HC Deb 12 June 1986 vol 99 cc270-1W
Mr. Meadowcroft

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides there have been in the last year, and each year from 1979 to 1985, within the area of jurisdiction of the Leeds coroner.

Mr. Mellor

The information available for the coroner's district covering the metropolitan districts of Leeds and Wakefield is given in the table. Corresponding information for 1979 and 1980 is no longer available centrally.

Verdicts of suicide returned al coroners inquests in the Eastern District of West Yorkshire
Number
1981 106
1982 75
1983 69
1984 59
1985 63

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