Suicide: Children and Young People

(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on children and young people of the closure of PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide and its HOPELINE247 service; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure continued access to specialist suicide-prevention support for young people previously supported by that service.


Answered by
Alison McGovern Portrait
Alison McGovern
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 16th October 2026

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 September in response to Question 29148.

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