Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether home educated children and young people are included within the Government's national strategy for suicide prevention training in schools.

The government’s ‘Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy’ identifies children and young people as a priority group for suicide prevention. The plan sets out a range of actions to improve mental health support, strengthen early intervention and ensure that children and young people can access appropriate support when needed.

Home educated children and young people are included within the strategy’s focus on children and young people and can access the wider mental health and suicide prevention support available through health services, local suicide prevention arrangements and voluntary and community sector organisations.

More broadly, the government is committed to improving mental health support and preventing suicide among all children and young people. This includes action across education, health and community services, as well as investment in earlier intervention through the development of Young Futures Hubs.