§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents there were of (a) male prisoners injuring other prisoners, (b) male prisoners injuring themselves, (c) female prisoners injuring other prisoners and (d) female prisoners injuring themselves in each year from 1980 to 1985.
§ Mr. MellorDuring the period 1 April 1984 to 31 March 1985 there were 983 incidents of deliberate self injury by 921 male prisoners and 734 incidents of deliberate self injury by 461 female prisoners.
Persons detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984 and charged with an offence, by principal offence Great Britain, 1 July 1985–31 March 1986 Number of persons Principal offence 1985 1986 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter Offences under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 1984 Failure to comply with an exclusion order 1 1 — Failure to co-operate with examination at a port — 2 5 Offences other than under the Prevention of Terrorism Act Conspiracy to murder — 4 1 Causing/conspiracy to cause explosions 2 2 — Conspiracy to destroy property by fire 5 — — Unlawful possession/conspiracy to possess explosives with intent to endanger life — 8 — Theft Act offences — 1 — Perverting the course of justice — 3 — — — — Total 8 21 6 *Offences under the Prevention of Terrorism legislation are treated as principal offences, even if a more severe sentence was given for other offences. 630W
Persons detained under* the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984 by length of detention Great Britain, 1 July 1985—31 March 1986 Number of persons Length of detention 1985 1986 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Quarter Less than 1 day 18 20 14 day and less than 2 days 26 32 17 2 days and less than 3 days — 8 — The other information requested is not available centrally.