§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides there were in prisons in each year since 1990.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General for the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
528WLetter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 18 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your Question about suicides in prison.
Table one below gives the number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and Wales for the years 1990 to 1994 inclusive, and 1995 to 12 January.
Table One Year Number of deaths 1990 50 1991 42 1992 41 1993 47 1994 60 1995 3 Table two gives the breakdown of these figures by the verdict of the Coroners' Courts.
Table Two Year Suicide Misadventure Accidental death No verdict Open 1990 33 2 4 — 11 1991 33 2 2 — 5 1992 27 5 1 — 8 1993 35 1 — 4 7 1994 16 4 2 35 3 1995 — — — 3 —