Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 11 January 2023Answered: 17 January 2023

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

Stephen Morgan

The Government are committed to improving mental health support, and access to specialist mental health professionals in every school, to help young people to achieve and thrive. We will work closely with colleagues in the Department of Health and Social Care and the NHS who will lead on services, including mental health support teams. They are recruiting 8,500 additional mental health staff to treat children and adults, getting on with delivering the promise we made at the last election.