Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to achieve the lowest national suicide rate ever recorded via the new suicide prevention plan; and when he plans to publish that plan.

The Government held a call for evidence earlier this year to inform long-term priorities for mental health, wellbeing and suicide prevention. We are currently considering the responses received and further information will be available in due course. In addition, we are working with stakeholders, national and local government, the voluntary sector and academics to consider aims for the reduction of suicide prevention rates.