Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the level of support interventions available for socially isolated and vulnerable people suffering from depression.

This information is not collected in the format requested. Mental health datasets do not record social isolation as a category.

The 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey showed that most mental disorders were more common in people who live alone and Public Health England has suggested that there is evidence suggesting a connection between loneliness and poor mental health outcomes, as well as physical outcomes. Loneliness can be linked to anxiety and depression. Services for anxiety and depression are covered as part of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapy service.