§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing the number of suicides in Durham prison in each of the last 15 years.
§ Mr. Mellor[holding answer 8 February 1990]: The table gives the numbers of deaths at Durham prison since 1975 for which a suicide verdict was returned at the inquest:
Number 1975 — 1976 — 1977 — 1978 2 1979 — 1980 — 1981 — 1982 1 1983 — 1984 1 1985 2 1986 — 1987 3 1988 1 1989 2 11990 — 1 To 8 February 1990. An inquest has yet to take place on a death in Durham prison in January 1990.