§ Mr. Corrieasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give details of all recorded suicide verdicts by coroners' courts involving deaths of girls under 16 years of age in England and Wales between 20 December 1984 and 11 January 1985; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is not collected centrally by the Home Office. However, I understand that the information is collected by registrars of births, deaths and marriages, and published figures will be available by about June 1985 from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Because of the time required to complete inquests, final figures will not be available until about spring 1986.