HC Deb 03 April 1990 vol 170 cc552-5W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a month by month breakdown of the information given in the table in his answer of 12 March,Official Report, columns 18-21, in respect of inmates in Armley prison, Leeds, for suicides and attempted suicides in 1989.

Mr. Mellor

The table gives the number of inmates who were found at an inquest to have committed suicide, and who attempted suicide, at Leeds prison in each month during 1989.

Suicides and attempted suicides at HM prison Leeds in 1989
Month Suicides Attempted suicides
January — 5
February 1 13
March — 4
Month Suicides Attempted Suicides
April — 18
May — 4
June — —
July — 5
August — 5
September — 2
October — —
November 1 —
December — 2
Total 2 58

Sir Charles Irving

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many suicides and how many

Table A
Suicides at Prison establishments 1980 to 1989 and attempted suicides 1985 to 1989
Establishment 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1 2 1989
Acklington — — — — — — — — 1 — (—)
Albany — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Ashford — — — — — — 1 1 — — (1)
Ashwell — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Askham Grange — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Aylesbury — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Bedford — — — — — — 1 — 1 — (—)
Birmingham — 1 — — — 2 — 1 1 — (24)
Blundeston — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Bristol 1 — 1 — — — — — — 1 (3)
Brixton 5 3 1 4 5 2 2 3 1 1 (21)
Brockhill — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Camp Hill — — — 1 — — — 1 — — (2)
Campsfield House — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Canterbury 1 — 2 — — — 1 3 — 2 (7)
Cardiff — 1 2 — — — 1 1 — — (5)
Castingdon — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Channings wood — — — 1 — — — — — — (4)
Chelmsford — — — — — — — — — — (5)
Coldingley — — — — — — — 1 1 — (1)
Cookham wood — — — — — — — — — — (3)
Dartmoor — 1 — 2 — — — — — 1 (3)
Deerbolt — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Dorchester — — — — — — — — 1 — (2)
Drake Hall — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Durham — — 1 — 1 2 — 3 1 2 (15)
Eastwood Park — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Erlestoke — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Everthorpe — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Exeter — 1 — — 2 1 1 1 1 1 (19)
Featherstone 1 — — — — — — — — — (1)
Feltham — — — — — — — — — — (9)
Ford — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Frankland — — — — — — — — — 1 (4)
Full Sutton — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Garth — — — — — — — — — 1 (3)
Gartree — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Glen Parva — — — — — — — — 1 1 (6)
Gloucester — — — 1 — 1 — — — — (1)
Grendon — — — — — — — 1 — — (6)
Guys Marsh — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Haslar — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Hatfield — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Haverigg — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Hewell Grange — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Highpoint — — — 1 — — — — — — (5)
Hindley — — — — — — — — — 1 (23)
Holloway — — — — — — — — — — (12)
Hull — — — — — — — 1 — — (28)
Kingston — — — — 1 — — — — — (—)
Kirkham — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Kirklevington — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Lancaster — — 1 — — — — — — 1 (3)
Latchmere House — — — — — — — — — — (7)
Leeds 2 — 1 1 1 2 — 2 4 2 (58)
Leicester — — — — 1 2 — — — — (2)
Lewes — — 2 — 1 — — — — 1 (7)
Leyhill — — — — — — — — — — (—)

attempted suicides have taken Place in Penal establishments in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these were (a) remand prisoners, (b) female prisoners, (c) Prisoners under 21 and (d) prisoners from ethnic minorities;

(2) how many suicides and how many attempted suicides have taken place in each individual penal establishment in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Mellor

[pursuant to his reply of 12 March at column 18] : I now understand that the figure of 64 given for the number of attempted suicides at Leeds prison during 1989 Sir was incorrect. The correct figure is 58. The table is an amended version of table A in my earlier answer.

Establishment 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1 2 1989
Lincoln — 1 — — — 1 1 2 1 — (2)
Lindholme — — — — — — — — 1 — (6)
Littlehey — — — — — — — — 1 1 (11)
Liverpool 1 — — 2 — — — — — — (19)
Long Lartin — 2 1 — — — — 1 — — (4)
Low Newton — — — — — — — — — — (16)
Maidstone 1 — — 1 — 1 — — 1 — (—)
Manchester — 1 — 1 — 1 2 3 — 3 (26)
Mount — — — — — — — — — — (3)
New Hall — — — — — — — — — — (2)
North Sea Camp — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Northallerton — — — — — — — — — — (3)
Norwich — — — 1 2 — 1 1 — — (12)
Nottingham — — 1 — — — — — — — (3)
Onley — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Oxford 1 — — — — — — — — — (1)
Parkhurst — — 2 — 2 — — — — — (—)
Pentonville 1 — — 1 1 2 — 2 1 — (4)
Portland — — — — — — — — — — (3)
Preston — — — — 1 1 2 — 1 — (12)
Pucklechurch — — — — — — — — — — (6)
Ranby — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Reading — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Risley 1 — — — — 1 1 3 4 — (9)
Rochester 1 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 (—)
Rudgate — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Shepton Mallet — — — — — — — — — — (4)
Shrewsbury 1 — — — 1 — — — 1 — (15)
Spring Hill — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Stafford — — — 2 — — — — — 1 (6)
Stoke Heath — — 1 — — — — 2 — — (2)
Styal — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Sudbury — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Swaleside — — — — — — — — — — (4)
Swansea — — — — 1 — — — 1 — (6)
Swinfen Hall 1 — — — — — — — — — (2)
Usk — — — — — — — — — — (—)
The Verne — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Thorn Cross — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Thorp Arch — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Wakefield 1 2 1 — 1 — 1 1 1 — (2)
Wandsworth 1 — — — 1 2 — 3 1 1 (2)
Wayland — — — — — — — — — — (3)
Wellingborough — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Werrington — — — — — — — — — — (—)
Wetherby — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Winchester — 2 — 2 — — — 1 — 2 (10)
Wormwood Scrubs 1 — — — — 2 1 2 2 1 (4)
Wymott — — — — — — 1 — — — (3)
Total 21 16 17 21 23 23 17 40 30 28

Notes:

1 Figures in brackets are for attempted suicides.

2 Inquests have yet to be held on seven inmates who died in 1989 and whose deaths are thought to have been suicides. These deaths occurred at Her Majesty's prisons Brixton, Cardiff, Long Lartin, Manchester, Rochester and Swansea and at Her Majesty's remand centre Risky.

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