Counselling: Qualifications
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence his Department used to inform the decision to change accreditation requirements for counsellors in December 2025.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The Department does not set the qualification requirements for psychotherapy and counselling and was not involved in the changes to accreditation requirements introduced in December 2025. The Department does not receive any revenue or financial benefits arising from those changes.
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