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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(29 August 2025)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to roll out mandatory suicide prevention training across emergency response services.

Asked by:
Sarah Hall (Labour)

Answer

The College of Policing set the professional standards for police in England and Wales. The College’s core guidance includes the initial training for officers under the Policing Education Qualifications Framework which incorporates autism, learning disabilities, mental health and vulnerabilities. Through this, officers are taught to assess vulnerability and amend their approaches as required.

The College further promotes the need for frameworks to assess vulnerability, to aid in consistent identification, support decision making, and to trigger appropriate safeguarding action. Such principles and practices are set out in a number of college products, including the Detention and Custody Authorised Professional Practice.

Policing is operationally independent, and it is a matter for the chief constables of each force to decide which additional training their officers should undertake.


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