Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffered from repeat episode depression in each year for which data is available.

The number of people who suffered from repeat episodes of depression is not available.

The only data which can be provided is the number of referrals received by Improved Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) services, for people with a provisional diagnosis of Recurrent Depression.

These data include a count of referrals, not distinct people and one person may have multiple diagnoses. Many episodes recorded by IAPT services do not have a provisional diagnosis recorded when the referral is received.

Data are available by quarter for 2012-13 and 2013-14. These data have been collected nationally since April 2012.

New IAPT service referrals with a primary diagnosis of Recurrent Depression

Source: IAPT Dataset

Note: Not all referrals have a provisional diagnosis recorded.