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<p>The Department has noted the report and will examine it with interest.</p><p>Suicide
prevention is a priority for this Government which is why we updated the National
Suicide Prevention Strategy, <em>Preventing suicide in England: Third progress report
of the cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives,</em> last year to strengthen
its key areas for action. The Strategy highlights that addressing suicide prevention
in children and young people requires tailored approaches to meeting their mental
health needs. A copy of the Strategy is attached.</p><p>The Government is investing
record levels to transform mental health services which includes £1.4 billion to improve
access to children and young people’s mental health services. We are investing an
additional £300 million to deliver the proposals set out in the joint health and education
<em>Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper</em>.
A copy of the Green Paper is attached. The Green Paper builds on the work of the report,
<em>Future in Mind, </em>to address the provision of mental health services for children
and young people, including the provision of specialist services.</p><p>The Department
also supports the work of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide
by People with Mental Illness, which published research into suicide by children and
young people, in 2017.</p><p>The Department continues to review and wide range of
research to inform evidence-based policy development on mental health.</p>
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