§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any evidence that would suggest why a majority of those who committed suicide in penal establishments in 1984 were unsentenced prisoners.
§ Mr. MellorNo. The Chief Inspector of Prisons' recent report on suicides in prison recommended that research should be mounted into the circumstances and characteristics of prisoners who kill themselves, and this is under consideration.