Virendra Sharma – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her Department’s wellness strategy is.

Andrea Leadsom

The Department of Energy and Climate Change is aligned with the Civil Service Health & Well-being Strategy which was agreed by the Civil Service People Board.

This focuses on three priority areas:

Mental Health

Musculoskeletal Health

Healthy Lifestyle

In DECC this means we ensure visible senior leadership of the well-being agenda, we encourage all managers to undertake mental health awareness training increasing manager capability through Civil Service Learning training.

We have been adopting the Public Health England ‘Workplace Well-being Charter’ and promoting ‘Time to Change’. The Department offers support to staff including ‘Employee Assistance’. The Department is also running wellbeing events and initiatives over the coming year.