Lead member
Munira Wilson
Liberal Democrat, Twickenham
Commons
Decision
No decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Amendment text
To move the following Clause—
“Establishment of National Wellbeing Measurement Programme
(1)
The Secretary of State must establish a national children and young people’s wellbeing measurement programme.
(2)
A programme established under this section must—
(a)
conduct a national survey of the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in relevant schools in England;
(b)
support schools in the administration of the survey;
(c)
make provision for parental and student consent to participation in the survey, ensuring that participation is voluntary and that results are handled confidentially; and
(d)
regularly publish the results of the survey and provide relevant data to participating schools, local authorities and other public bodies for the purposes of improving children and young people’s wellbeing.
(3)
A programme established under this section must—
(a)
be developed and piloted within two years of the passing of this Act;
(b)
be fully implemented in England no later than the start of the academic year three years after the passing of this Act;
(c)
be reviewed as to its effectiveness by the Secretary of State every three years.
(4)
Any review of the programme under subsection (3)(c) must be published and laid before Parliament.
(5)
For the purposes of this section “relevant school” means –
(a)
an academy school,
(b)
an alternative provision Academy,
(c)
a maintained school,
(d)
a non-maintained special school,
(e)
an independent school, or
(f)
a pupil referral unit,
other than where established in a hospital.”
Member's explanatory statement
This new clause would place a duty on the Secretary of State to introduce a national programme to regularly measure and report on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in schools.