It is not possible to disaggregate the figures for 16 and 17-year-olds but the following table gives the number of 16 to 17-year olds in England who were treated on adult psychiatric wards in each quarter for the past three years.
Quarter Bed days—16/17s on psychiatric adult ward 2006-07 1 4,697 2 4,780 3 4.679 4 4,511 2007-08 1 3,954 2 3,893 3 4,255 4 4,926 2008-09 1 4.019 2 3,713 3 2,854 4 3,101 2009-10 1 2,260
This represents a 52 per cent. decrease between the first quarter of 2006 and the first quarter of 2009.