HC Deb 17 March 1994 vol 239 c767W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acts of deliberate self-harm there have been among those held in detention for immigration or asylum reasons in each of the last four years.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The number of immigration detainees who have committed acts of deliberate self-harm in immigration detention accommodation, and in Haslar holding centre, in the last four years is as follows:

Immigration Detention Accommodation Haslar
1990 8 3
1991 15 0
1992 10 1
1993 16 2

Information about acts of self-harm in other Prison Service establishments did not identify immigration detainees separately until June 1993. Between June and December 1993 there were 13 such incidents.