Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department received any revenue or financial benefit arising from the accreditation requirements for counsellors introduced in December 2025.

The Department does not set the qualification requirements for psychotherapy and counselling and was not involved in the changes to accreditation requirements introduced in December 2025. The Department does not receive any revenue or financial benefits arising from those changes.