Written Question·Home Office·UIN 79137

Asylum: Mental Health Services

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that female asylum seekers who are victims of gender-based violence have access to (a) mental health support and (b) trauma-informed care.

Answer

Alex Norris
This Government has set out our ambition to halve violence against women and girls within a decade, using every tool available to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence.Recognising the mental health challenges faced by people seeking ...

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