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Mental Health: Children and Young People

Asked by Mark SewardsLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 June 2026UIN 8703

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on police involvement in responding to mental health crises involving children and young people.

Answered by Sarah Jones

As part of our work on policing and mental health the Home Office and its Ministers regularly engage with colleagues in the Department for Health and Social Care on a wide range of issues including mental health crisis including where these involve children.

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