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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the action taken by his Department concerning British nationals seeking assisted suicide overseas, with special reference to the practice in European jurisdictions.

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 December 2002

Reference

82245; 395 c798W;395 c796W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the research commissioned by him in the last five years on (a) suicide, (b) assisted suicide and (c) voluntary euthanasia. - Ref to 12 April 2002, 383 c670-1W.

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 May 2002

Reference

52314; 384 c892-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the research commissioned by him in the last five years on (a) suicide, (b) assisted suicide and (c) voluntary euthanasia, with special reference to practice in European jurisdictions. - Inc ref to Safety First, the...

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 March 2002

For answer on

12 April 2002

Answered on

12 April 2002

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the research commissioned by him in the last five years on (a) suicide, (b) assisted suicide and (c) voluntary euthanasia, with special reference to practice in European jurisdictions. [43321] Ms Blears: The Department commissioned a research project on suicide in high risk occupational groups, conducted by Professor Keith Hawton and colleagues at the centre for suicide research, University of Oxford. The project was funded over the period 1 December 1993 to 30 June 2000. In addition, the Department funds the national confidential inquiry into suicides and homicides by people with mental illness to ensure that everyone involved with mental health services learns and implements lessons from the factors associated with serious incidents. The inquiry, led by Professor Louis Appleby, is crucial to gaining a better understanding of the circumstances surrounding homicides and suicides committed by people with mental illness. Safety First, the 5 year report on suicide and homicide by psychiatric patients, builds on Professor Appleby's earlier report "Safer Services" published in 1999. The Department is committed to taking necessary action in response to the findings of the Inquiry. We have already published the national service framework for mental health and national plan which specifically address a number of the recommendations out lined in the earlier report. The key findings and further recommendations outlined in Safety First will be given full consideration and will help to inform the national suicide prevention strategy that we are currently developing. In addition, the Department has funded: A trial of social work interventions for adolescents who have attempted suicide. A pilot study of mental health crisis cards. Factors underlying and maintaining nurses' positive therapeutic attitudes to patients with severe personality disorder. A study "Does dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) reduce deliberate self-harm in female patients with borderline personality disorder?" In addition the NHS funds the following projects: Suicides and open verdicts on the Railway Network An investigation into recent temporal trends and geographic patterns of suicide. Lay understandings of suicide, its aetiology and preventibility: a qualitative analysis of interviews with bereaved relatives. A case control study of suicide among persons not known to mental health services. The role of primary care in suicide prevention Psychosocial characteristics of attempted suicide patients in Oxford Evaluation of the effects of legislation about the availability of paracetamol and asprin on suicide and attempted suicide A study to determine the psychological distress experienced by parents bereaved by suicide or by other uncertain causes. There are currently no directly funded research projects, funded by the Department into assisted suicide or voluntary euthanasia.

Date

12 April 2002

Reference

43321; 383 c670-1W;383 c668-9W

House

House of Commons

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