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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2021-09-10more like thismore than 2021-09-10
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education remove filter
hansard heading Schools: Mental Health Services more like this
house id 1 more like this
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25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he made of the number and proportion of young people requiring mental health support at (a) primary school and (b) secondary school in (i) York and (ii) nationally. more like this
tabling member constituency York Central more like this
tabling member printed
Rachael Maskell more like this
uin 47001 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-09-20more like thismore than 2021-09-20
answer text <p>Mental health and wellbeing are a priority for the government. Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, we have prioritised keeping schools open above all else, as long as it was safe to do so, because it is so vital for children and young people’s wellbeing, as well as their education.</p><p>We are working across government to understand the data and evidence on mental health support, as it emerges. Public Health England is publishing surveillance reports on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on children and young people’s mental health. More information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveillance-report/7-children-and-young-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveillance-report/7-children-and-young-people</a>.</p><p>We do not make local estimates of need. Nationally, in July 2020, our updated NHS mental health survey suggested that the proportion of 5-16s with a ‘probable diagnosable mental health [issue]’ had risen to 1 in 6 (from 1 in 9 in 2017) with an increase seen in both boys and girls and across age groups.</p><p>The support needs that these children will have will vary from case to case. We are taking action to increase specialist support and to support schools to understand and respond to need. This includes a £79 million boost to children and young people’s mental health support which we announced in March and will increase the number of Mental Health Support Teams in schools and colleges to around 400, covering approximately 35% of pupils in England by 2023.</p><p>We have put in place a wide range of training and guidance to help schools and colleges to understand the issues and how to respond effectively, including when to seek specialist support. We have invested £7 million into our Wellbeing for Education Recovery programme, enabling local authorities to continue supporting schools and colleges until the autumn, as they rethink their curriculum and pastoral care provision to meet ongoing mental health wellbeing needs. Backed by £9.5 million, from the autumn, we will be offering 7,800 schools and colleges in England grants to train a senior mental health lead in their setting. The training will equip senior mental health leads with the knowledge and skills to implement effective processes for identifying students, or specific groups, who need additional mental health support.</p>
answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-09-20T15:57:48.467Zmore like thismore than 2021-09-20T15:57:48.467Z
answering member
4423
label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
tabling member
4471
label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this