Suicide
Commons · Question 84587 · Tabled 23 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of collecting data on the number of callouts police attend to (a) attempted suicides and (b) suicides in progress.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 30 Oct 2025
The Home Office does not collect data from police on calls about suicidal ideation or where an apparent suicide is in progress and has no current plans to do so.The College of Policing sets the professional standards for police in England and Wales. The C...