PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(10 October 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that female asylum seekers who are victims of gender-based violence have access to (a) mental health support and (b) trauma-informed care.

Asked by:
Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat)

This Government has set out our ambition to halve violence against women and girls within a decade, using every tool available to target perpetrators and address the root causes of violence.

Recognising the mental health challenges faced by people seeking asylum the Home Office has a strategic team focussing on asylum seeker mental health working closely with accommodation providers, NGOs, health partners and lived experience groups to formulate a preventative approach.

This approach consists of mental health and wellbeing grant funding that is disseminated across the UK through Strategic Migration Partnerships and the rollout of a trauma-informed practice programme.

For further information on initiatives please see Asylum mental health: workstreams, tools and case studies (GOV.UK)

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