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Written question asked by Lord Ouseley (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Labour) on Monday, 3 July 2006.

Immigration: Suicide in Detention

Question
How many incidents of attempted suicides have been recorded since 1 January 2002 at immigration detention centres.
Answer

We do not keep records of attempted suicides, rather self-harm attempts. Figures for 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 to 31 May 2006 are in the table. No figures are available for periods before this.

Immigration Removal Centre Number of individuals on Formal Self-Harm at Risk 01/04/04—31/03/05 Number of incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment in 01/04/04—31/03/05
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
Immigration Removal Centre Number of individuals on Formal Self-Harm at Risk 01/04/05—31/03/06 Number of incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment 01/04/05—31/03/06
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
Immigration Removal Centre Number of individuals on Formal Self-Harm at Risk 01/04/06—31/05/06 Number of incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment 01/04/06—01/05/06
Campsfield House 3 1
Colnbrook 166 18
Dover 13 8
Dungavel 12 0
Harmondsworth 103 0
Haslar 4 1
Lindholme 0 0
Oakington 8 3
Tinsley House 5 1
Yarl's Wood 45 5

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
684 c8-10WA; 6595
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Detainees Immigration Suicide Self-harm
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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