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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 3 March 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 March 2020 (named day). It was answered by Oliver Dowden (Conservative) on Monday, 9 March 2020 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Loneliness

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the ministerial group on loneliness plans to publish a report in 2020.

Answer

In the Tackling Loneliness Strategy, published October 2018, government committed to publishing annual progress reports to provide an update on the implementation of policies set out in the strategy. The first annual report was published in January 2020. This set out progress to date, including action by frontline workers across the public sector to recognise and act on loneliness, the launch of the Let’s Talk Loneliness campaign, the commitment to include measures in the Public Health Outcomes Framework so we can understand local rates of loneliness, and the announcement of an additional £2m of grant-funding to help frontline grassroots organisations that bring people together.

The ministerial group on loneliness will consider whether any further reports should be published this year, as part of its ongoing discussions around the government’s work on tackling loneliness.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24258
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Loneliness
Link
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