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	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Children: Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Children's Society's The Good Childhood Report 2023, published on 20 September, and what plans they have to implement its recommendations to promote the wellbeing of children.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
	uin	HL10524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is grateful for the Good Childhood Report and has noted its findings. The Children’s Commissioner’s Family Review covers similar issues and the Government’s response to this will be published imminently.</p><p>The recommendation to create a cabinet level minister for children was addressed in the Government’s response to the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. We accept the importance of placing the best interests of the child front and centre in policy and decision making at the highest level of government. This role is already fulfilled through the work of the Secretary of State for Education.</p><p>We are implementing the proposals of the Government’s Transforming children and young people’s mental health Green Paper which includes establishing mental health support teams in schools and providing training to Senior Mental Health leads in schools.</p><p>The Department for Education publishes an annual State of the Nation report into Children’s wellbeing. The report brings together a range of published information from government, academic, voluntary, and private sector organisations to provide a clear narrative for all those interested in the wellbeing of children and young people in England. It provides a shared evidence base for everyone – in government, services, schools and colleges, parents and families, communities, and employers – to reflect upon and deliver better wellbeing outcomes for all children and young people.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 25/10/2023 11:24:04 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1650435

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the wellbeing of children in school.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	192634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>The department is committed to ensuring all schools are calm, safe and supportive learning environments that promote and support wellbeing.</p><p>To support this, the department is offering all schools and colleges funding to train a senior mental health lead who can put in place an effective whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing. Over 13,800 schools and colleges have now received a training grant, including more than 7 in 10 state-funded secondary schools.</p><p>To help children understand and look after their own wellbeing, as at September 2020, the department’s Health Education curriculum has a strong focus on mental wellbeing. Pupils are taught about the link between physical and mental health, how to recognise and talk about their emotions, and how and where to seek support if they are concerned about their own or someone else’s mental wellbeing.</p><p>When a child or young person is struggling with their mental health, it is vital to intervene early. That is why the department is working with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to continue the rollout of Mental Health Support Teams across schools and colleges. These teams currently cover 35% of pupils in schools and learners in further education and we estimate this will increase to around 44% by April 2024.</p><p>The Department publishes annual State of the Nation reports on children and young people’s wellbeing. These reports draw together the best available evidence and inform work across government to support young people's wellbeing. The latest report, published February 2023, can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1134596/State_of_the_nation_2022_-_children_and_young_people_s_wellbeing.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1134596/State_of_the_nation_2022_-_children_and_young_people_s_wellbeing.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 14/07/2023 12:47:21 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1647759

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Children: Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether comparative data is kept on the average height and/or weight of children aged 5 in the UK as compared to other countries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL8748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held from other countries. Height and weight measurements are collected in England from approximately 500,000 children per year in reception year, aged four to five years old, as part of the National Child Measurement Programme. The collection started in 2006/07 and the latest available data is for 2021/22. Additionally, measured height and weight of children has been collected in the Health Survey for England for 1995 to 2019.</p><p>Data is collected in Scotland and Wales in both an annual child measurement programme and annual health survey, and in the health survey Northern Ireland. However, no data is published for height and weight that is comparable to the data published for England.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 03/07/2023 12:30:44 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1420834

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what indicators his Department uses to measure children's wellbeing nationally.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	120947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>The wellbeing of children and young people is a priority for this government and is central to achieving its aims. The department uses several different courses of information to support its understanding of children and young people’s wellbeing, including the annual State of the Nation: children and young people’s wellbeing report. The report brings together publicly available data, including data on wellbeing collected regularly by the Office of National Statistics.</p><p>The latest State of the Nation report was published on 8 February 2022. Its findings highlight early signs that suggest children’s and young people’s wellbeing is gradually improving. The report also underlines the link between regular school attendance and positive welfare, emphasising the positive impact of face-to-face learning.</p><p>The department continues to monitor the emerging evidence on the experiences of children and young people during the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure the short-term and long-term measures established by the government are informed by the most up-to-date evidence. Such evidence includes the regular surveillance reports on the impacts of the outbreak, including children and young people, conducted by Public Health England (PHE). PHE’s report on population mental health and wellbeing in England during the COVID-19 outbreak was most recently updated on 18 November 2021, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveillance-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveillance-report</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/02/2022 14:02:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1380279

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a comprehensive national measurement of children’s well-being in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	78407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The wellbeing of children and young people is a priority for this government and is central to achieving the aims of the department. We have committed to publishing ‘state of the nation: children and young people’s wellbeing’ reports annually to bring together publicly available data, including data collected regularly by the Office of National Statistics on wellbeing.</p><p>As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, the department announced £17 million towards improving mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people. This included £9.5 million to offer training for senior mental health leads in around a third of all state schools and colleges in financial year 2021/22, helping them to implement effective holistic approaches to mental health and wellbeing, and £7 million to Wellbeing for Education Recovery, enabling local authorities to continue supporting schools and colleges until the autumn to meet ongoing mental wellbeing needs.</p><p>The autumn 2021 Spending Review delivers an additional £4.7 billion for the core schools’ budget by financial year 2024-25, compared to previous plans. This includes an additional £1.6 billion for schools and high needs in financial year 2022-23, on top of the funding we have previously announced. It also includes an additional £1 billion for a recovery premium over the next two academic years, 2022/23 and 2023/24.</p><p>Beyond this, the department is investing up to £5 billion to support recovery for children and young people who need it most. This includes the recovery premium for this academic year worth over £300 million, weighted so that schools with more disadvantaged pupils receive more funding.</p><p>On 10 October 2020, the department published the second annual report which focused on children and young people’s experience associated with wellbeing during the COVID-19 outbreak. The report is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-nation-2020-children-and-young-peoples-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-nation-2020-children-and-young-peoples-wellbeing</a>. The report has helped the government, children and young people’s services, schools, parents, and anyone interested in children and young people’s wellbeing to understand their experiences of the COVID-19 outbreak, the measures put in place to reduce the impact of the outbreak, and the broader effects on society. The third report is due to be published in February 2022.</p><p>The department continues to monitor the emerging evidence on the experiences of children and young people during the outbreak to ensure the support measures put in place by the government, including in the longer term, are informed by the most up-to-date evidence.</p><p>In particular, Public Health England is monitoring the impacts of the outbreak, including on children and young people, and is publishing regular surveillance reports. Their report about population mental health and wellbeing in England during the COVID-19 outbreak was last updated on 8 April 2021: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveillance-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveillance-report</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/11/2021 16:02:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah