Question follow-through · 81642

Suicide: Bereavement Counselling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding to community-led suicide bereavement services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
6 Nov 2025 · 24 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing funding to community-led suicide bereavement services.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    We recognise the important role that community-led organisations can play in suicide prevention and suicide bereavement services. While there is no specific national funding allocated for suicide bereavement services, integrated care boards are responsibl...

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