Once again, we recommend that the Department leads a cross-government assessment of the scale of mental health difficulties amongst pupils and review the current provision of support available in schools and outside of them. The Government should conclude this review and report its findings by Autumn 2024. There then needs to be significant and well co-ordinated joint working across the Government and additional funding to ensure Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services provision is adequa...

Once again, we recommend that the Department leads a cross-government assessment of the scale of mental health difficulties amongst pupils and review the current provision of support available in schools and outside of them. The Government should conclude this review and report its findings by Autumn 2024. There then needs to be significant and well co-ordinated joint working across the Government and additional funding to ensure Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services provision is adequate to meet the needs of school age children, in line with the Department’s previous commitment to a 4-week waiting time for NHS mental health support for Type: recommendation | Number: 66 | Response status: partially_accepted Government response: The government already collates a range of existing data from multiple sources to monitor mental health and wellbeing for children and young people in England and compares this to other countries. However, we agree with the need for cross-government work