The Department has made no such assessment on the impact of extreme weather on suicide risk.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Maria Caulfield"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Lewes"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Maria Caulfield"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-02-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-02-19T09:28:10.823Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Suicide: Weather"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of extreme weather on suicide risk.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4618", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Liz Twist"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blaydon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Liz Twist"} ], "uin" : "13115"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687611", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687611/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Home Office has not made any formal assessment on the impact of extreme weather on the risk of intimate partner violence.<\/p>
The prevalence of domestic abuse has remained relatively stable over recent years, but there was a decline seen between the year ending March 2020, a year largely unaffected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the most recent figure for the year ending March 2023.<\/p>
The government are taking important steps to tackle intimate partner violence, including implementation of the Tackling VAWG Strategy, Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.<\/p>
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The Department has responded to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee\u2019s inquiry into rural mental health. Further information on the inquiry is available at the following link:<\/p>
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/1627/rural-mental-health/<\/a><\/p> It is important that the right support is in place, including for those affected by flooding. NHS England has clinical guidelines on dealing with major incidents, including on providing psychosocial support for both patients and staff.<\/p> Talking therapies are available remotely so people can access help safely from home and the National Health Service is working to ensure the option of face-to-face support is provided to people with serious mental health illnesses, across all ages where it is clinically safe to do so.<\/p> The UK Health Security Agency has published flooding and health guidance to provide information to assist health professionals and public agencies to understand and mitigate the mental health risks posed by flooding. It is available at the following link:<\/p>
Year<\/p><\/td> | Adult<\/p><\/td> | Child<\/p><\/td> | Total<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2019/20<\/p><\/td> | 2,172<\/p><\/td> | 2,539<\/p><\/td> | 4,711<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2020/21<\/p><\/td> | 924<\/p><\/td> | 1,434<\/p><\/td> | 2,358<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2021/22<\/p><\/td> | 1,539<\/p><\/td> | 2,341<\/p><\/td> | 3,880<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2022/23<\/p><\/td> | 1,747<\/p><\/td> | 2,376<\/p><\/td> | 4,123<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2023/24<\/p><\/td> | 1,270<\/p><\/td> | 1,704<\/p><\/td> | 2,974<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Total<\/p><\/td> | 7,652<\/p><\/td> | 10,394<\/p><\/td> | 18,046<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> |