Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 903 on Department for Work and Pensions: Health, on how many occasions her Department's staff have flagged claimants as being suicidal; and what estimate she has made of the number of claimants who have died by suicide in each of the last six years.

The Department does not hold centralised records that will enable it to answer these questions.

The Department takes the issue of suicide extremely seriously. Guidance is available to staff that helps them work with customers who are vulnerable and indicate they may harm themselves.