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Police: Suicide

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Question for Home Office

UIN 274518, tabled on 8 July 2019

Question

Esther McVey
Conservative
Tatton
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) serving and (b) retired police personnel have died by suicide in each year since 1997.

Answer

Mr Nick Hurd
Conservative
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Commons

Answered on

12 July 2019

The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.

The Office for National Statistics publish data on suicide by occupation in England. The latest release can be found here:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/suicidebyoccupationenglandsupplementarydatatables

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