Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the <i>Lightning Review</i> by the Children’s Commissioner published in May 2016 stating that "79% of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services stated that they imposed restrictions and thresholds on children and young people accessing their services", what are those (1) thresholds, and (2) restrictions.

The report, Lightning Review: Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, was published independently by the Children’s Commissioner published in May 2016.

In the report, the Children’s Commissioner mentioned what they described as thresholds and restrictions to services. In the report these included the age of patients; the conditions that patients present with; the severity of conditions; and the severity of symptoms.