Question follow-through · 3590

Exercise: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role community participation and physical activity will play in the Mental Health Strategy.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
18 Jun 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role community participation and physical activity will play in the Mental Health Strategy.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The new cross-Government Mental Health Strategy for England, to be published later this year, will set a long-term direction to improve how we prevent and respond to mental ill-health through a whole-system approach. The Government recognises the importan...

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