§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 10 December 1997,Official Report, column 586, on female deaths in prisons, how many prisoners in each category, in each year, were (a) on remand and (b) convicted. [22122]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 22 December 1997]: The information requested is given in the following table.
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Year Female1 prisoners held Rx Sent Female deaths Rx Sent Female S.I.D.S Rx Sent 1988 1,789 507 1,282 0 — — 0 — — 1989 1,767 468 1,299 0 — — 2 2 — 1990 1,597 384 1,213 1 — 1 1 — 1 1991 1,561 389 1,172 0 — — 0 — — 1992 1,577 383 1,194 0 — — 2 — 2 1993 1,561 395 1,166 2 — 2 1 1 — 1994 1,811 490 1,321 0 — — 1 — 1 1995 1,979 491 1,488 1 — 1 2 1 1 1996 2,262 537 1,725 2 — 2 2 1 1 1997 22,888 671 2,217 1 — 1 3 0 3 1 Average total female population. 2 Average figure as at 30 November 1997. Rx = Remand. Sent = Convicted. S.I.D.S = Self-inflicted deaths. Not all self-inflicted deaths conclude with a verdict of suicide.