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<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics
Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply<del class="ministerial">.</del> <ins
class="ministerial">and I will place the response in the Library of both houses.</ins></p><p>
</p><p><em><strong>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to The Lord
Pearson of Rannoch, dated 15 June 2018.</strong></em></p><p>Dear Lord Pearson,</p><p>
</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority,
I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking about the number of suicides since
2000 of separated fathers compared to those of separated mothers <strong>(HL8615)</strong>.</p><p>The
Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes suicide rates for the UK, constituent
countries, regions and local authorities in England and Wales in an annual bulletin[1].</p><p>The
information we hold on deaths is limited to what is recorded on the Medical Certificate
of Cause of Death by a doctor, provided to the registrar by the informant at the time
of death registration, or recorded by a coroner following their inquest into the cause
and circumstances of the death. We can provide the number of suicides per year by
legal marital status, but we have no available information on whether the deceased
was (a) separated at the time of death, that is, living apart from their partner;
or (b) was a father or mother.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 attached provides the numbers
and crude rates per 100,00 persons of deaths due to suicide, by sex, for each year
between 2000 and 2016 in England and Wales. The rates are broken down by marital status
recorded at death. A copy has been placed in the House of Lords Library.</p><p> </p><p>Yours
sincerely,</p><p> </p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a
href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2016registrations"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2016registrations</a></p><p>
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