§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in Brixton have attempted to commit suicide in each of the last six years; how many attempts succeeded; and how many other deaths there were apart from those due to natural causes.
§ Mr. MellorInquest verdicts, other than natural causes were as follows:
Year Suicide Open Verdict 1979 4 0 1980 5 0 1981 3 0 1982 1 1 1983 4 2 1984 5 1 1985 0 0 Inquest verdicts on one death in 1984 and two in 1985 are still awaited. However we have no reason to believe that these were not due to natural causes.
There were nine incidents of non-fatal self injury with apparent suicidal intent in 1983. Figures for other years are not available.