We asked the Department for Education what it considers it can do to support young girls with their mental health. It told us that it ensures the work it does with the Department of Health and Social Care is built on an understanding of the data, so that it can spot patterns in the data and “make that part of the conversation”. It told us that the government has invested an extra £2.3 billion a year for mental health services overall by 2023–24, which should enable an extra 345,000 children a...

We asked the Department for Education what it considers it can do to support young girls with their mental health. It told us that it ensures the work it does with the Department of Health and Social Care is built on an understanding of the data, so that it can spot patterns in the data and “make that part of the conversation”. It told us that the government has invested an extra £2.3 billion a year for mental health services overall by 2023–24, which should enable an extra 345,000 children and young people to access NHS-funded mental health support. It added that some of the funding will be spent on eating disorder services resulting in anot Type: conclusion | Number: 18 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 5: PAC conclusion: We are extremely concerned about the waiting time for children to receive support for mental health issues and about the proportion of adolescent girls seeking help. 5: PAC recommendation: Government should report back to the Committee within s