As part of the Future in Mind initiative the government set aside an extra £1.4bn for the period up to 2020 in order to improve child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), which they are responsible for commissioning.
Figures published in parliament show that of the £953m allocated so far, only £688m (72.2 per cent) has gone to local clinical commissioning groups to improve services.
The figures, revealed in response to a question by Labour MP Luciana Berger, show that government allocated £158m for CAMHS transformation in 2015/16, of which £105m went to CCGs. For the three years since then it has allocated £265m each year with CCGs receiving £189m in 2016/17, £192m in 2017/18, and £202m in 2018/19.
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