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Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for people seeking psychological therapy to support employment.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
6 Nov 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for people seeking psychological therapy to support employment.

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to delivering expansions of NHS Talking Therapies and individual placement and support schemes to address the root causes of mental health issues and provide support for people to contribute to the economy by remaining in or re...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Ambulance Services: North East Hampshire

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Hospitals: Buildings

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Hospitals: Construction

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