Written question WQ90144
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
What is the Government doing to ensure that school students receive adequate mental health support?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
On 21 March 2021 the Welsh Government published the framework on embedding a whole school approach to emotional and mental wellbeing. The framework is statutory guidance for all maintained schools and local authorities and I expect all schools to have regard to its requirements. To support schools in this work the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and I have jointly agreed funding in the current year for wellbeing activity and wider support in schools. Funding includes over £3.5m for local authorities and over £5.3m for local health boards to support schools’ wellbeing needs.
The Deputy Minister and I continue to keep this work under review through regular meetings of the Oversight and Delivery Board, a multiagency stakeholder group established to advise us and provide scrutiny and challenge in this area.