To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make additional funding available to provide Mental Health Support Teams to 65 per cent of schools and colleges that will remain without access after 2023.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
5 December 2022
There are currently 287 mental health support teams in approximately 4,700 schools and colleges, offering support to children experiencing anxiety, depression and other common mental health issues. These teams are now available to 26% of pupils, increasing to 399 teams or 35% of pupils by April 2023 and over 500 planned by 2024. We are investing an additional £3.3 billion in 2023/24 and 2024/25 to support the National Health Service in England. Financial plans for those years, including details of further mental health support teams, will be confirmed in due course.