Mental Health Services: Schools
(asked on 10th September 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated for mental health support teams in schools and colleges in each year between 2018-19 and 2023-24; and what proportion of schools and colleges were covered by those teams in each year from 2018-19 to date.
The funding profile for mental health support teams and four week waiting time pilots is shown in the following table.
2018/19 £ million | 2019/20 £ million | 2020/21 £ million | 2021/221 £ million | 2022/23 £ million | 2023/24 £ million |
24 | 76 | 115 | 136 | 185 | 249 |
Source: Mental Health Implementation Plan, NHS England
Note:
1 Excludes funding provided as part of £79 million additional funding for children and young people’s mental health services in 2021/22.
Information on the number of schools and colleges covered by mental health support teams is not held centrally.