Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has his Department spent on suicide prevention from the public health in Cumbria each year since 2014.

The information requested is not held by the Department. Data on how much funding local authorities spend on suicide prevention from the public health grant in Cumbria is not centrally held. Local authorities report their public health spend as set out in annex B of the Public health ring-fenced grant financial year 2026 to 2027: local authority circular, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-grants-to-local-authorities-2026-to-2027/public-health-ring-fenced-grant-financial-year-2026-to-2027-local-authority-circular#annex-b-public-health-allocations-for-2026-to-2027

Local authorities are responsible for deciding how best to allocate their public health grant to improve the health of their population and fulfil their public health responsibilities.