Chris Ruane
Labour, Vale of Clwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the overall health budget was spent on psychological therapies in each of the last 10 years.
Norman Lamb
The Minister of State, Department of Health
Information on the proportion of the overall health budget that was spent on psychological therapies in each of the last 10 years is not available.
The attached table shows the proportion of the overall health budget that was spent on psychological therapies from 2004/05 to 2011/12.
Year | Total NHS Budget in £million | NHS spend on psychological therapies in £million | % of NHS Budget |
2004/05 | 67,535 | 144.378 | 0.21% |
2005/06 | 74,159 | 142.047 | 0.19% |
2006/07 | 78,795 | 146.116 | 0.19% |
2007/08 | 87,440 | 161.378 | 0.18% |
2008/09 | 91,040 | 184.755 | 0.20% |
2009/10 | 98,419 | 292.308 | 0.30% |
2010/11 | 100,418 | 355.821 | 0.35% |
2011/12 | 102,844 | 388.980 | 0.38% |
Source: NHS England
This includes spend on the Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) programme and psychological therapies outside the IAPT programme.
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