Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve mental health globally.

DFID is committed to taking a comprehensive approach to mental health.

Through the Disability Rights Fund, we support organisations led by people with psychosocial disabilities to champion their rights. In Ghana, our Health Sector Support Programme has supported mental health systems strengthening and efforts to address underlying stigma and discrimination. And we are generating world-leading evidence around integrating effective mental health care services into primary care through PRIME - our Programme for Improving Mental Health Care.

DFID will set out its future approach on global mental health in our upcoming Disability Framework, following the UK-hosted Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit this October.