Written questions

Suicide: Travellers

Lords · Question HL2189 · Tabled 30 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 7 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Baroness Whitaker

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 25 October (HL1778 and HL1779), how the Suicide Prevention Strategy envisages improving the suicide rate of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities over its five-year perio

Answer

Answered by Baroness Merron, 7 Nov 2024

The purpose of the strategy was to set a direction for suicide prevention for all organisations to consider (national and local government, researchers and VCSE sectors). The ambitions outlined in the Suicide Prevention Strategy of September 2023 cover fi...