Question follow-through · 21120
Mental Health Services: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help integrate accredited (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists into mental health support teams for students.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help integrate accredited (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists into mental health support teams for students.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2025
Answer published
We know that too many children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and that waits for mental health services are far too long. We will provide access to a specialist mental health professional in every school so that menta...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Social Services: Winchester
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Royal Hampshire County Hospital: Agency Workers
10 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost of agency staff employed by Royal Hampshire County Hospital was in the last 12 months.
Royal Hampshire County Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
10 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time in the Royal Hampshire County Hospital's Accident and Emergency department was between December 2024 and January 2025.
Obesity: Children
27 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a new plan to help reduce childhood obesity.
Health
13 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether prevention and public health will feature in the 10 year health plan.
Health
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Patients: Smoking
13 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on providing smoking cessation support to patients who are in hospital receiving care for cardiovascular disease.
Mental Health Services: Finance
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Mental Health Services: Young Carers
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Carers
16 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for family carers.
Brain Cancer
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