Written question asked by Humfrey Malins (Conservative) on Monday, 11 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 July 2005. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Monday, 18 July 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum Seekers

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) immigration detainees in respect of whom all coroners' inquests and legal proceedings are completed have (i) died and (ii) being recorded as harming themselves in the last five years for which figures are available; how long each person concerned had been held in detention prior to death or harm; what the verdict was of the coroners' or other inquiry held into such incidents; and in which establishment each person was held.

Answer

[holding answer 14 July 2005]: There have been four immigration detainee deaths in the last five years where the coroner's verdict is known:

There is no record of any having self-harmed in the period prior to their deaths.

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