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Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Independent (affiliation)) on Monday, 3 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 November 2014. It was answered by Andrew Selous (Conservative) on Monday, 10 November 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisons: Drugs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales have died from drug overdoses in each of the last three years.

Answer

The number of deaths in prison custody from drug overdoses for the last 3 years is published in the Safety in Custody statistical bulletin which is available at http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics.

Table 1.12 of the Deaths in Prison Custody 1978-2013 shows self-inflicted deaths by method.

We are working hard to manage the levels of self-harm in prison and are carefully investigating the rise in self-inflicted deaths.

We are applying strenuous efforts to learn from each one and providing further resources and support to prisons to help support their safer custody work.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
212970
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Death Drugs Prisoners Prisons
Link
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