Luciana Berger – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start children’s centres offer perinatal mental health support for new and expectant mothers.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The Department for Education does not routinely collect the information requested. While perinatal mental health is important to the government, we believe that children’s centres are best placed to decide which services to offer, based on an assessment of local needs.