Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many inpatient beds are available to the NHS for eating disorder patients in (1) England, (2) the North of England, (3) the Midlands and East of England, (4) London, and (5) the South of England; and, for each of those regions, how many are available for (a) children and young people, and (b) adults.

The following table shows the information requested on specialised inpatient beds for eating disorder patients:

Source: NHS England

Notes:

1. ‘Children and young people’ does not include admissions into wider children and young people’s mental health inpatient units as required and reflecting the needs of the young person.
2. The children and adolescent mental health services eating disorder figures are as of June 2023 and the adult eating disorder figures are as of March 2021.