§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many suicides he has estimated have occurred in the last five years as a result of decisions taken by his Department about benefit entitlement;
(2) if he will commission research to establish whether the rate of incidence of suicides is higher among those on benefits and whether suicides have been caused by his Department's benefit decisions.
§ Mr. ScottInformation on the reasons for suicides is not collected. There are no plans to commission research on the rate of suicides among people receiving social security benefits.