Question follow-through · 46025

Suicide: Police

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

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
30 Apr 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    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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