§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many suicides occurred in(a) each health district in England, and (b) NHS institutions in the last three complete years, and for the half year to October 1996; and if he will express these figures as a rate per head of the population. [11616]
§ Mr. BurnsDetails of the number of suicides in(a) each health district in England and (b) NHS facilities in the last three complete years will be placed in the Library. Data for the first half of 1996 are not yet 593W available. For (b) it is not possible to calculate population rates because there are no hospital populations available to use as denominators.