Question follow-through · 64251
Employment: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential impact of early years support on long-term mental health barriers to employment.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential impact of early years support on long-term mental health barriers to employment.
3 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
DfE published statistics estimated that in 2024 over 1 in 6 young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) had a mental health condition compared with 1 in 13 in 20122. As part of our mission driven Government, regular cross-Government colla...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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