§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the levels of morbidity and mortality of detainees in police stations, for each of the last five years for which information is held. [4036]
§ Mr. MacleanThe available information held centrally relates to deaths of persons occurring within police stations. The information, which excludes the Metropolitan police district, is given in the table. Statistics for deaths occurring within the Metropolitan police district are produced by the force on a financial year basis and published in the annual reports of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, copies of which are available in the Library.
Number of deaths occurring within police stations England and Wales (excluding MPD) Year Number of deaths 1990 19 1991 21 1992 15 1993 15 1994 17
§ Mr. CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what clinical and therapeutic guidelines are in place for the care of detainees in police stations with opiate withdrawal; and if he will make a statement. [4035]
§ Mr. MacleanThe Department of Health has issued guidelines for the clinical management of substance misusers in police custody, which have been distributed to all police forces.
§ Mr. CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines are in place outlining standards of health care to which detainees in police stations are entitled; and if he will make a statement. [4034]
§ Mr. MacleanThe code of practice for the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers—code C—issued under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 sets out, among other things. the arrangements for the medical care of detained persons in a police station. The British Medical Association in conjunction with the Association of Police Surgeons has produced guidance for police surgeons on the health care of police detainees.