Found: standards, make high -value purchases (such as property), and invest for future gain (for example, student
Written Evidence May. 23 2024
Inquiry: Boys’ attainment and engagement in educationFound: four people who die by suicide in the UK are male [8].
Estimate memoranda Nov. 13 2024
Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)Found: : 15,922.991 RDEL excluding depreciation 14,926.389 depreciation and impairments ring fence 533.497 student
May. 16 2024
Source Page: I. Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education: Statutory guidance for governing bodies, proprietors, head teachers, principals, senior leadership teams, teachers. 44p. II. Review of the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education statutory guidance. Government consultation. 27p. III. Letter dated 16/05/2024 from Gillian Keegan MP to the Deposited papers clerk regarding the above documents for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.Found: you responding as (please select all that apply): [ ] A parent or carer [ ] A teacher [ ] A student
Written Evidence Jan. 24 2024
Inquiry: The Coroner Service: follow-upFound: Four hours prior, in a phone call with his University Student Liaison Officer, (SLO) he was told
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Updating the domestic homicide review statutory guidanceFound: This will provid e more information on conducting Domestic Homicide Review s in instances of suicide
Oct. 22 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance 2024 [update of previous guidance deposited April 2024, DEP2024-0442]. 207 docs. II. Letter dated 16/10/2024 from Stephen Timms MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex D. 8p.Found: Customer Records V1.0 164 State Pension age claimants V2.0 165 Students-Eligibility, conditionality, student
Estimate memoranda Nov. 05 2024
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)Found: Scottish Government Annually Managed Expenditure funded by the UK Government £ millions Student
Apr. 15 2024
Source Page: Evaluation of the Suicide Bereavement Support Service: Final Evaluation ReportFound: Evaluation of the Suicide Bereavement Support Service: Final Evaluation Report
Asked by: Rachel Maclean (Conservative - Redditch)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides for education settings to help students experiencing (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety.
Answered by David Johnston
The mental health of children and young people is an absolute priority for this government.
The department supports education settings through a range of guidance on mental health and wellbeing, including to support schools and colleges to establish a whole school/college approach to mental health, promoting positive wellbeing among students: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-children-and-young-peoples-emotional-health-and-wellbeing.
This guidance is supported by the opportunity for all state schools and colleges in England to access a senior mental health lead training grant by 2025, with over 14,400 settings having claimed a grant so far. The department is also continuing to roll-out Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) and extending coverage of MHST to an estimated 44% of pupils and learners by the end of this financial year, and at least 50% by the end of March 2025.
The department has also commissioned two new resources to help providers that have been published this year, a targeted pastoral support toolkit and a resource hub for mental health leads, which are intended to help colleges to identify the most appropriate and effective support at the early intervention stage.
School-specific resources include guidance on supporting pupils with medical conditions, including conditions relating to mental health, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3. Additionally, the department has published guidance on mental health problems manifesting themselves in behaviour, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2.
The department is supporting the mental health of higher education (HE) students through an approach focussed on three pillars: funding and resourcing vital services, spreading and implementing best practice, clear responsibilities for providers and protection for students.
The department has seen impressive progress with the target for all universities to join the University Mental Health Charter Programme by September 2024, with 96 members now signed up. Members follow a process of continuous improvement as they embed the principles which ensure that student wellbeing is supported in all aspects of university life.
The sector is active in developing best practice which supports HE student mental health and wellbeing. I have written to all HE providers to ensure they are implementing guidance produced by the sector and third sector charities, including around suicide prevention and actions to take following a death by suicide, and information sharing with trusted contact of students.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects data on the number of students declaring a disability, including mental health conditions: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-15.
From 2022/2023, students with multiple disabilities will disclose each of their disabilities instead of falling under a catch-all "multiple disabilities" category. Depression, bad nerves, schizophrenia, anxiety, and other mental health conditions will continue to be included under one mental health category.
The department also collects data on various aspects of children and young people’s wellbeing and mental health, presenting key sources from the department and other stakeholders through the annual State of the Nation report on Children and Young People’s Wellbeing: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-nation-2022-children-and-young-peoples-wellbeing.