§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the number of suicides in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force in the years 1980 to 1986 and the latest figures for 1987, showing each arm of the services and each year separately.
§ Mr. FreemanThere have been the following numbers of suicides by United Kingdom regular service personnel since 1980:
Year Army Royal Navy and RoyalMarines Royal Air Force 1980 11 3 10 1981 18 6 8 1982 23 3 14 1983 18 3 9 1984 18 2 9 1985 18 5 7 1986 19 7 12 1987 figures not yet available Figures for attempted suicides cannot be collated in a meaningful form, because degrees of true intent cannot be judged.