| Heading: |
Suicide: Internet |
| Question ID: |
1760033 |
| UIN: |
27475 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5277 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Graham Leadbitter
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Graham Leadbitter
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of people dying of suicide after engaging with suicide-related content online; and what steps he is taking to reduce those deaths. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-07 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
DSIT is made aware when there has been an online-related death by suicide through Coroner’s ‘Reports to Prevent Future Deaths’ and has responded to nine reports in the past 12 months. The department is very concerned about the number of reports of deaths.... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |