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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the rates of (a) suicide and (b) self-harm for each young offenders' institution in each of the last five years. [98478] Mr. Boateng: The information requested is given in the tables. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rates of self-inflicted deaths per 1,000 population Young offender institutions 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Aylesbury 0 5 0 7 0 Castington 0 0 0 0 0 Deerbolt 0 0 0 0 0 Dover 0 3 0 3 0 Feltham 0 0 1 2 0 Glen Parva 0 0 2 1 2 Guys Marsh 0 0 0 0 0 Hatfield 0 0 0 0 0 Huntercombe 0 0 0 0 0 Onley 0 0 0 0 0 Portland 3 0 2 0 0 Reading 0 0 0 0 14 Stoke Heath 0 0 0 0 0 Swinfen Hall 0 0 10 5 0 Thorn Cross 0 0 0 0 0 Wetherby 0 0 0 0 0 Rates of self-harm per 1,000 population Young offender institutions 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Aylesbury 140 96 79 106 226 Castington 88 42 44 42 69 Deerbolt 427 418 278 205 200 Dover 62 27 30 33 23 Feltham 129 639 284 327 330 Glen Parva 102 108 93 155 143 Guys Marsh 52 66 73 82 63 Hatfield 16 0 25 7 13 Huntercombe 91 52 25 69 27 Onley 75 222 96 137 125 Portland 98 59 61 30 60 Reading 345 290 333 314 174 Stoke Heath 201 221 159 162 191 Swinfen Hall 33 44 168 64 31 Thorn Cross 11 54 13 4 0 Wetherby 286 358 441 103 131 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Establishments have been listed according to their primary role, thus a number of other prisons that hold young offenders (e.g. male remand centres) are not shown. 2. Not all self-inflicted deaths conclude with a verdict of suicide. 3. Incidents do not equate to numbers of prisoners as an individual prisoner may self-harm more than once. 4. Self-harm data are derived from information provided by establishments to the Prison Service's Directorate of Health Care.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

339 c121-2W; 98478

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Young offenders Suicide Self-harm Young offender institutions

Contains statistics

Yes