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WQ.304/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR CHILDREN AND EDUCATION
BY DEPUTY K.F. MOREL OF ST. LAWRENCE
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 14th JUNE 2021
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 21st JUNE 2021
Question
Will the Minister advise how many pupils of school age have been recorded annually as suffering from mental health issues in the years from 2018 to date?
Answer
The Department collect a termly "census" of all pupils, which gives a regular snapshot of pupil numbers and characteristics. As part of this, we collect details of any Special Educational Needs or Records of Need.
The data provided below identifies the number of pupils in Reception to Year 13 in each Spring term census who had a "Social, Emotional and Mental Health" need recorded on school systems.
Year | Pupils |
2018 | 667 |
2019 | 508 |
2020 | 584 |
2021 | 602 |
It should be noted that some children will have this need recorded across several terms/years and will therefore be counted more than once in the above data.