Mental Health Services: Further Education and Schools
(asked on 10th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health support teams are in (a) schools and (b) colleges, broken down by region.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 18th July 2023
Department for Education analysis shows that 398 mental health support teams are now operational, covering 3.4 million pupils and learners in England in 6,800 schools and colleges. A further 100 teams are in training, taking the total number of operational teams to approximately 500 by spring 2024.
The current number of such teams in schools and colleges broken down by type of educational setting and by region is not available.