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<p>We have made no such assessment. However, we are committed to increasing investment
into mental health services by at least £2.3 billion a year by March 2024 and have
set out our aim in the NHS Long Term Plan for an additional 345,000 children and young
people to be able to get the mental health support they need.</p><p>We continue to
work with the Department for Education to implement the proposals of the Government’s
<em>Transforming children and young people’s mental health</em> green paper. A copy
of the green paper is attached.</p><p>There are now almost 400 mental health support
teams in place in schools and colleges across England. Mental health support teams
now cover over three million children or approximately 35% of pupils in schools and
colleges. We aim to increase this coverage to 50% by April 2025.</p>
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