Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase the number of specialist practitioners (a) researching and (b) treating Tourette’s Syndrome.

The Department has no specific plans to increase the number of specialist practitioners researching and treating Tourette’s Syndrome. The majority of services for people with Tourette’s syndrome are commissioned locally by integrated care boards, who are best placed to plan the provision of services subject to local prioritisation and need.