§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members or employees of Her Majesty's armed forces have died by self-inflicted injuries in and around military premises in each of the past eight years, indicating(a) the date of death of each person, (b) their gender, age and ethnic origin, (c) the military premises on which the fatal incident occurred and (d) the location, date and verdict of the inquest. [56697]
§ Mr. IngramBetween 1 January 1993 and 14 May 2002 there have been 156 suicides among serving members of the regular armed forces. To ensure that service personnel confidentiality is not compromised, it has been necessary to group the data by year, location and age group in the following tables. Of the 156 suicides only three were female. In respect of breakdown by ethnic origin, information is only available from May 1996–64 suicides were recorded as "White" and 10 were recorded as "Unspecified".
It is not possible to provide information on self inflicted deaths as the definitions used for these deaths are currently under review. They are being checked for consistency against those used in the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Information on suicides can however be provided for this period, as these are well defined.
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Suicides in serving regular armed forces personnel by geographic location: 1 January 1993 to 14 May 2002 Location Year of death Great Britain (4) Northern Ireland Germany (BAOR) Other Grand Total 1 January 1993 20 2 5 1 28 1994 19 3 6 2 30 1995 9 7 4 0 20 1996 16 3 2 3 24 1997 19 0 2 0 21 1998 9 0 2 0 11
Suicides in serving regular armed forces personnel by geographic location: 1 January 1993 to 14 May 2002 Location Year of death Great Britain Northern Ireland Germany (BAOR) Other Grand Total 1999 9 0 0 0 9 2000 8 0 1 1 10 2001 2 0 1 0 3 Grand total 111 15 23 7 156
Suicides in serving regular armed forces personnel by age group: 1 January 1993 to 14 May 2002 Age group Year of death Under 30 30–39 40 and over Grand total 1 January 1993 18 8 2 28 1994 24 5 1 30 1995 13 6 1 20 1996 15 8 1 24 1997 11 8 2 21 1998 6 3 2 11 1999 4 4 1 9 2000 4 5 1 10 2001 2 1 0 3 Grand total 97 48 11 156 Notes:
1. There were no reported suicides for 2002 as at the 14 May 2002.
2. Figures for suicides are subject to revision as further coroner's verdicts are reported to DASA.
3. Census Survey categories, based on the 1991 Census Survey categories. Records of ethnic category for service personnel was not recorded prior to May 1996.
4. Great Britain included UK Waters and North Atlantic.