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

ConservativeEast 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 Kinnock
Nationally, 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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