HC Deb 24 March 1987 vol 113 cc119-20W
Mr. Willie W. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the annual youth suicide rate since 1980.

Mrs. Currie

The information is given in the table.

Number of deaths registered as suicide (ICD(9)1 E950-E959) and rate per million population for males and females aged 10–14 and 15–19 years
England and Wales 1980–1985
Year
Sex and Age-group 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Males 10–14
Number 2 4 4 2 1 2
Rate 0.99 2.00 2.06 1.06 0.55 1.15
Males 15–19

offices dealing directly with the public for each of the last five years; and how the rate differed between clerical grades and executive grades.

Mr. Lyell

The following figures give the total number of local office staff leaving the Department in each grade in each of the years 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986. This number is then expressed as a percentage of the total local office staff in post at 1 April in each year. These figures are not available before 1983. Executive grades are principal, senior executive officer, higher executive officer and local officer I. Clerical grades are local officer II and clerical assistant.

Year
Sex and Age-group 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Number 84 88 78 84 90 87
Rate 40.17 41.62 36.55 39.57 43.33 42.80
Females 10–14
Number 1 1 3 6 1 1
Rate 0.52 0.53 1.63 3.35 0.58 0.61
Females 15–19
Number 39 27 23 24 20 21
Rate 19.54 13.40 11.39 11.96 10.14 10.87
1 International Classification of Diseases 9th revision.