§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many(a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides have taken place in custody, including police stations, in Scotland in each of the past 10 years.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation on the number of suicides in custody over the past 10 years is set out in the table. There are difficulties with the definition of attempted suicide and in any case such data are not collected centrally.
Police custody Penal custody Total 1984 0 5 5 1985 1 6 7 1986 2 7 9 1987 1 7 8 1988 0 7 7 1989 2 6 8 1990 0 3 3 1991 0 4 4 1992 4 9 13 1993 1 5 6