HC Deb 08 March 1989 vol 148 cc540-1W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the ages of all those who have committed suicide in custody since 1979, together with the prisons and units in which they were held at the time of their deaths.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The information that follows relates to those inmates of prison department establishments found by coroners' inquests to have committed suicide, and gives the establishments at which they were held and their ages; information as to the units within establishments where these inmates were held is not readily available. Information on those inmates who committed suicide after 1 January 1987 is contained in the reply given on 24 February to a question from the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman) at columns834–39.

1979 Gartree, 36; Wormwood Scrubs, 33; Dartmoor, 39; Wandsworth, 37; Brixton, 32; Wandsworth, 25; Lincoln, 43; Wormwood Scrubs, 22; Brixton, 33; Lincoln, 43; Liverpool, 36; Shrewsbury, 62; Winchester, 22; Liverpool, 18; Leeds, 47; Pentonville, Brixton, 26; Lewes, 20; Brixton, 52; Stafford, 24; Brixton, 32.

1980 Risley, 46; Wandsworth, 25; Brixton, 19; Liverpool, Brixton, 33; Pentonville, 29; Risley,24; Wakefield, Shrewsbury, 23; Brixton, 33; Brixton, 28; Leeds, Leeds, 22; Canterbury, 28; Maidstone, 41; Featherstone, 23; Brixton, 39; Oxford, 46; Wormwood Scrubs, 25; Bristol, 38; Swinfen Hall, 19.

1981 Brixton, 42; Manchester, 37; Long Lartin, 22; Wakefield, 56; Winchester, 32; Wakefield, 58; Cardiff, Birmingham, 53; Brixton, 39; Lincoln, 32; Long Lartin, 24; Winchester, 33; Dartmoor, 34; Exeter, 24; Brixton, 57; Rochester, 16.

1982 Canterbury, 18; Brixton, 29; Lancaster, 76; Wakefield, 34; Bristol, 56; Canterbury, 28; Durham, 46; Lewes, 22; Leeds, 28; Parkhurst, 47; Stoke Heath, 19; Parkhurst, 34; Nottingham, 24; Lewes, 18; Long Lartin, 42; Cardiff, 23; Cardiff, 35.

1983 Stafford, 45; Dartmoor, 52; Winchester, 36; Channings Wood, 28; Manchester, 16; Norwich, 58; Dartmoor, 40; Liverpool, 43; Maidstone, 46; Camp Hill, 26; Leeds, 20; Pentonville, 28; Liverpool, 25; Brixton, 42; Brixton, 33; Stafford, 43; Brixton, 25; Highpoint, 41; Winchester, 25; Brixton, 28; Gloucester, 45.

1984 Brixton, 44; Brixton, 31; Parkhurst, 33; Parkhurst, 37; Norwich, 27; Wormwood Scrubs, 53; Swansea, 17; Pentonville, 19; Brixton, 23; Durham, 47; Norwich, 26; Exeter, 22; Leeds, 37; Preston, 24; Kingston, 44; Exeter, 43; Leicester, 66; Brixton, 27; Shrewsbury, 37; Lewes, 26; Wakefield, 34; Wandsworth, 24; Brixton, 37.

1985 Pentonville, 31; Wormwood Scrubs, 40; Birmingham, 48; Leicester, 39; Pentonville, 24; Exeter, 33; Durham, 32; Manchester, 31; Wandsworth, 26; Preston, 79; Leeds, 35; Brixton, 46; Birmingham, 24; Leeds, 27; Lincoln, 31; Maidstone, 31; Brixton, 21; Durham, 21; Leicester, 29; Risley, 18; Wormwood Scrubs, 26; Gloucester, 48; Wandsworth, 34.

1986 Exeter, 19; Ashford, 19; Norwich, 32; Manchester, 71; Bedford, 37; Wymott, 24; Lincoln, 28; Cardiff, 23; Preston, 33; Preston, 25; Risley, 20; Brixton, 24; Wormwood Scrubs, 40; Brixton, 24; Wakefield, 28; Canterbury, 26; Manchester, 26.