HC Deb 30 October 1992 vol 212 c934W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has regarding rates of(a) suicide, (b) premature death and (c) psychiatric disorders amongst families of people made redundant.

Dr. Mawhinney

There are increased rates of suicide, premature death, and depression and anxiety among unemployed people generally, although this is at least in part due to social and economic factors other than unemployment. Less is known about these rates in the families of those whose unemployment is the result of redundancy.

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