§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will name each of the asylum seekers who have died in detention since 1990; what public reports were made on the circumstances of their deaths; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Charles WardleTwo asylum seekers have died in detention during this period. On 16 June 1990, Mr. Kimpua Nsimba died in the Harmondsworth detention centre. The coroner's inquest into his death recorded on 4 March 1991 a finding of suicide by asphyxia and hanging. On 8 October 1991, Mr. Omasase Lumumba died in Her Majesty's prison Pentonville. I understand that the coroner's inquest is due to take place on 8 February 1993.
Changes in the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police by offence group England and Wales Number of offences Offence group 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Change in numbers compared with previous year Violence against the person 7,887 2,286 2,961 8,488 2,647 2,845 7,544 3,768 15,543 17,206 18,714 7,703 5,674 Sexual offences -524 -736 -1,683 305 681 -188 1,234 1,228 2,470 1,375 3,204 -689 379 Robbery -668 2,524 5,276 2,555 -718 2,771 2,573 2,557 2,613 -1,196 1,726 3,032 9,128 Burglary -16,072 74,353 99,991 87,008 2,952 84,582 -26,226 64,923 -31,516 -82,312 8,138 180,883 212,651 Theft and handling stolen goods -25,110 47,326 139,682 152,702 -49,929 102,057 76,088 119,804 48,132 -120,731 81,486 361,649 386,710 Fraud and forgery -4,134 -12,787 1,425 16,430 -1,310 4,302 8,674 -1,336 -455 897 617 13,419 26,833 Criminal damage 14,197 38,981 27,277 31,087 25,502 54,524 41,124 44,624 5,373 4,962 36,161 103,361 87,696 Other notifiable offences -338 -449 597 86 4,783 1,184 1,765 -41 2,631 3,365 4,935 3,505 3,491 Total notifiable offences -24,762 151,498 275,526 298,661 -15,392 252,077 112,776 235,527 44,791 -176,434 154,981 672,863 732,562