HC Deb 22 October 1982 vol 29 c223W
Mrs. Renee Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people died in prison from (a) natural causes, (b) unnatural causes and (c) suicide in each year since 1970; and what percentage of the prison population this represents in each case.

Mr. Mayhew:

The information requested on the number of deaths in prison department establishments is published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales"—table 10.4 of the issue for 1981 (Cmnd. 8654). Information on the rate per 1,000 of the average daily population in prison department establishments is given in the same publication—table 10(c) (Cmnd. 8654).