Written Question·Home Office·UIN 96372
Suicide
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025
Question
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making it a statutory requirement for police officers to record how many suicides they attend.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Home Office does not collect data from police about suicides they have attended and has no current plans to do so.