Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has any plans to reopen Senior Mental Health Lead training grants.

The government has committed to expand coverage of mental health support teams (MHSTs) to cover every school, and one of the functions of an MHST is to support mental health leads to introduce or develop a whole school or college approach in their setting.

Training grants for mental health leads in education settings were available from October 2021 until December 2024.

Demand for training grants fell in the final months of the scheme and education staff surveys identified a different need, for practical resources. The department now provides a mental health lead resource hub, a targeted support toolkit for schools and colleges.

There are no plans to re-open the scheme providing mental health lead training grants.