Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 18868
Mental Health Services: Schools
Tabled: 9 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024
Question
Damian Hinds
Conservative — East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health professionals the previous Government planned to be placed in schools in each of the next three academic years; and how many he plans to place in schools in the same period.
Answer
Stephen KinnockNationally, there are, on average, 8,400 pupils or learners and 17 schools or colleges per mental health support team (MHST), up to and including waves seven and eight. There are 109 MHSTs that will become part of the programme in waves nine and 10, with ...
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