§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many suicides were recorded in English prisons in each of the last five years;
(2) how many suicides were recorded in Welsh prisons in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. BrittanThe information for the years 1973 to 1977 inclusive is contained in table 10.7 of "Prison Statistics, England and Wales 1977", Cmnd. 7286. The provisional figure for 1978 is 16.