Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early identification of eating disorders in Surrey Heath constituency.

The constituency-level information the Hon. Member is seeking is not held. However, on the wider issues he has raised, the Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism final report was published on 9 October, providing analysis and recommendations across a wide range of issues relating to the current provision of services, including the treatment of eating disorders.

The Government issued an initial response on the day of publication, but we will set out the full action we are taking in response to the review’s recommendations in our new Mental Health Strategy to be published later this year, including in relation to the issues raised by the Hon. Member. The response is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-pledges-earlier-support-to-tackle-mental-health-crises