Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of coroners’ inquests that delivered a verdict of suicide in the cases of the deaths of former service men and women in 2017.

The Ministry of Justice collates statistics on inquest conclusions, including suicide, which are published annually. However, these are not currently sub-categorised in any way, other than by gender.

The Government’s approach to veteran suicides is set out in its response to the current e-petition which is available at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/225899.