Suicide

HC Deb 18 May 1990 vol 172 cc557-8W

Mr. Terry Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many attempted suicides have taken place in Birmingham prison in each of the last five years;

(2) if he will provide a month by month breakdown of the number of attempted suicides by inmates in Birmingham prison in 1989.

Mr. Mellor

The number of inmates who were recorded as having attempted suicide at Birmingham prison in 1987 was 25; in 1988, 13; and in 1989, 24. No information is available for earlier years. A month-by-month breakdown of the figure for 1989 is given in the table:

Number of inmates recorded as having attempted suicide at HM Prison Birmingham in 1989
	Numbers
January	2
February	2
March	4
April	3
May	—
June	2
July	2
August	—
September	4

temporary addresses while their cases have been considered in each of the last five years and the current year to date; and, in each year, how many have absconded.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The available information is given in the table:

	Numbers
October	1
November	—
December	4
Total	24