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Employment Schemes: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support those with serious mental health conditions through the Individual Placement and Support Programme.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
21 Apr 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support those with serious mental health conditions through the Individual Placement and Support Programme.

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Department recognises the importance of supporting people with serious mental health conditions to access and remain in employment.Support to improve employment outcomes is embedded within NHS Talking Therapies services. Employment advisers are availa...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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