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Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve mental health and wellbeing in young people through the expansion of Mental Health Support Teams in schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Jul 2026
Target answer date
14 Jul 2026
Answer
3 Aug 2026 · 24 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve mental health and wellbeing in young people through the expansion of Mental Health Support Teams in schools.

  2. 14 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Aug 2026

    Answer published

    The government will provide access to specialist mental health professionals in every school by expanding Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), so every child and young person has access to early mental health support. As of March 2026, 60% of pupils in sc...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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