HC Deb 08 January 2001 vol 360 cc423-4W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides there were among male prisoners under the age of 25 years, broken down by prison, in each of the last five years. [143963]

Mr. Boateng

The requested information in respect of the 114 self-inflicted deaths among male prisoners under 25 during the last five years is set out in the table.

Self-inflicted deaths of under 25s by establishment in England and Wales, 1996–20001
Calendar year
Establishment 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
Altcourse 0 0 2 2 0 4
Aylesbury 0 2 0 3 2 7
Belmarsh 0 2 0 0 0 2
Brinsford 1 0 0 2 3 6
Brixton 0 0 1 0 0 1
Castington 0 0 0 1 1 2
Chelmsford 0 0 1 1 0 2
Doncaster 1 0 3 1 2 7
Dorchester 1 0 0 0 0 1

Self-inflicted deaths of under 25s by establishment in England and Wales, 1996–20001
Calendar year
Establishment 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
Dover 0 1 0 0 0 1
Durham 0 0 1 0 0 1
Exeter 1 1 0 0 1 3
Featherstone 0 0 0 0 1 1
Feltham 1 2 0 0 1 4
Garth 0 1 0 0 0 1
Glen Parva 2 1 2 1 1 7
Gloucester 0 0 0 1 1 2
Haverigg 0 1 0 0 0 1
Highdown 1 0 0 0 0 1
Hindley 0 2 1 1 0 4
Holme House 0 1 0 1 0 2
Hull 1 0 0 0 1 2
Lancaster Farms 0 1 0 0 0 1
Leeds 1 0 0 1 1 3
Leicester 0 0 0 0 1 1
Lewes 1 0 0 1 1 3
Littlehey 0 0 1 0 0 1
Liverpool 2 0 0 0 0 2
Low Newton 0 0 1 0 0 1
Manchester 0 0 0 2 1 3
Northallerton 0 0 1 0 0 1
Norwich 1 0 1 0 0 2
Nottingham 0 0 1 0 0 1
PECS2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Parc 0 0 1 1 0 2
Parkhurst 0 0 0 0 1 1
Portland 1 0 0 1 0 2
Preston 0 2 0 1 0 3
Ranby 0 0 0 1 0 1
Reading 0 0 3 0 0 3
Risley 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rochester 1 0 0 0 0 1
Stafford 0 0 0 1 0 1
Stoke Heath 0 0 0 1 0 1
Swinfen Hall 2 1 0 0 0 3
The Mount 1 0 0 0 0 1
Wakefield 0 0 1 0 0 1
Wandsworth 1 0 0 0 1 2
Wetherby 0 0 0 1 1 2
Winchester 1 2 1 4
Wolds 0 0 0 0 1 1
Woodhill 0 0 1 0 0 1
Wormwood Scrubs 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 22 21 23 26 22 114
1As at 20 December 2000
2Prisoner Escort and Custody Service (PECS)