Helen Hayes MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

  • Mental Health Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100327More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS Talking Therapy trainees and (b) Band 7 CBT therapist posts have been created in (i) Lambeth and (ii) Southwark in each of the last five years.

    Answer: The table attached shows the growth in the relevant subsection of the NHS Talking Therapies workforce over the five years to 2024. The high intensity workforce, which includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) therapists, increased by 2,582 between 2019...

    Answered 5 Jan 2026

    Original Parliament record
  • Mental Health Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100326More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of Band 7 CBT therapist posts created in each of the last five years.

    Answer: The table attached shows the growth in the relevant subsection of the NHS Talking Therapies workforce over the five years to 2024. The high intensity workforce, which includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) therapists, increased by 2,582 between 2019...

    Answered 5 Jan 2026

    Original Parliament record
  • Mental Health Services: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100325More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of applications for NHS Talking Therapies trainee positions.

    Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has ...

    Answered 5 Jan 2026

    Original Parliament record
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

View as listDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: 3Department for Culture, Media a…3Department for Education: 21Department for Education21Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: 5Department for Energy Security …5Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: 3Department for Environment, Foo…3Department for Transport: 7Department for Transport7Department for Work and Pensions: 4Department for Work and Pensions4Department of Health and Social Care: 3Department of Health and Social…3Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: 11Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel…11Home Office: 7Home Office7Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: 3Ministry of Housing, Communitie…3
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport3
Department for Education21
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero5
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs3
Department for Transport7
Department for Work and Pensions4
Department of Health and Social Care3
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office11
Home Office7
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government3

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