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1283W<br />
Written Answers<br />
6 JUNE 2013<br />
Written Answers<br />
1284W<br />
Naval<br />
Service<br />
Royal<br />
Marines<br />
Royal Navy<br />
UK 102 14 88<br />
OF6<br />
67 9 58<br />
Commodore/<br />
Brigadier<br />
OF7 Rear<br />
26 4 22<br />
Admiral/Major<br />
General<br />
OF8 Vice<br />
7 1 6<br />
Admiral/<br />
Lieutenant<br />
General<br />
OF9 Admiral 1 2 0 2<br />
first Gulf war and Falkland veterans, the risk of suicide<br />
and open verdict deaths is statistically significantly lower<br />
compared to the UK population.<br />
In 2006, the Ministry of Defence commissioned research<br />
from Manchester university to investigate the level of<br />
suicide among those leaving the UK armed forces over<br />
the period 1996 to 2005, and to compare matched<br />
personnel remaining in-service and the general<br />
population. This work was published in March 2009.<br />
The study found that, taking all age groups together,<br />
the risk of suicide was no higher than in the general<br />
community.<br />
Scotland 3 0 3<br />
OF6<br />
2 0 2<br />
Commodore/<br />
Brigadier<br />
OF7 Rear<br />
1 0 1<br />
Admiral/Major<br />
General<br />
OF8 Vice<br />
0 0 0<br />
Admiral/<br />
Lieutenant<br />
General<br />
OF9 Admiral 0 0 0<br />
England 99 14 85<br />
OF6<br />
65 9 56<br />
Commodore/<br />
Brigadier<br />
OF7 Rear<br />
25 4 21<br />
Admiral/Major<br />
General<br />
OF8 Vice<br />
7 1 6<br />
Admiral/<br />
Lieutenant<br />
General<br />
OF9 Admiral 1 2 0 2<br />
1<br />
T<strong>here</strong> were two OF9 Admirals on 1 April 2013. This was reduced<br />
to one when Admiral Zambellas relieved Admiral Stanhope as First<br />
Sea Lord/Chief of Naval Staff in mid April.<br />
Notes:<br />
1. Figures are for UK Regular Forces.<br />
2. UK Regular Forces data are sourced from Joint Personnel<br />
Administration (JPA) system. Location data is based on the station<br />
location of the individual as recorded in the ’Assignment Location<br />
field’ of the JPA system. The figures are based on service personnel’s<br />
station location and not the location of residence—w<strong>here</strong> personnel<br />
work is not necessarily w<strong>here</strong> they live. Personnel deployed on<br />
operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown<br />
against their most recent stationed location.<br />
Source:<br />
Defence Statistics (Tri-Service)<br />
Veterans: Suicide<br />
Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence<br />
(1) if he will commission research into the level of<br />
suicides and attempted suicides among armed forces<br />
veterans; [157998]<br />
(2) how many armed forces veterans have committed<br />
suicide in the last 10 years. [158000]<br />
Dr Murrison: Defence Statistics publish information<br />
on numbers and mortality rates for suicide and open<br />
verdict deaths among first Gulf war and Falkland veterans,<br />
compared to the mortality rates for suicide and open<br />
verdict deaths in the general UK population. For both<br />
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS<br />
Cattle: Accidents<br />
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment,<br />
Food and Rural Affairs (1) what representations he has<br />
made to supermarkets on encouraging them not to<br />
stock meat from breeds of cattle known to be more<br />
dangerous to walkers; [157670]<br />
(2) what advice he publishes to assist farmers in<br />
choosing cattle breeds with regard to the safety of<br />
members of the public. [157673]<br />
Mr Heath: DEFRA has discussed with the Health<br />
and Safety Executive, the National Farmers Union and<br />
breed societies the need to promote and strengthen<br />
guidance and advice for farmers, landowners and other<br />
livestock keepers on cattle and public access.<br />
The Health and Safety Executive has published guidance<br />
about the precautions to be taken with grazing cattle<br />
including ways to minimise the risk to the public, for<br />
example by the way of clear information and signage.<br />
The National Farmers Union’s own guidance suggests<br />
that its members should make an assessment about the<br />
risks posed by livestock being kept in a field with a<br />
public right of way including such matters as whether<br />
the livestock are well-handled and used to people; whether<br />
the livestock have ever been known to react aggressively<br />
to people or dogs; whether cattle have very young calves<br />
at foot; and the route of the right of way through the<br />
field and the field conditions.<br />
The Countryside Code, issued by Natural England,<br />
includes guidance on walkers’ rights and responsibilities<br />
when out in the countryside and in particular advice<br />
and information about the best approach to take if a<br />
walker with a dog finds themselves being threatened by<br />
cattle.<br />
DEFRA has not made representations to supermarkets<br />
to discourage them from stocking meat from breeds of<br />
cattle known to be more dangerous to walkers.<br />
Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons<br />
his Department has not published a list of dangerous<br />
cattle breeds. [157672]<br />
Mr Heath: T<strong>here</strong> is a list of seven breeds of dairy bull<br />
that are prohibited from land crossed by public rights of<br />
way in section 59 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act<br />
1981. Bulls of all other breeds, if aged over 10 months,<br />
are also banned from such fields unless accompanied by