Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grants for Senior Mental Health Lead Training have been made since April 2021.

Since April 2021 the government has allocated over £9.5 million to fund senior mental health lead training grants for over 8,000 eligible schools and colleges. Over 3,500 senior leads are estimated to have begun their training. This training will provide knowledge and skills to enable senior mental health leads to implement effective holistic approaches to promoting and supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing in their school or college.