PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Illness: Discrimination (30 October 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the mental health campaign, Time to Change on tackling stigma and discrimination; and if the Government will provide further funding for the continuation of that campaign's work.

Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)

The Time to Change campaign has helped transform the national conversation around mental health and successfully changed the attitudes of 5.4 million people towards mental illness since 2007. A copy of the Time to Change Social Impact report for 2019/20 is available at the following link:

https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/about-us/our-impact

Since 2011, the Department has provided over £30 million of funding to the campaign. The current phase of the campaign ends on the 31 March 2021 and we have no plans to provide further funding for the campaign.

The Government is committed to addressing mental health inequalities, stigma and discrimination. Every Government department, as well as major corporations, have made a Time to Change Pledge to continue challenging mental health stigma and the inequalities experienced by people with mental illness.

Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
12 November 2020