Written questions

1,206 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals to children and young people’s Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) are refused because the needs of the child or young person are too complex or severe to be met by the MHST.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of knowledge within mental health services to offer appropriate support to autistic people; and what steps he is taking to ensure more staff ha

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that autistic people with mental health needs can access appropriate services in the community, from low level support to crisis provision.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address the increase in the number of autistic people in mental health inpatient facilities since 2015.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have died while in inpatient mental health units in each year since 2010.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been subject to restraint in inpatient mental health units, in each year since 2010.

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS is on track to reach the target of 1.9 million adults accessing IAPT treatment each year by 2023-24 as set out in the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019-20 to 2023-24; and w

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing in NHS mental health services; and what steps his Department is taking to expand the mental health workforce.

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the proportion of children and young people referred to NHS mental health services who (a) receive no contact from services and (

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Conditions of Employment: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health and wellbeing support available in the workplace; and what steps her Department is taking to encourage businesses to improve workplace menta

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of mental health patients in out of area placements; and how much that practice cost the NHS in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021.

5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the equity of (a) the risk of mental health problems, (b) access to mental health services and (c) patient outcomes for Black Britons.

5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he had made of the adequacy of access for (a) children and (b) adults to NHS mental health services.

5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the NHS's performance in meeting the Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder.

5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the NHS’s ability to effectively offer care to children with an eating disorder in the context of increases in the number of hospital admissions for eating dis

5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of mental health services to function effectively in the context of the additional pressure on health services as a result of high levels of covid-19 case

5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the implementation of NHS England’s proposed new waiting time standards for mental health care, first published on and opened for public consultation on 22 July 2021; a

21 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health nurses are currently in training.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason there are no NICE guidelines for the care and treatment of people with Complex-PTSD; and whether he plans to review the need for such guidelines.

19 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have died from covid-19 since March 2020.

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) in-school mental health counsellors and (b) mental health workers there were in schools in each year from 2010 to 2021.

19 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls have been made to the NHS staff mental health hotline in each month since its launch in April 2020.

19 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office

Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (And Associated Schemes) in Government Review

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons Mr Nigel Boardman originally rejected the representations of Lord Heywood’s widow in his review into government procurement activity.

19 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office

Nigel Boardman

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Mr Nigel Boardman was asked to submit a declaration of interests before he started the review into government procurement activity; and where that declaration is

14 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 6 July 2021, Official Report, columns 758-59, what his timescale is for publishing the long-term, sustainable plan to deal with mental health challenges;

23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: First Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Transforming Mental Health Provision Green Paper, what his plans are to deliver mental health first aid training to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and how many (i) pri

7 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 3088 on Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds, how many mental health beds there were in each financial year from (a) 2010 to (b) 2021.

4 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has consulted mental health service users with complex needs on the use of the Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM) model; and whether he has plans to further consult users ab

4 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the (a) effectiveness and (b) safety of the Serenity Integrated Mentoring model in mental healthcare.

4 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the Serenity Integrated Mentoring model used in mental healthcare; and what plans he has to review the use of that model natio

Source: official written-questions record.