Written Question·Home Office·UIN 98455

Police: Suicide

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the number of serving police officers taking their own lives is recorded.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Home Office does not currently collect information centrally on the number of police officer suicides. The Office for National Statistics publishes data on the number of suicides registered in England and Wales by occupation. The latest available data...

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