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Home Office

Answer

Matthew Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides were attempted in each young offenders institution in each year since 1996. [29477] Beverley Hughes: Available data are shown in the table. Figures are collected in respect of self-harm (which covers all acts of self-injury, however serious) and self-inflicted deaths: there is no separate definition of "attempted suicide". Figures in respect of self-injury from 1998 and in respect of self-inflicted deaths for the entire period are age related rather than location based because many young offenders are not located in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs). The definition of self-harm and recording practices are under review. Self-harm incidents recorded in YOI establishments _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1996 99 1997 114 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Self-harm incidents reported in establishments in England and Wales by age category between 1 January 1998 and 30 November 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Juveniles (15-17) Young Offenders (18-21) Total 1998 252 746 998 1999 205 825 1,030 2000 288 1,069 1,357 2001{1} 366 1,201 1,567 Total 1,111 3,841 4,952 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Year 2001 figures up to 30 November 2001 Self-inflicted deaths _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Juveniles (15-17) Young Offenders (18-21) Total 1996 1 11 12 1997 0 9 9 1998 3 11 14 1999 1 13 14 2000 3 13 16 2001 3 10 13 Totals 11 67 78 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

29477; 379 c528-9W;379 c524-5W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Young offenders Suicide Self-harm Young offender institutions

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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