Speeches

Poulter – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England spent per head on mental health in each year since 2008.

George Freeman

NHS England was formed in April 2013.

The table below shows actual expenditure by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on mental health in 2013/14 and 2014/15 and forecast spend in 2015/16. This does not include spending on mental health services directly commissioned by NHS England.

Total actual expenditure by on mental health by CCGs across all providers for 2013/14 and 2014/15 and the total forecast expenditure for 2015/16

2013/14 actual spend (£ billion million)

2014/15 actual spend (£ billionmillion)

2015/16 forecast spend (£ billion million)

9.6

10.1

10.6

Source: NHS England