§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) men and (b) women aged (i) 18 years and over and (ii) 45 to 65 years were recorded in each standard region and the whole United Kingdom as suicides or attempted suicides in each year since 1979; and what number and proportion in each case were known to be unemployed.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe exact information requested is not available. A table derived from death registrations shows the number of deaths with a verdict of suicide ICD E950–E959 over the period requested has been placed in the Library.