HC Deb 28 June 1990 vol 175 c320W
Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the trend in the number of suicides in police custody over the last 10 years.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The number of persons who committed suicide while in police custody has been published, since 1980, in the annual reports of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. The information is as follows:

Number
1980 6
1981 4
1982 8
1983 5
1984 3
1985 2
1986 3
1987 2
1988 5
1989 5

Information prior to 1980 is not available.