Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72188
Mental Health Services: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025
Question
Jess Asato
Labour — Lowestoft
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing statutory guidance to NHS commissioning bodies to ensure that they commission counselling and psychotherapy professionals to provide
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe Department is working with the Home Office and other partners across the Government on a new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. There are no current plans to issue any such guidance to National Health Service commissioners.