Question follow-through · 43733
Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the facilities available for critical adolescent mental health cases.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the facilities available for critical adolescent mental health cases.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2025
Answer published
If children and young people do need to be admitted to inpatient services for mental health treatment, they should be accommodated in an environment that is suitable for their age. In some instances, clinically urgent situations will sometimes necessitate...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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