§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how 610W many people committed suicide in British prisons in each of the following years: 1965, 1970 and 1976.
§ Mr. JohnThe following table gives the numbers of suicides recorded in Prison Department establishments in England and Wales in the years in question, according to the findings of coroners to whom all deaths of persons in custody are reported in accordance with Rule 19(2) of the Prison Rules 1964.
1965 15 1970 6 1976 19* *Provisional. Responsibility for penal establishments in Scotland rests with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.