Mental Health Services: Schools
Commons · Question 18868 · Tabled 9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
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
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 Dec 2024
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 ...