Question follow-through · 96333
Speech and Language Therapy: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure Mental Health Support Teams in schools are trained in Speech and Language therapy.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure Mental Health Support Teams in schools are trained in Speech and Language therapy.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2025
Answer published
We currently have no plans to train the education mental health practitioners, who are the primary workforce of mental health support teams (MHSTs), in speech and language therapy. We are expanding MHSTs in schools and colleges to reach full national cove...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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