Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many active-duty military deaths there have been by suicide from 1990 to date.
Between 1990 and 2020 (latest data available), there have been 683 coroner confirmed suicides in the regular Armed Forces, the annual numbers have been presented in the Table.
Table: UK regular Armed Forces suicide and open verdict deaths by year, numbers
1990-2020
Year All Coroner confirmed suicides
All 683
1990 50
1991 48
1992 37
1993 43
1994 34
1995 43
1996 32
1997 26
1998 19
1999 30
2000 37
2001 16
2002 15
2003 25
2004 20
2005 22
2006 12
2007 10
2008 10
2009 15
2010 7
2011 15
2012 20
2013 9
2014 10
2015 8
2016 13
2017 16
2018 17
2019 15
2020 9
Source: Defence Statistics Health
1 Figures are for regular personnel and only those reservists who have died whilst on operational deployment. Figures include male and female personnel.
The latest statistics have been published on gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-suicide-and-open-verdict-deaths-index