service spending allocated to mental health services was 8.05% in 2018/19, 8.45% in 2019/20, 8.51% in 2020/21, 8.73% in 2021/22, 8.87% in 2022/23, 9.05% in 2023/24, 8.78% in 2024/25, and 8.68% in 2025/26.Within the ...