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date	02/03/2021
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	Loneliness: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport on steps that Department is taking to alleviate loneliness and isolation in young people during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021; whether his Department is taking steps in that matter in addition to those funded by that Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	161734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>Officials at the Department of Health and Social Care regularly engage with officials at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to co-ordinate our COVID-19 response and to ensure we support everyone experiencing loneliness during the pandemic, including young people. <br> <br> SThe Government has invested over £31.5 million in organisations supporting those experiencing loneliness, including young people. We refreshed our ‘Let’s Talk Loneliness’ campaign, and brought together a new Tackling Loneliness Network made up of private, public and charity sector organisations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 10/03/2021 17:58:42 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

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date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Loneliness: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support the Government provides to tackle loneliness among young people.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	281783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Last year’s loneliness strategy, ‘A Connected Society: A strategy for tackling loneliness - laying the foundations for change’, sets out almost 60 new commitments from nine government departments. Many of these commitments are targeted at tackling loneliness among children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>Examples include: teaching all primary and secondary school children in England about loneliness from September 2020 under the new subjects of Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education and supporting young people to look after local green spaces and wildlife habitats, while building social connections, through the #iwill campaign.</p><p> </p><p>Twenty-two of the 126 organisations funded through the £11.5m Building Connections Fund (delivered in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund and the Co-op Foundation) are working specifically with young people at risk of loneliness. We are also working with the Office for National Statistics and other external partners to improve the evidence base on youth loneliness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 05/09/2019 15:52:58 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft