HC Deb 11 May 1999 vol 331 c75W
Mr. Allan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of self-harm occurred in prison between April 1998 and March 1999 broken down by(a) age, (b) gender and (c) category of prisoner. [83594]

Mr. George Howarth

Self-harm statistics available centrally do not allow for a break down by age or by individual category of prisoner. The numbers of self-harm incidents reported by Prison Service establishments covering the period September 1997 to October 1998, the last 12 month period for which complete statistics are currently available, and broken down by broad prison category and gender, are given in the table.

Number of incidents relating to
Broad category of prison Female Male
Closed training prison 279 969
Dispersal prison 0 161
Immigration detention centre 0 6
Local prison 767 3,393
Open training prison 6 10
Young offenders institution 0 1,424
Total 1,052 5,963