Received: 26 January 2026

QUESTION 1: 

For the cases referenced by PFEW where a causal link has been identified between police investigation and suicide or attempted suicide, please provide: 

The total number of cases in which PFEW has identified such a causal link. 

QUESTION 2: 

For the cases referenced by PFEW where a causal link has been identified between police investigation and suicide or attempted suicide, please provide: 

For those cases, how many individuals - 

1. Were receiving welfare support from PFEW; 
2. Were receiving legal assistance funded by PFEW.

QUESTION 3: 

For the cases referenced by PFEW where a causal link has been identified between police investigation and suicide or attempted suicide, please provide: 

Of those receiving PFEW-funded legal assistance, please state how many were - 

1. Funded in full;
2. Funded in part;
3. Had funding withdrawn.

QUESTION 4: 

For the cases referenced by PFEW where a causal link has been identified between police investigation and suicide or attempted suicide, please provide: 

A brief description of the systems, databases, or internal records used by PFEW to identify these cases and compile the data referred to in the article, including whether multiple systems were used or integrated. 

Responded: 31 March 2026

RESPONSE 1: 

The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) have determined a correlation between police investigations and suicide or attempted suicide but not a causal link. 

This is for the Coronial process to determine a causal link. 

As such PFEW does not hold any more data than what has already been published online in the following article: 

The silent crisis killing police officers: more than 100 suicides since 2022 

Should the link not work it can be found directly here at https://polfed.org/news/latest-news/2026/the-silent-crisis-killing-police-officers-more-than-100-suicides-since-2022/ 

If you wish to have data relating to each specific branch then you will need to contact each branch directly as they are the data controllers of that information.

RESPONSE 2: 

Please see our response above to Question 1. 

RESPONSE 3: 

Please see our response above to Question 1. 

RESPONSE 4: 

Please see our response above to Question 1.