Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of refugees and asylum seekers who have died as a result of suicide or who have attempted suicide while in the process of being deported from the UK in each of the last five years.

Individuals holding refugee status or those with a pending asylum claim are not subject to removal or deportation from the United Kingdom.

Where notified, information on the number of individuals subject to removal or deportation processes who have attempted suicide or who have died as a result of suicide, is held in individual records. The data requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Individuals detained prior to their removal or deportation and who may be at risk of self harm are monitored under the self harm reduction strategy for detention and escorting, Assessment Care in Detention and Teamwork. This guidance is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessing-care-in-detention-self-harm-reduction-strategy