All-Party Parliamentary Group on Suicide and Self-harm Prevention

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September 2023

The APPG has launched a mini-inquiry focused on young people and suicide. 

According to the ONS (2018), suicide is the biggest killer of young people aged 16-24. In 2021, 611 deaths by suicide were registered for people aged 15-24 in England and Wales. Suicide rates among young people are increasing. ONS data show that females aged 24 and under have seen the largest increase in suicide rates since 1981.

This inquiry will focus on the experiences of young people from age 18 to 25, given the rising rates of suicide among this group, and seek to understand what should be done to prevent young suicides. The inquiry will explore risk factors and help-seeking experienced by young people with lived experience of suicidal thoughts, feelings and attempts.

The full terms of reference can be found below.

The APPG is gathering evidence through an anonymous survey, as well as a short series of evidence sessions with people with lived experience, organisations, academics and practitioners.

The survey is now closed.

In 2020, the APPG undertook an inquiry into the support available for young people who self-harm. In undertaking the inquiry, the APPG brought together experts through oral evidence sessions, as well as collecting written evidence, to better understand what services exist for young people who self-harm, how effective these are, and how they can be improved. Thank you to all those who submitted evidence to the inquiry.

You can download the final report below.