United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 27475
Suicide: Internet
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29 January 2025
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7 February 2025 · Answer
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7 February 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of people dying of suicide after engaging with suicide-related content online; and what steps he is taking to reduce those deaths.
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29 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of people dying of suicide after engaging with suicide-related content online; and what steps he is taking to reduce those deaths.
Source: Commons
7 February 2025
Answer
DSIT is made aware when there has been an online-related death by suicide through Coroner’s ‘Reports to Prevent Future Deaths’ and has responded to nine reports in the past 12 months. The department is very concerned about the number of reports of deaths....
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-29/27475
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1760033
- uk · wq-1760033 · source updated 7 February 2025