Question follow-through · 59254
Mental Health Services: Poverty
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
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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19 Jun 2025
Answer published
We 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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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