HC Deb 14 January 1980 vol 976 cc554-8W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young men at each centre within the borstal system have committed suicide and how many have attempted to commit suicide in each of the existing borstal centres during each of the last 10 years for which records are available.

Mr. Brittan

The information is contained in the following table. I regret that the total number of attempted suicides in borstals in 1973 was wrongly given as 56 in the answer I gave to a question by the hon. and learned Member on Monday 17 December.—[Vol. 976, c. 2–4.]

Suicides and Attempted Suicides in Borstals 1969–78
1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Establishment Suicides Attempts Suicides Attempts Suicides Attempts Suicides Attempts Suicides Attempts
Deerbolt
Dover 2 2 3 5 3
Everthorpe 13 7 5 4
Feltham 7 6 3 4 5
Finnamore 1
Gaynes Hall
Glen Parva
Grendon
Gringley
Guys Marsh 1 1
Hatfield
Hewell Grange 2
Hindley 2 1 3 1
Hollesley Bay 3 2 3 1 1
Huntercombe 9 4 5 6 4
Lowdham Grange 2 2 2 2 1
Manchester Borstal Allocation Centre 1 6 3 14 6
Morton Hall 1
Onley 5 3 1 2
Pollington 1
Portland 1 1 1 7 5
Rochester 10 5 11 13 10
Stoke Heath 1 2 2 3 1 4
Usk (Prescoed) 2
Wellingborough 12 3 2 1 4
Wetherby 1 1 1
Wormwood Scrubs Borstal Allocation Centre 1 5 1 6 2 2 2
Totals 3 75 2 49 42 70 53

Suicides and Attempted Suicides in Borstals 1969–78
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Establishment Suicides Attempts Suicides Attempts Suicides Attempts Suicides Attempts Suicides Attempts
Deerbolt 2 1 1
Dover 7 6 8 3 5
Everthorpe 2 1 1 3 2
Feltham 3 1 4 1 3
Finnamore
Gaynes Hall 3 1;
Glen Parva 2 5 10
Grendon 2 1
Gringley
Guys Marsh 1
Hatfield 1 2
Hewell Grange
Hindley 2 1 1 1 2
Hollesley Bay 3 2 1
Huntercombe 5 5 2 1
Lowdham Grange 1 5 1
Manchester Borstal Allocation Centre 4 1 3 3 1 1
Morton Hall Closed Changed to YP Prison Closed
Onley
Pollington
Portland 5 16 6
Rochester 13 8 1 6 2
Stoke Heath 8 6 18 2
Usk (Prescoed) 2
Wellingborough 3 6 1 2 3
Wetherby
Wormwood Scrubs Borstal Allocation Centre 2 12 11 3
Totals 62 1 63 84 22 1 31

Deerbolt opened July 1973.M

Glen Parva opened August 1974.