Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) boys and (b) girls aged (i) 0-10, (ii) 11-13, (iii) 14, (iv) 15 and (v) 16 and 17 years old have been admitted to hospital in England as a result of (A) self-harm and (B) self-poisoning in each year since 2015.

A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with an external cause of self-harm and self-poisoning for boys and girls aged 0-10, 11-13, 14, 15 and 16 and 17 years old in England for the years 2014-15 to 2016-17 is shown in the attached table owing to its size.

An FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.