§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to the answer of 23 October, if he will break down the number of deaths for each year other than from natural causes, by cause and by coroner's verdict;
(2) if he will list in each year from 1980 to 1985 the number of deaths from non-natural causes in each prison in England and Wales.
§ Mr. MellorI will write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has had any representations in respect of the number of suicides in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorWe receive very few representations about the number of suicides in prison. The interpretation of statistics on prison suicide was one of the issues considered in the report of the Working Group on Suicide Prevention, published on 5 September.