§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the latest available figures for the number of officially recorded suicides in the United Kingdom showing men and women separately for(a) all persons aged 18 years and over, (b) all persons aged 30 to 55 years, (c) all persons aged 18 years and over who were unemployed at the date of suicide and (d) all persons aged 30 to 55 years who were unemployed at the date of suicide.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation on the number of people who have been recorded as having committed suicide and who were unemployed is not available. At death registration informants are asked for last occupation rather than employment status of the deceased.
The table shows suicide deaths ICD E950-E9591 by sex for ages 18 and over and 30 to 55 years for England and Wales for 1992. Data for 1992 are provisional.
1992 18+ 30-55 Males 3,026 1,536 Females 895 371 1 International Classiflcation of Disease Code Ninth Revision. Information relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.