PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Services: Training (27 November 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £500 million for mental health provided in the Spending Review 2020 will be spent on (a) services and (b) training.

Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)

Next year the National Health Service will receive around an additional £500 million to address waiting times for mental health services, following the reduction in referrals due to COVID-19, and give more people the mental health support they need. Some of the £500 million will be used for investment in the NHS workforce. Further detail will be set out in due course.

Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
7 December 2020