§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions verdicts of suicide were returned by coroners in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and how often mental disturbance was cited as a cause.
§ Mr. MellorThe number of verdicts of suicide returned at inquests in England and Wales in each of the years 1971 to 1981 is contained in table 5 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin, issue 23/82, "Coroners' statistics: England and Wales 1981", copies of which are in the Library of the House. The additional information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.