Home Department written question – answered on 11th July 2006.
Lynne Featherstone
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women have (i) committed and (ii) attempted self-inflicted death in each prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Gerry Sutcliffe
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
There is no definition of what constitutes an attempt at self-inflicted death, as it is very difficult to measure suicidal intent. For the number of apparent self-inflicted deaths in each prison in England and Wales, 2001-05, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Mr. Bellingham on
| Number of apparent self-inflicted deaths involving female prisoners | |||||
| Establishment | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Brockhill | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Bullwood Hall | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Downview | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Durham | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Eastwood Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Edmund Hill (H'point Women) | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Holloway | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Low Newton | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| New Hall | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Send | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Styal | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Court Escort Area 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Buckley Hall | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Total | 6 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 4 |
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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