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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of self-harm have taken place among (a) females, (b) females under 21 and (c) females under 18 serving custodial sentences in each year since 1995, broken down by establishment in which the incidents occurred. [147469] Mr. Boateng: Figures for self-harm incidents for all female prisoners held in establishments designated as prisons for women since 1994-95 are given in the table. They are given by financial year so as to include the most up to date figures available. Those for the period since March 2000 are being collated and should be available in May. I regret that these self-harm figures are not available for female prisoners by age. Total incidents of self harm in Her Majesty's prison establishments for women _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Prison 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998-99 1999-2000{ 1} Askham 0 5 4 4 0 0 Brockhill 0 1 11 69 67 0 Bullwood Hall 126 312 0 97 234 46 Cookham 32 49 46 23 15 0 Drake Hall 7 5 14 9 9 46 East Sutton 0 3 1 0 0 0 Eastwood 0 61 176 95 154 24 Holloway 386 192 139 252 250 240 New Hall 325 260 116 190 180 412 Styal 156 108 92 96 144 12 Total 103 996 599 835 1,053 780 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Until 31 March 2000 The table lists figures of self-harm incidents for all female establishments since 1994-95, but does not, for example, include figures for women's units currently in use in other establishments.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

147469; 362 c206W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Women Prisoners Young people Young offenders Self-harm

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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