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Antidepressants: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were prescribed antidepressants in each year since 2007.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 May 2025
Target answer date
13 May 2025
Answer
16 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were prescribed antidepressants in each year since 2007.

  2. 13 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 May 2025

    Answer published

    The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds data going back to April 2015, but not prior to this date. The following table shows the total number of patients aged 17 years old and under that were prescribed antidepressants for the financial years 2...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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