Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they use when distributing grants to groups offering mental health support to young people.

On 16 October the Department for Education published a national prospectus setting out the key activities the Department wishes to promote through organisations working with children, young people and families. Children and young people's mental health is one of the seven priority areas on which applications are sought. Within that area, the Department is looking to support projects which work with education providers and children’s services to improve prevention, early identification and access to specialist interventions.

The detailed process and criteria for applications to the Prospectus can be found online at: https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&lang=en&NoticeId=1592512