Mental Illness
Lords · Question HL13895 · Tabled 26 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Bird
To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis they have undertaken of the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and the prevalence of mental health conditions, particularly among children and young people.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 30 Jan 2026
The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Research recently completed and funded by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre has found that socioeconomic inequalities in children’s men...