Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-02-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the £1.25 billion funding for children and young people’s mental health services announced in the 2015 Budget, published in March 2015, how much of that funding (a) has been transferred to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to date, (b) have the CCGs spent to date and (c) he estimates CCGs will have spent by the end of the 2015-16 financial year; and if he will ensure that any shortfall is rolled over into the 2016-17 budget.

Alistair Burt

In total the Government has committed to making available an additional £1.4 billion to be spent over the course of this Parliament to improve children and young people’s mental health.

In addition to the £1.25 billion made available in the March 2015 budget, an additional £150 million over five years was also allocated in the 2014 Autumn Statement to develop evidence based community eating disorder services for children and young people.

Of the £173 million additional funding allocated for 2015-16, £105 million has been allocated to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), which comprises of:

o £75 million to improve local services through Local Transformation Plans; and

o £30 million for new community based eating disorder services in every area of the country.

Year to date spend information is not yet available, however, at financial month 9 for 2015-16 it is forecasted that CCGs will have spent £103 million of the £105 million allocated for 2015-16.