Employment: Suicide
Commons · Question 24540 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the immediate notification of work-related or suspected work related suicide or attempted suicide under the RIDDOR regu
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 11 Sep 2026
The Government’s National Suicide Prevention Strategy is the responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Care for England. Wales and Scotland have their own national strategies. HSE has a strategic objective to reduce work-related ill health, wi...