Mental Health Services: Children
(asked on 21st July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on providing psychiatric support for children aged (a) four to 11 and (b) 11 to 18 years old.
This question was answered on 2nd September 2014
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has had no such discussions. However the Department of Health shares with the Department for Education overall responsibility for promoting the mental health and emotional well-being of children of school age. The Secretary of State for Health plans to meet the new Secretary of State for Education to discuss this important issue.