HC Deb 29 January 1986 vol 90 c522W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many actual and attempted suicides there were in detention centres and youth custody centres, respectively, in any recent convenient period.

Mr. Mellor

Between 1 January 1984 and 31 March 1985, the latest period for which full information is available, there were 110 instances of non-fatal self-injury with apparent suicidal intent in youth custody centres and five such instances in detention centres. There were no suicides in either youth custody or detention centres during this period. There has been one suicide in a youth custody centre since.