United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 72228
Suicide: Veterans
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26 October 2022
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3 November 2022 · Answer
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3 November 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to require coroners to keep records of whether the deceased is a military veteran when recording a verdict of suicide.
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26 October 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to require coroners to keep records of whether the deceased is a military veteran when recording a verdict of suicide.
Source: Commons
3 November 2022
Answer
The Government takes the welfare of Armed Forces veterans very seriously and we are committed to improving our understanding of the risk of suicide and its prevalence among veterans.The Office of Veteran Affairs has been working with the Ministry of Defen...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-26/72228
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1536496
- uk · wq-1536496 · source updated 3 November 2022