Written question asked by Lord Allan of Hallam on Wednesday, 5 May 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 May 1999. It was answered by George Howarth (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 May 1999 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of self-harm occurred in prison between April 1998 and March 1999 broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) category of prisoner. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Allan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of self-harm occurred in prison between April 1998 and March 1999 broken down by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) category of prisoner. [83594] Mr. George Howarth: Self-harm statistics available centrally do not allow for a break down by age or by individual category of prisoner. The numbers of self-harm incidents reported by Prison Service establishments covering the period September 1997 to October 1998, the last 12 month period for which complete statistics are currently available, and broken down by broad prison category and gender, are given in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of incidents relating to Broad category of prison Female Male Closed training prison 279 969 Dispersal prison 0 161 Immigration detention centre 0 6 Local prison 767 3,393 Open training prison 6 10 Young offenders institution 0 1,424 Total 1,052 5,963 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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