Mental Health Services: Domestic Abuse

(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to allocate additional funding for mental health support for victims of domestic abuse.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 16th June 2020

We provided a £5 million grant to Mind and the Mental Health Consortia to administer a Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund to mental health voluntary and community sector organisations across England to promote mental health and wellbeing services. This complements NHS services and support those struggling with their mental health, including vulnerable people such as victims of domestic abuse. We announced a further £4.2 million to support mental health charities as part of our United Kingdom-wide £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector announced in April. This package of support also includes £28?million?to help survivors of domestic abuse and their children by providing more safe spaces, accommodation and access to support services during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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