Domestic Abuse: Children

(asked on 30th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure specialist support is available to children with mental health needs who are victims of domestic abuse.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 7th December 2023

We are investing at least an additional £2.3 billion a year in expanding and transforming mental health services in the National Health Service by March 2024 compared to 2018/19. As part of this, an extra 345,000 more children and young people, including those who are victims of domestic abuse will be able to get the NHS-funded mental health support they need.

We are also continuing the rollout of mental health support teams to schools and colleges in England. While these teams deliver interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues, they can also liaise with external specialist services to help pupils get the right support. There are currently around 400 mental health support teams in place, covering over three million children, which is approximately 35% of pupils, and we are working to increase this coverage to 50% of pupils by March 2025.

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