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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Friday, 2 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 June 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 19 June 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum/Immigration

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) suicides and (b) incidents of self-harm there have been in each immigration holding, reception and removal centre in each of the last five years.
Answer

I am advised that there have been two deaths in the immigration removal estate in the last five years where the Coroner has recorded a verdict of suicide, at Haslar on 31 January 2003 and at Dungavel on 23 July 2004. We await the Coroner's verdict in a further five cases of apparently self-inflicted death. Details of these are:19 July 2004 at Harmondsworth, 7 November 2004 at Colnbrook, 27 June 2005 at Campsfield House, 15 September 2005 at Yarl's Wood, 19 January 2006 at Harmondsworth. Figures for self-harm incidents for 2004-05, 2005-06 and for April 2006 are reproduced as follows. No figures for are available for periods before this.

Immigration Removal Centre Number of individuals on formal self-harm at risk Number of incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment
1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005
Campsfield House 33 19
Colnbrook (opened August 2004) 95 34
Dover 72 28
Dungavel 127 1
Harmondsworth 192 39
Haslar 44 8
Lindholme 24 2
Oakington 57 15
Tinsley House 91 8
Yarl's Wood 123 7
1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006
Campsfield House 40 19
Colnbrook 718 91
Dover 91 28
Dungavel 110 0
Harmondsworth 482 40
Haslar 36 2
Lindholme 11 4
Oakington 75 17
Tinsley House 47 3
Yarl's Wood 196 27
1 April 2006 to 30 April 2006
Campsfield House 1 0
Colnbrook 78 8
Dover 5 4
Dungavel 5 0
Harmondsworth 48 0
Haslar 2 0
Lindholme 0 0
Oakington 5 2
Tinsley House 4 1
Yarl's Wood 39 5

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
75368; 447 c1666-8W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Suicide Self-harm Immigration removal centres
Link
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