Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people over 19 years of age were referred to non-specialist services for eating disorders in the last twelve months.

The total number of people aged over 19 years of age, who were referred to non-specialist services for eating disorders for 2016/17 is 2,682.

2016/17 is the latest annual statistical information available on uses of secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services. These statistics are derived from the Mental Health Services Data Set published by NHS Digital at:

http://content.digital.nhs.uk/mhsds

Data have been calculated where a person is aged over 19 on the date of referral which has a primary reason for referral of eating disorders.