Women Prisoners (Hansard, 2 May 1989)

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women there are in prison in the United Kingdom according to the latest available figures.

§ Mr. Douglas Hogg
On Friday 28 April, the most recent date for which figures are available, 1,769 females were held in prison service establishments in England and Wales. No female prisoners were held in police cells.

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women have been injured in prison in the United Kingdom according to the latest available figures.

§ Mr. Douglas Hogg
The available information is published at appendix 5 of the "Report of the Work of the Prison Service, April 1987-March 1988." Only information relating to self-injury is collected.

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women have committed suicide while being detained in prison in the United Kingdom according to the latest available figures.

§ Mr. Douglas Hogg
Since 1980 there have been two suicides of women at prison department establishments; the inquest on one similar death has not yet taken place. Deaths in prisons in Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for their respective Secretaries of State.