Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that child and adolescent mental health service can meet the needs of children and young people when covid-19 lockdown is fully lifted.

National Health Service mental health services have remained open, and services have deployed digital tools to connect with people and provide ongoing support.

We expect mental health services to liaise with local partners to ensure referral routes are understood, particularly where children and young people are not at school.

NHS England has asked all mental health trusts to ensure there are 24 hours a day, seven days a week open access telephone lines for urgent NHS mental health support, advice and triage for all ages through a single point of access.