Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Workplace Mental Health Support Service funding reflects demand from people with mental health problems who are out of work; and whether his Department plans to increase funding for the Workplace Mental Health Support Service.

The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) is not a service for those people with mental health conditions who are out of work.

Jobcentre Plus offers a range of support to unemployed people with mental health conditions including: Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership Managers; Disability Employment Advisers; and Work Psychologists.

In January 2014, JCP launched the Employment and Wellbeing toolkit, which offers practical support to advisers to help them work with claimants affected by mental health problems.

Overall funding for Access to Work has increased by £15m over this Spending Review period, fulfilling the government’s commitment which was set out in its response to the Sayce Review.