Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2021 to Question 181225 on Mental Health Services: Social Services, what the cost to the public purse has been of providing mental health support to the social care workforce during the covid-19 outbreak to date.

The information requested is not held centrally. Several Government funds can be used for mental health support for social care workers which are non-ringfenced, to give flexibility to providers, local authorities and partners such as Skills for Care on how they choose to meet COVID-19 priorities.