HC Deb 28 November 1995 vol 267 cc660-3W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many attempted suicides and suicides have occurred in each prison for each year since 1992. [2139]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for this matter had been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Neil Gerrard, dated 28 November 1995:

The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about suicides in Prison Service Establishments since 1992.The attached table gives the number of reported incidents of attempted suicide and the number of self inflicted deaths at each establishment for the years 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 (to 21 November).

Establishment Attempted suicides Self inflicted deaths
1992 1993 1994 1995 1992 1993 1994 1995
Channingswood 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
Chelmsford 20 7 8 3 0 0 0 1
Coldingley 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cookham Wood 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dartmoor 2 16 10 18 0 1 1 0
Deerbolt 2 5 9 15 1 0 0 0
Doncaster not open not open 59 37 not open not open 2 1
Dorchester 6 2 3 1 1 0 0 0
Dover 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Downview 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Drake Hall 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Durham 11 12 21 13 2 1 0 0
East Sutton Park 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
East Wood Park 0 closed closed closed 0 closed closed closed
Elmley 18 9 23 8 1 0 1 0
Erlestoke 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 2
Everthorpe 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
Exeter 30 23 21 9 0 4 1 2
Featherstone 0 3 5 7 0 0 0 1
Feltham 16 5 21 1 2 0 0 0
Ford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frankland 8 7 13 6 0 0 0 1
Full Sutton 3 7 12 27 0 1 0 1
Garth 1 6 2 8 0 0 1 1
Gartree 1 2 7 3 1 0 1 0
Glen Parva 9 5 4 4 1 0 0 0
Gloucester 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 0
Grendon 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Guys Marshi 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Haslar 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hatfield 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Haverigg 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hewell Grange 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Highdown 1 14 20 9 0 1 1 4
Highpoint 3 4 2 6 0 0 0 0
Hindley 24 19 13 3 1 1 0 0
Hollesley Bay 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
Holloway 18 4 7 4 1 1 0 1
Holme House 9 30 7 6 0 2 0 0
Hull 7 12 20 22 2 1 2 1
Huntercombe 16 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
Kingston 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Kirkham 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Kirklevington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lancaster 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lancaster Farms 0 13 1 3 0 0 0 0
Latchmere House 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leeds 2 1 0 8 2 2 1 1
Leicester 0 5 14 19 1 3 3 1
Lewes 5 3 7 1 1 1 0 1
Leyhill 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lincoln 3 6 9 8 0 3 1 1
Lindholme 15 10 2 2 0 1 0 0
Littlehey 14 8 4 11 1 0 0 0
Liverpool 19 54 33 6 1 2 5 1
Long Lartin 5 7 6 6 1 1 1 1
Low Newton 9 16 4 8 0 0 2 2
Maidstone 9 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
Manchester 1 6 7 22 0 2 2 0
Moorland 52 58 51 2 0 0 3 0
Morton Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Mount 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 1
New Hall 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Northallerton 2 2 9 5 0 0 1 0
North Eye 0 closed closed closed 0 closed closed closed
North Sea Camp 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norwich 18 25 3 10 2 2 0 4
Nottingham 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1
Onley 14 15 6 1 0 0 0 0
Oxford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parkhurst 1 1 6 12 1 1 2 0
Pentonville 18 54 25 14 4 0 0 2
Portland 18 4 6 1 0 0 1 0
Establishment Attempted suicides Self inflicted deaths
1992 1993 1994 1995 1992 1993 1994 1995
Preston 10 14 9 10 0 0 1 1
Pucklechurch 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
Ranby 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reading 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
Risley 46 19 10 20 0 0 1 0
Rochester 12 2 12 5 0 0 0 0
Rudgate 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 —
Send 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shepton Mallet 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0
Shrewsbury 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 0
Spring Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stafford 8 6 2 3 1 0 0 0
Standford Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stocken 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoke Heath 2 3 7 5 0 0 0 1
Styal 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 0
Sudbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swaleside 8 5 8 3 1 0 1 0
Swansea 10 3 4 4 0 0 1 1
Swinfen Hall 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Thorn Cross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thorpe Arch 1 0 0 — 0 0 0 —
Usk 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0
The Verne 5 0 4 2 0 0 1 0
Wakefield 2 2 6 3 1 3 1 1
Wandsworth 5 19 31 19 0 2 4 0
Wayland 5 7 1 5 0 0 0 0
Wealstun — — — 0 — — — 0
Wellingborough 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
Wellington 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetherby 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0
Whatton 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1
Whitemoor 3 11 9 5 0 0 0 1
Winchester 4 9 2 4 0 1 1 0
Wolds 0 7 17 35 0 1 0 1
Woodhill 2 8 12 0 0 1 1 0
Wormwood Scrubs 19 21 16 38 1 0 3 0
Wymott 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
Total 728 814 841 683 42 47 61 55