Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the membership of the inter-ministerial group for mental health is; how often that group meets; and what the dates of the group's last three meetings were.

The inter-ministerial group for mental health (IMG) is led by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and is attended by Secretaries of State and Ministers from a wide range of Government departments (set out below) and other Government departments when required:

- Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport;

- Department for Work and Pensions;

- Department for Education;

- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;

- Home Office;

- Ministry of Justice;

- Ministry of Defence; and

- HM Treasury.

Officials from the Cabinet Office and No10 are also invited to attend meetings.

The group meets on a semi-regular basis and according to significant developments in mental health policy in line with delivering key Government priorities.

The last three mental health IMG meetings took place on 12 September 2017, 17 October 2017 and 17 April 2018.

Ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care attend various other inter-ministerial groups across Government where mental health policy has a key role to play in delivering other Government priorities.