Question follow-through · 124005
Schools: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure teachers are equipped to deal with student mental health challenges.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure teachers are equipped to deal with student mental health challenges.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Apr 2026
Answer published
The government will provide access to NHS-funded mental health support teams (MHSTs) in every school by 2029, with around six in ten pupils expected to have access by April 2026. Data for 2024/25 is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Special Educational Needs
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Music: Children
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure access to musical instruments and instruction for children from vulnerable and marginalised children.
Universities: Social Mobility
14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on social mobility of priority given for student placements to Russell Group universities.
Home Education: Finance
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has her Department made of the potential merits of increasing financial support for parents who home educate.
Home Education
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of parents home educating their children.
Teaching Methods
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of kinaesthetic learning.
Teaching Methods
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to diversify teaching styles within traditional school settings.
Special Educational Needs
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Special Educational Needs
15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure local authorities follow the appropriate procedures for SEND practices and EHCP reviews.
Special Educational Needs
15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered commissioning an independent investigation into how local authorities are handling SEND practices.
Special Educational Needs
15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered commissioning an audit of late tribunal concessions and the length of time SEN children were left without appropriate educational provision.