§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the suicide rates for persons employed in agriculture in each county of Wales. [23407]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe latest available information is for deaths registered as suicide in 1993 and is given in the following table:
Suicide of farmers and farm workers in Wales, 1993 Number Rate per 1,000 farmers and farm workers1 Clwyd 1 0.14 Dyfed 5 0.28 Gwent 1 0.26 Gwynedd — — Mid Glamorgan — — Powys 4 0.39 South Glamorgan — — West Glamorgan — — Wales 11 0.22 Source:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and June Agricultural Census.
Note:
1 At June 1993, as estimated by the Agricultural Census which excludes very small holdings with very little or no agricultural activity.