Question follow-through · 46470

Counselling and Psychiatry: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
28 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not made a formal assessment of the adequacy of the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists. The Government is clear that the level of regulatory oversight must be proportiona...

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