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 20 March 2023 to Question 166295 on Mental Health Services: Artificial Intelligence, how much of the £123 million provided for AI technologies will be designated for the development of AI technologies for mental health treatment.

The National Health Service Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab is supporting the testing and evaluations of the most promising AI technologies that can meet the needs of the NHS Long Term Plan through the AI in Health and Care Award. As part of the Award, £1,933,883 has been awarded to projects related to mental health.