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Written question asked by Baroness Berger (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 April 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 April 2016 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 18 April 2016. A substantive answer was provided by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 April 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Mental Health Services: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department had with the Department for Education on improving data centrally collected on the mental health and therapeutic support needs of children who have experienced abuse.

Answer

As part of the Government strategy to tackle child sexual abuse the Department has engaged with other Government departments including the Department for Education to deliver the actions set out in in the Government’s Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation report of March 2015, on how to improve services to vulnerable groups including children who have experienced abuse. We shall consider how local data collected through this process might be made available nationally.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
33518
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Children Databases Mental health services Offences against children Department for Education
Link
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