Question reference: S6W-26241
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 20 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each local authority area received support through services funded through the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund in 2023, and what assessment it has made of the number of children, young people and family members in total that were supported.
Answer
According to reports provided by local authorities, the number of children, young people and family members accessing the funded Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Supports and Services in each local authority area in the first half of 2023 was as follows (reports for the second half of 2023 are not due to be provided before May 2024):
Aberdeen City | 435 |
Aberdeenshire | 763 |
Angus | 208 |
Argyll and Bute | 5590 |
City of Edinburgh | 1036 |
Clackmannanshire | 536 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 821 |
Dundee City | 438 |
East Ayrshire | 1245 |
East Dunbartonshire | 262 |
East Lothian | 964 |
East Renfrewshire | 208 |
Falkirk | 1106 |
Fife | 7910 |
Glasgow City | 2649 |
Highland | 12,466 |
Inverclyde | 251 |
Midlothian | 233 |
Moray | 209 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 326 |
North Ayrshire | 3986 |
North Lanarkshire | 1683 |
Orkney Islands | 20 |
Perth and Kinross | 1288 |
Renfrewshire | 246 |
Scottish Borders | 5742 |
Shetland Islands | 183 |
South Ayrshire | 3191 |
South Lanarkshire | 2199 |
Stirling | 788 |
West Dunbartonshire | 418 |
West Lothian | 881 |
Total | 58,281 |
The services are focused on prevention and early intervention, and include supports for positive mental health and wellbeing as well as emotional distress. Local authorities determine which supports and services to implement on the basis of local need and in line with the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Supports and Services Framework.
Making sure that our children and young people can get the help they need for their mental health and wellbeing, when and where they need it, is a priority for the Scottish Government. It is reassuring that, in the first six months of last year alone, tens of thousands of children, young people and their family members were able to access support in their local communities through our £15 million per annum funding of these services.