Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many attempted suicides have been recorded at each army initial training establishment in the past five years.

Attempted suicide is not a definition used for the collection of data by the Ministry of Defence. Statistics are collected about self-harm in line with the Office for National Statistics’ definition of a deliberate intent to inflict damage or alter oneself which does not result in death. This includes incidents of self-injury and self-poisoning but excludes those with thoughts of self-harm or suicidal ideation.