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	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Self-harm and Suicide: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to prevent self-harm and suicide among children.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	909318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Although suicides among children are relatively rare, I am concerned about increases in suicide and self-harm amongst teenagers. As Suicide Prevention Minister I am personally committed to do whatever we can to prevent suicides in children.</p><p>We have challenged social media companies to step up and protect children from harmful suicidal and self-harm content and cyberbullying.</p><p>The NHS long-term plan commits to increasing funding for children and young people’s mental health services which will ensure children can access the right support, including crisis care provision.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/02/2019 16:51:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

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	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Self-harm and Suicide: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to lower the risk of self-harm and suicide among unaccompanied and separated children in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	216195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing suicides across society and in vulnerable groups. We published the first Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Workplan last month which sets out an ambitious programme for suicide prevention across national and local government at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-cross-government-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-cross-government-plan</a></p><p>Where there is evidence of suicide risk in particular vulnerable groups, the Department would be happy to consider this evidence along with the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group, which advises the Government on suicide prevention policy.</p><p>Public Health England has published a Mental Health Guide for healthcare practitioners to highlight risks in migrant populations in the UK at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-migrant-health-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-migrant-health-guide</a></p><p>This guide advises health practitioners that migrant populations may experience mental health issues as a result of their experiences.</p><p>The Government established the Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody, which is a partnership between the Ministry of Justice, Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Care to prevent deaths in all custodial and detention settings, including immigration removal centres.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/02/2019 17:22:10 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson