§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child suicides in prisons there were, broken down by(a) age and (b) prison in each year since 1990. [72050]
§ Mr. Hilary Benn[holding answer 23 July 2002]The available information is set out in the tables. The number of self-inflicted deaths of young prisoners from 1990 to 2002 (to 17 July 2002) are shown in Table 1.
Table 2: Self-Inflicted Deaths of Young Prisoners by Prison: 1990–2002* Establishment 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Totals Altcourse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Aylesbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Brinsford 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 Brixton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cardiff 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Deerbolt 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Doncaster 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Exeter 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Feltham 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 Glen Parva 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 Gloucester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Hindley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 Leeds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lewes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Low Newton 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Moorland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Parc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Reading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Stoke Heath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Swansea 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Swinfen Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Wetherby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 Totals 7 2 3 1 5 2 5 5 9 4 6 5 1 55 *Up to and including 17 July 2002.