§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is she will publish figures showing the number of suicides occurring monthly within the farming population in the United Kingdom within each of the last four years.
§ Mr. SackvilleI have been asked to reply.
The information shown in the tables is for England and Wales. Information relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and Learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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Males Females 16+ 16–64 65+ 16+ 16–59 60+ April 7 6 1 — — — May 2 1 1 2 2 — June 5 2 3 — — — July 4 3 1 — — — August 5 5 — — — — September 8 6 2 — — — October 3 3 — — — — November 2 1 1 — — — December — — — — — — Total 51 38 13 2 2 —
Suicides among farmers and farm workers by month of occurrence, sex and age, 1991 Males Females 16+ 16–64 65+ 16+ 16–59 60+ January 3 1 2 — — — February 5 3 2 1 — 1 March 10 6 4 1 1 — April 11 9 2 — — — May 2 2 — — — — June 3 3 — — — — July 4 3 1 — — — August 5 3 2 — — — September 7 6 1 — — — October 6 4 2 — — — November 4 2 2 — — — December 1 1 — 1 1 — Total 61 43 18 3 2 1
Suicides among farmers and farm workers by month of occurrence1, sex and age, 1992 Males Females 16+ 16–64 65+ 16+ 16–59 60+ January 4 4 — — — — February 8 6 2 — — — March 4 4 — 1 — 1 April 3 3 — — — — May 2 2 — — — — June 4 3 1 — — — July 5 2 3 — — — August 6 2 4 — — — September 2 2 — — — — October 3 3 — — — — November 3 3 — — — — December 2 2 — — — — Total 46 36 10 1 — 1 1 This table does not include those deaths that occurred in 1992 but not registered until 1993.