Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the effect on the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people living in abusive households during the covid-19 outbreak.

Mental health services have remained open for business throughout, and NHS England and NHS Improvement has asked mental health trusts to ensure they have 24 hours a day, seven days a week open access telephone lines in place for urgent National Health Service mental health support, advice and triage.

We provided £5 million to Mind and the Mental Health Consortia to administer a Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund. It complements NHS services and support for those struggling with their mental health, including vulnerable people such as survivors of domestic abuse. We also announced a further £4.2 million to support mental health charities as part of our United Kingdom-wide £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector. This package also includes £76 million of funding to support survivors of?domestic abuse, sexual violence and modern slavery?as well as ensuring that vulnerable children and young people continue to get the help they need.