Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the progress made by crime agencies in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England to sign up to the principles of the Crisis Care Concordat.

As part of the roll-out of the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, published by the Government in February 2014, health, social care and criminal justice partners across England have been invited to develop and sign local Concordat
declarations. The relevant Police and Crime Commissioner and Police Force are two of seven essential signatories to each local declaration.

I share the aim of the Right Honourable Norman Lamb MP, the Minister for Care and Support, that declarations should be in place throughout England by the end of 2014. Progress towards this across all areas of England can be seen at the
following webpage: http://www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk/explore-the-map/

I understand that there are plans for Crisis Care declarations covering Coventry and the West Midlands to be agreed in early December.