HC Deb 18 February 1997 vol 290 c464W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many suicides there have been in each of the armed services in each year since 1990. [15387]

Mr. Soames

[holding answer 12 February 1997]: The number of coroner verdicts of suicide in each of the armed services, including Gurkhas1, for each year since 1990 are:

Year Navy Army1 RAF Total
1990 8 20 14 42
1991 5 22 7 34
1992 6 19 5 30
1993 1 18 4 23
1994 6 18 5 29
1995 1 15 2 18
1996 2 3 0 5
1997 0 0 0 0

Information in the table as at 10 February 1997.