Question follow-through · 13118
Mental Health Services: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interaction at a local level Mental Health Support Teams are expected to have with Local Authorities and Academy Trusts on improving school attendance.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Exercise: Schools · 1 Jul 2026
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- Neighbourhood Health Centres · 28 Aug 2026
- General Practitioners · 9 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interaction at a local level Mental Health Support Teams are expected to have with Local Authorities and Academy Trusts on improving school attendance.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Mental Health Support Teams (MHST’s) are expected to work collaboratively with local authorities and local education settings as part of a whole-system approach to improving school attendance. The MHST role is to support early identification and intervent...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Exercise: Schools
8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the answer to WPQ 14794 received on 8th July, what estimate he has made of the cash amount of his Department's funding contribution to the Department for Education for the Primary PE and
Neighbourhood Health Centres
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her department gives for determining neighbourhood health centre catchment/geographical areas.
General Practitioners
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 124063 on General Practitioners, what proportion of Speciality Trainee Year 3 GPs were not seen in the National Workforce Reporting Service