Written Question·Home Office·UIN 46025

Suicide: Police

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of contacts that each police force has had (a) with people experiencing suicidal ideation and (b) where a suicide is in progress in the last 12 mont

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Home Office does not collect or hold data on these subjects.The College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice guidance contains a chapter intended to support the police in offering crisis intervention to people who are at risk of suicide and ...

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