Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2018 to Question 154717 on Mental Health Services: Armed Forces, how much of the £6.4 million allocated to the NHS England for bespoke veterans' mental health services was spent in South Yorkshire.

The geographical breakdown sought is not obtainable. However, we can confirm that in 2017/18 NHS England had a contract with Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust to provide the Veteran Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILS) in the North region, which includes South Yorkshire. The value of this contract in 2017/18 was £806,000.

Overall, approximately half of the £6.4 million allocated to NHS England in 2017/18 was spent on TILS, and half on veterans’ mental health complex treatment services.