Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59254
Mental Health Services: Poverty
Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025
Question
Charlie Dewhirst
Conservative — Bridlington and The Wolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what cross-Departmental research his Department has commissioned into the link between (a) debt, (b) benefit sanctions, (c) child maintenance arrears and (d) suicide risk; and what mental health in
Answer
Stephen KinnockWe recognise the effect that financial pressures, such as debt collection practices, benefit sanctions, and child maintenance arrears, can have on some people’s mental health and their risk of developing suicidal thoughts.The cross-Government, cross-secto...
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