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1732406

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to ensure schools take account of the NHS five steps to mental wellbeing in their education provision.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>The department is working to support children and young people to thrive and achieve at school as a critical part of its mission to break down barriers to opportunity. That is why this government is working to ensure the right support is available to every young person that needs it, which includes providing access to specialist mental health professionals in every school. The government will also be putting in place new Young Futures hubs, including access to mental health support in schools, and will recruit an additional 8,500 new mental health staff to treat children and adults.</p><p>Additionally, we recognise that mental health is built over a lifetime and know that the NHS’s 5 Steps to Mental Wellbeing guidance can provide a useful framework for children and young people to learn how to develop good habits for their mental wellbeing. Schools may choose to take account of the 5 Steps to Mental Wellbeing when considering their education provision, alongside the department’s guidance on the 8 principles of a whole school or college approach to promoting mental health and wellbeing. The guidance can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-children-and-young-peoples-emotional-health-and-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-children-and-young-peoples-emotional-health-and-wellbeing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 16/10/2024 14:25:07 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1730917

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Mental 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 tackle mental health challenges in children from low-income families during school holidays.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	6664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The department has invested over £200 million every year since 2022 in free holiday club places for children from low-income families through the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme with all 153 local authorities in England delivering in the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.</p><p>The HAF programme supports disadvantaged children and their families with enriching activities, provides them with healthy food, helps them to learn new things, improves socialisation and benefits their health and wellbeing during school holidays.</p><p>The right support should be available to every young person that needs it, which is why the department will provide access to specialist mental health professionals in every school.</p><p>The government will also be putting in place new Young Futures hubs, including access to mental health support workers, and will recruit an additional 8,500 new mental health staff to treat children and adults.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 14/10/2024 15:10:20 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1729608

registered interest
date	12/09/2024
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: Mental Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they are promoting collaboration between the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care on the rising number of mental health cases among children in primary school; and what meetings Health and Education ministers have had on this topic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
uin	HL1074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department of Health and Social Care will continue to work closely with colleagues at the Department for Education, as part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future, and that supports the mental health needs of children of primary school age.</p><p>We are working with our colleagues at NHS England and the Department for Education to consider options to deliver our commitments to recruit 8,500 additional mental health workers across children and adult mental health services, and to introduce a specialist mental health professional in every school, so that mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression, can be identified early on and prevented from developing into more serious conditions in later life. Ministers have not yet met to discuss this particular topic, but there are plans to do so in the future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 18/09/2024 09:01:10 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	1164 label Biography information for Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

1695149

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that there is someone in every school that a child who is (a) anxious and (b) in distress can spend time with if they are de-regulated in their (i) behaviour and (ii) emotions.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	18016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The department is committed to ensuring schools and colleges are safe, calm and supportive learning environments which promote and support mental wellbeing. This can bring a range of benefits for both staff and pupils. For example, they may support pupils to self-regulate and remove sources of anxiety and distress from their environment.</p><p>The department knows that there are a range of methods to support pupils who are experiencing anxiety or other forms of distress. It is important that schools retain flexibility to choose interventions that suit their pupils and local context, for example having support staff available specifically to support pupils experiencing dysregulation.</p><p>The department encourages schools to consider support of this kind as part of an effective whole school approach to mental wellbeing and have committed to offer all state schools and colleges a grant to train a senior mental health lead by 2025. Training will enable leads to introduce effective whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing, including the consideration of the support interventions provided in school and the training needs of staff. Over 15,100 settings that have claimed a grant so far, including more than 7 in 10 state-funded secondary schools.</p><p>The department also provides guidance on ‘Behaviour in Schools’ which is the primary source of help and support for schools in developing and implementing a school culture where both pupils and staff can work in safety and are respected.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 19/03/2024 12:48:27 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1670368

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to teachers on supporting children with trauma.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Schools have the flexibility to decide what pastoral support they provide to best meet the individual needs of all their pupils. This includes how they approach supporting children who have experienced trauma. However, the department recommends a whole-school approach as the most effective way to promote and support mental health and wellbeing, including for pupils or groups of pupils who may be particularly vulnerable, such as those who have experienced trauma.</p><p>The department’s guidance on the principles of a whole school or college approach, recognises the importance of an individualised response to pupil needs, and that taking a trauma-informed approach can help contribute towards creating a safe environment for those who have experienced trauma and adverse experiences. This guidance can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-children-and-young-peoples-emotional-health-and-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-children-and-young-peoples-emotional-health-and-wellbeing</a>.</p><p>The department is offering all state-funded schools and colleges in England a grant to train a senior mental health lead, who can embed and sustain a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing. This training covers the range of mental health issues likely to be encountered in schools and colleges and the risk factors associated with specific groups, including those who have suffered from trauma, to support leads to understand and plan appropriate responses to pupils’ mental health and wellbeing needs. Over 14,400 settings have received a training grant so far, including more than 7 in 10 state secondary schools.</p><p>Additionally, a range of department guidance makes clear the need for school staff to be aware of adverse childhood experiences, including trauma, and the potential impact on children. Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) is statutory guidance that all schools and colleges must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2</a>. This guidance makes clear that school and college Designated Safeguarding Leads should receive training that supports their understanding of the lasting impact that adversity and trauma can have on a children’s behaviour, mental health and wellbeing, and what is needed in responding to this in promoting educational outcomes. KCSIE also references the need for all staff to consider the impact of trauma on a child to inform their approach to safeguarding, including what support should be provided for that child.</p><p>The department’s mental health and behaviour guidance also recommends for school staff to be aware of how potentially traumatic adverse childhood experiences can impact on children’s behaviour and education and the importance of schools providing early support to pupils at such times, and signposts to further information on supporting children through difficult life events. This guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 2182 question first answered 20/11/2023 17:14:35 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1238224

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prioritise policy on the mental health and wellbeing of children.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	96145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to promoting and supporting the mental health of children and young people. The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has policy responsibility for children and young people’s mental health. We are working closely with them and taking significant steps to support the mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people in education.</p><p>We have particularly prioritised children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 outbreak. Getting children and young people back into school and college is itself key to their wellbeing. We have worked hard to ensure that all pupils and learners were able to return to a full high-quality education programme in September. Our £1 billion COVID-19 catch-up package, with £650 million shared across schools over the 2020-21 academic year, is supporting education settings to put the right catch-up and pastoral support in place.</p><p>To ensure that staff are equipped to support wellbeing as children and young people returned to schools and colleges, we made it a central part of our guidance both on remote education and on the return to school. We supported this with a range of training and materials, including webinars which have been accessed by thousands of education staff and accelerating training on how to teach about mental health as part of the new relationships, sex and health curriculum, so that all pupils can benefit from this long-term requirement.</p><p>To continue this support we are investing £8 million in the Wellbeing for Education Return programme, which will provide schools and colleges all over England with the knowledge and practical skills they need to support teachers, students and parents, to help improve how they respond to the emotional impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. The programme is funding expert advisers in every area of England to train and support schools and colleges during the autumn and spring terms. Further information about the Wellbeing for Education Return programme is available at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wellbeing-for-education-return-grant-s31-grant-determination-letter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wellbeing-for-education-return-grant-s31-grant-determination-letter</a>.</p><p>In further education, the department has provided £5.4 million of competitive grant funding through the College Collaboration Fund and 5 of the projects funded support student and staff mental health and wellbeing through online programmes and remote support.</p><p>In the long term, we remain committed to our major joint green paper delivery programme with DHSC and NHS England, including introducing new mental health support teams linked to schools and colleges, providing training for senior mental health leads in schools and colleges, and testing approaches to faster access to NHS specialist support. Mental health support teams are part of the commitment made in the NHS England Long Term Plan that funding for mental health services will grow faster than the overall NHS budget, creating a new ringfenced local investment fund for all ages worth at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023-24. This will mean that by 2023-24, at least an additional 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25 years will be able to access support via NHS England funded mental health services.</p><p>We are also continuing to prioritise the mental health and wellbeing of vulnerable children, including by supporting the £7 million ‘See, Hear, Respond service’ led by Barnardo’s, in partnership with national children’s charities and local organisations, to support vulnerable children at most risk of harm or having negative experiences on their health and wellbeing. Providing additional support through a £6.5 million COVID-19 Adoption Support Fund scheme to support 61,000 adoptive and special guardianship families and extending our £1 million mental health assessment pilots for looked-after children until March 2021. We will also be considering the issues around provision for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health issues as part of our special educational needs and disabilities review.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 06/10/2020 16:59:28 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1229745

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address the specific challenges to children's mental health found in rural and isolated areas.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	81915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Supporting children and young people's mental health including those living in rural areas, is one of the Government’s top priorities.</p><p>We are committed to transforming mental health services as part of the NHS Long Term Plan, funded by an additional £2.3 billion a year in real terms by 2023/24. We have provided £9.2 million of additional funding for mental health charities to support adults and children struggling with their mental wellbeing during this time.</p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are best placed to decide on how our investment in mental health services should be used to meet the needs of their populations living in rural areas. CCGs are required to continue to increase investment in mental health services in line with the mental health investment standard. In 2018/19, all CCGs met the standard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/09/2020 15:57:37 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 44305 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1229782

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Children Society’s report entitled The Good Childhood Report 2020, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies on promoting the wellbeing of children.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	82423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Good Childhood Report highlights a wide range of issues across children and young people’s lives which affect their wellbeing. The department has engaged with the Children’s Society and other sector organisations in recent months to discuss how we can continue to build support in different areas to improve their wellbeing.</p><p>The report particularly highlights issues with peer relationships and appearance as being relevant to children and young people in England. These are among the topics that are covered in relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) which we are introducing in schools for the first time from this September, to ensure all pupils are taught about these aspects of their lives. The department is committed to supporting all schools in their preparations to deliver RSHE, and is providing an extensive range of training materials to support high quality teaching to all pupils, including a module on mental health and wellbeing, that we made available in July, to help schools focus on those issues as pupils return to school.</p><p>The government has been supporting this with a significant focus on wellbeing and mental health support linked to schools and colleges to help them to promote good wellbeing. This includes our programme, jointly with NHS England, to provide mental health support teams linked to groups of schools and colleges which is rolling out across the country. Our commitment is to make available training to schools by 2025 to support them to put in place senior mental health leads. We know that around 80% of schools and colleges already have a dedicated staff lead in place. The training will support new and existing leads to put in place effective whole school approaches to mental health. This is in addition to longer term support to schools on tackling bullying, where we are providing £750,000, this year, to 3 organisations to help address different factors. We are also funding a large-scale programme of randomised control trials of different approaches to promoting wellbeing in schools to find out what works.</p><p>We have also placed a particular focus on wellbeing support for children and young people during the COVID-19 outbreak and as they return to school and college. We have highlighted wellbeing in all our guidance, providing access to a range of materials and training.</p><p>This includes 2 webinars delivered by the department in July, in collaboration with Public Health England and NHS England, to support teachers and local partnerships to further support children and young people’s mental health as they return to school. These reached thousands of teachers and other education staff.</p><p>To further support the return in September, the government is investing £8 million in the Wellbeing for Education Return training and advice programme, which will provide schools and colleges ,all over England, with the knowledge and practical skills they need to support teachers, students and parents, to help improve how they respond to the emotional impact of the <br> COVID-19 outbreak. More information can be found at:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/8m-programme-to-boost-pupil-and-teacher-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/8m-programme-to-boost-pupil-and-teacher-wellbeing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 08/09/2020 14:44:57 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1225967

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) membership and (b) terms of reference of the Government’s cross-departmental vulnerable children task and finish group .
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	76080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2020 answer text <p>A group of senior civil servants meets regularly to ensure the government response for vulnerable children during the COVID-19 outbreak is aligned. Given this is not a formal structure, we do not intend to publish a Terms of Reference or membership list. However, for clarification, the purpose of this group is to drive forward the delivery of programmes to mitigate the risks facing vulnerable children that have been exacerbated by COVID-19. Representatives attend this forum from a range of departments, such as the Department for Education, Department for Health and Social Care, Home Office, Ministry for Housing and Local Government, Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Culture Media and Sport, Ofsted, Public Health England, NHS England and Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 07/08/2020 12:04:50 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1224482

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of support for children’s mental health and well-being on levels of academic attainment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	73961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>We know that children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing are associated with their educational attainment and other long-term outcomes. That is why we are committed to support schools in promoting good mental wellbeing and ensuring that children and young people get the help and support they need, with the right support from specialist services.</p><p>The return to school is a vital factor in supporting the mental wellbeing of pupils, in addition to providing more opportunities for physical activity, attendance at school allows social interaction with peers, carers and teachers, which benefits wellbeing. To support this, we have encouraged schools to focus on mental wellbeing as pupils return.</p><p>We have now published detailed plans for all children and young people to return to full-time education from September. The guidance highlights the particular need to focus on pastoral support and mental wellbeing as a central part of what schools provide, in order to re-engage pupils, rebuild social interaction with their friends and teachers and provide a sound basis for academic catch-up. The guidance for schools is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p><p>The government has sent a clear message that NHS mental health services remain open, and we have recently provided over £9 million to leading mental health charities to help them expand and reach those most in need. This includes a number of programmes which specifically support the mental health of children and young people, and all NHS mental health trusts are providing 24/7 open access telephone lines to support people of all ages.</p><p>For the longer term, we remain committed to delivering our joint green paper programme with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, including introducing new mental health support teams (MHSTs), and testing approaches to deliver four week waiting times for access to NHS support. One of the core functions of the MHSTs will be giving timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support, stay in education and achieve to their potential.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 21/07/2020 17:36:15 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley