§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 25 March,Official Report, column 454, if he will publish for each district council in Wales, and for Wales as a whole, for the latest available year (a) the total number of suicides, (b) the number of suicides by farmers and (c) the figures in (b) as a percentage of (a); and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe information requested is for 1992 and is shown in the following table:
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(a) (b) (c) Residents of: Total suicides and undetermined deaths Suicides and undetermined deaths of farmer1 Farmers1 suicides as a percentage of total suicides Alyn and Deeside 9 — — Colwyn 10 1 10 Delyn 5 — — Glyndwr 6 1 16.7 Rhuddlan 6 — — Wrexham Maelor 19 — — Carmarthen 9 — — Ceredigion 6 — — Dinefwr 9 1 11.1 Llanelli 13 — — Preseli Pembrokeshire 7 — — South Pembrokeshire 5 — — Blaenau Gwent 10 — — Islwyn 2 — — Monmouth 7 — — Newport 16 — — Torfaen 10 — — Aberconwy 10 — — Arfon 13 — — Dwyfor 3 — — Meirionnydd 5 — — Ynys Mon-Isle of Anglesey 12 — —
(a) (b) (c) Residents of: Total suicides and undetermined deaths Suicides and undetermined deaths of farmer1 Farmers1 suicides as a percentage of total suicides Cynon Valley 3 — — Merthyr Tydfil 7 — — Ogwr 18 — — Rhondda 10 — — Rhymney Valley 14 — — Taff-Ely 13 — — Brecknock 4 — — Montgomeryshire 6 1 16.7 Radnor 6 1 16.7 Cardiff 38 — — Vale of Glamorgan 11 — — Lliw Valley 9 — — Neath 9 — — Port Talbot 5 — — Swansea 29 1 3.4 Wales 374 6 1.6 1 Farmers, horticulturalists and farm managers. Source: OPCS.