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Commons · Question 44369 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2025

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Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) awareness and (b) understanding of (i) gambling-related suicide and (ii) other gambling-related harm at all levels of the justice system.

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 22 Apr 2025

In the Ministry of Justice, general training on wellbeing and resilience is available to all Civil Servants and we provide guidance to employees on suicide and self-harm. In previous Mental Health Awareness Weeks, specific events on ‘gambling addiction an...