Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the places for individual placement and support for severe mental illness announced in the Get Britain Working White Paper, published on 26 November 2024, are in addition to those announced in the Autumn Statement 2023.

The Government inherited a £22 billion black hole in the nation’s finances, which has required necessary choices around spending priorities. Despite this backdrop, we were determined to identify the funding required to support additional places for NHS Talking Therapies and individual placement and support schemes.

The Get Britain Working White Paper confirms the Government’s commitment to expand access to both services, to help thousands of people with common or severe mental illness to find and keep employment