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Home Office

Answer

Ms Jenny Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded incidents of (a) suicide, (b) attempted suicide and (c) self-injury at youth offenders' institutions in England there were in each year since 1991. [119139] Mr. Boateng: The information requested is given in the tables. Self-inflicted deaths at young offender institutions 1991-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1991 4 1992 4 1993 1 1994 1 1995 2 1996 6 1997 5 1998 5 1999 8 2000{1} 1 Total 37 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} As at 14 April 2000 Incidents of self-harm at young offender institutions 1990-91 to 1999-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1990-91 312 1991-92 341 1992-93 469 1993-94 474 1994-95 717 1995-96 1,143 1996-97 793 1997-98 879 1998-99 944 1999-2000{1} n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Not yet available Notes: 1. Establishments have been categorised according to their primary role. However, it should be noted that there are a number of other prisons that hold young offenders (eg male remand centres) which are not included. 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 Health Policy Unit. These data include information on all attempted suicides.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

119139; 348 c506-7W

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Young offenders Suicide Self-harm

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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