Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on children’s mental and emotional health.

Public Health England has published two documents for schools on children’s mental and emotional health. These can be viewed at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-children-and-young-peoples-emotional-health-and-wellbeing

https://www.annafreud.org/what-we-do/schools-in-mind/resources-for-schools/mental-health-toolkit-for-schools/

This guidance complements ‘Mental Health and Behaviour’ guidance issued by the Department for Education (2018) which is available to view at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2