Health and Social Care

Seema Kennedy Excerpts

Thursday 16th May 2019 Ministerial Corrections

The following is an extract from my reply to an Opposition day debate on Health on 14 May 2019.

[Seema Kennedy]

The hon. Member for Bury South (Mr Lewis) spoke about local mental health provision and the experience of his young constituent. NHS England’s planned spend on mental health in the year ending 2019 was just over £12 billion. For children’s mental health services, it is nearly £7 billion—an increase of 5.6% on the previous year. I would like to reassure him that we are definitely not aiming for a one-size-fits-all service.

[Official Report, 14 May 2019, Vol. 660, c. 191.]

Letter from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for South Ribble (Seema Kennedy):

An error has been identified in my reply to the debate.

The correct wording should have been:

[Seema Kennedy]

The hon. Member for Bury South (Mr Lewis) spoke about local mental health provision and the experience of his young constituent. NHS England’s planned spend on mental health in the year ending 2019 was just over £12 billion. For children’s mental health services, it is nearly £700 million—an increase of 5.6% on the previous year. I would like to reassure him that we are definitely not aiming for a one-size-fits-all service.