Suicide Act 1961
(asked on 13th October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) arrests, (2) charges, (3) prosecutions, and (4) convictions, have been made under the Suicide Act 1961 in the past ten years.
The Ministry of Justice collates data on the number of prosecutions and convictions for specific offences, including those under section 2 (1) of the Suicide Act 1961 which are shown below:
Values | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 | 2024 |
Proceeded against | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Convicted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
This data is held on a principal-offence basis and therefore reports information relating to the most serious offence that a defendant was dealt with for. Arrests and police charges data are held by the Home Office.