PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Services: Training (27 November 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £260 million for Health Education England provided in the Spending Review 2020 will be spent on mental health education and training.

Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)

The Spending Review 2020 provides £260 million to continue to grow the National Health Service workforce and support commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan, including for mental health.

Full details on funding allocations towards NHS workforce budgets, including Health Education England, in 2021-22 will be subject to a detailed financial planning exercise and finalised in due course.

Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
7 December 2020