that was not good enough and it was declining. we know by international standards, the government has invested significantly lower amounts in per pupil funding in education for recovery. it amounts to £310 per pupil in england whereas in countries like the usa and the netherlands, it isjust under or over £2000 per pupil so we are talking about a very big difference. let us move on to talk about something raised byjules, the question of mental health. research commissioned by the nhs suggests one in six children of school age has a problem with their mental health, up from one in nine four years ago. the statistic which shocked me the most in preparing for this programme isn't that one. it's that england has just 59 mental health support teams to cover