§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what verdict was recorded on the death of those of the 11 prisoners listed as awaiting inquest in his answer of 25 January, Official Report, columns 534–35, in respect of whom the inquest has now been completed.
§ Mr. MellorThe following verdicts are now available. Case numbers are those used in my reply to a question from the hon. Member for Knowsley, North (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 25 January, at columns 533–36.
Case Number Verdict 26 Natural causes: coronary thrombosis 48 Natural causes: kidney failure 49 Suicide: pulmonary embolism 50 Natural causes: staphylococal pyaemia 57 Suicide: asphyxia by hanging 60 Suicide: asphyxia by hanging 61 Natural causes: myocardial infarction 63 Natural causes: coronary artery thrombosis. Verdicts in the other three cases are still awaited.
§ Mr. Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides and how many attempted suicides have taken place in prisons in each of the last 25 years; and how many in each year have occurred at Swansea.
§ Mr. MellorThe information available is as follows:
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Number of Suicides Year All establishments including Swansea Swansea 1960 6 0 1961 17 0 1962 15 0 1963 12 0 1964 22 0 1965 15 0 1966 11 0 1967 19 0 1968 17 0 1969 21 2 1970 6 0 1971 13 0 1972 13 0 1973 14 0 1974 6 0 1975 14 0 1976 20 1 1977 11 1 1978 16 0 1979 21 0 1980 21 0 1981 16 0 1982 18 0 1983 21 0 1984 *23 *1
* One inquest verdict of an inmate who was found hanging is awaited. This was at Swansea. It is not included in these figures. In 1982 there were 253 incidents of self-injury with apparent suicidal intent, of which two were at Swansea.
In 1983 there were 221 incidents of self-injury with apparent suicidal intent, of which eight were at Swansea.
Figures for self-injury for other years are not available.