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Suicide (Prevention) Bill. (Vote)

Member

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (Democratic Unionist Party)

Type

Ten minute rule bills

Date

25 April 2012

Reference

Bill 333 2010-12

House

House of Commons

Suicide (Prevention)

Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 333). To be read a second time on 27 April.

Lead member

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

Type

Debates on bills

Date

25 April 2012

Reference

543 c976-8

House

House of Commons

Suicide (Prevention)

I beg to move,"That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to set up a body to establish a public initiative for the prevention of suicide and self harm, to work with internet providers and others to reduce access to information on the...

Member

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (Democratic Unionist Party)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

25 April 2012

Reference

543 c976-8

House

House of Commons

Prisons: Self-Harm

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cases of self-harm in women's prisons.

Asked by

Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 April 2012

For answer on

17 April 2012

Answered on

19 April 2012

NOMS has commissioned Oxford university to undertake research that will support our understanding of self-harm generally in prison. The study will look at some 140,000 recorded incidents of self-harm between 2004 and 2009. Early findings have been received and we await the final report.Most self-harm is not directly life threatening, although clearly a sign of distress. It can also be extremely difficult for those who have to deal with it. As an individual prisoner-focused care planning system for those at risk, the Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process has helped prisons manage self-harm. There are no easy answers to managing self-harming behaviour but NOMS is committed to managing and finding ways to reduce it.Government investment in prisons in recent years has resulted in a number of improvements in the women's estate: services for women who have misused drugs; programmes to address offending behaviour; in-reach community mental health teams; various resettlement projects, such as accommodation advice and mentoring. The Gender Specific Standards, which were published in April 2008 for implementation in April 2009, cover all areas of regime provision and should enhance improvements that have already been achieved in the care and management of women prisoners, including those vulnerable to suicide and self-harm.Suicide and self-harm prevention strategies specifically for women continue, with a focus on dealing with some of the underlying factors that can lead women to harm themselves. In addition, guidance about meeting the needs of women in prison who have suffered abuse in the past has been disseminated.

Date

19 April 2012

Reference

103379; 543 c505-6W

House

House of Commons

Self-harm: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of children and young people of each gender and of each age who committed acts of self-harm in England in 2011.

Asked by

Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2012

For answer on

20 March 2012

Answered on

20 March 2012

While figures are collected on the number of hospital admissions and the number of accident and emergency (A&E) attendances for self-harm, it is not possible to determine directly the overall number of children and young people that commit self-harm. There are no figures on those treated in a primary care setting or those who do not seek or require medical attention.Details of the numbers of males and females of each age from 0 to 18 admitted to hospital as a result of deliberate self-harm between 2001-02 and 2010-11 as well as the numbers seen in A&E for the same reason between 2007-08 and 2010-11 are in the tables. The figures show that 17,694 children and young people aged 0-18 were admitted to hospital in 2010-11 as a result of deliberate self-harm and that 79% of them were female. They also show that of the 18,253 children seen in A&E as a result of deliberate self-harm, 68% were girls. These figures should not be added together since not all attenders at A&E are admitted to hospital and not all hospital in-patients were admitted via A&E.

The total finished in-patient admission episodes¹ for intentional self-harm² by sex (including unknown) and age (under 19) for each year 2001-02 to 2010-11. Additionally, total A&E attendances for intentional self-harm³ by sex (including unknown) and age (under 19) for each year 2007-08 to 2010-11—Activity in English NHS hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector
In-patients
Sex	Age	2010-11	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02
Total for ages 0-18 (excluding unknown)		17,694	16,293	16,240	17,066	15,965	15,873	13,653	13,345	11,898	11,889
Males	0	4	4	2	5	4	6	2	4	2	8
Males	1	11	7	14	12	20	19	18	12	21	15
Males	2	13	12	22	16	25	19	24	22	21	25
Males	3	10	7	7	21	11	11	11	5	11	11
Males	4	3	3.	6	5	5	4	4	7	3	9
Males	5	6	3	1	2	5	3	4	7	2	6
Males	6	4	7	4	2	3	1	3	4	4	3
Males	7	4	12	8	1	1	3	2	6	3	5
Males	8	7	3	9	8	8	10	5	10	10	8
Males	9	6	13	8	9	11	IS	7	23	9	15
Males	10	8	15	18	16	19	19	16	21	27	32
Males	11	25	35	26	27	38	44	49	58	54	52
Males	12	64	47	82	88	85	81	95	108	97	91
Males	13	100	131	142	145	140	155	174	201	156	181
Males	14	284	222	278	344	343	359	292	337	263	327
Males	15	567	503	532	560	606	533	435	499	469	441
Males	16	655	601	604	618	561	522	495	448	389	394
Males	17	831	822	773	756	660	718	587	500	442	506
Males	18	1,176	1,021	1,071	1,033	990	915	700	653	582	706
Females	0	3	3	5	3	8	3	5	4	10	7
Females	1	11	12	6	16	9	23	10	20	12	16
Females	2	14	17	18	8	23	17	11	21	18	19
Females	3	10	9	5	3	6	9	7	12	7	13
Females	4	4	2	3	5	3	5	3	3	6	7
Females	5	3	5	5	4	1		2	3	3	3
Females	6	3	3	3		1	4	4	3	3
Females	7	8	1	1	6	7	4	3	3	5	3
Females	8	3	4	2	4	7	6	4	9	4	7
Females	9	4	1	8	10	11	12	2	20	4	6
Females	10	7	15	14	13	12	11	19	18	13	15
Females	11	44	45	56	54	60	87	58	73	75	69
Females	12	265	220	237	337	286	308	293	318	306	248
Females	13	900	859	920	1,048	956	1,062	962	1,007	899	813
Females	14	2,172	1,917	1,998	2,069	2,079	2,227	1,973	1,980	1,890	1,678
Females	15	2,962	2,749	2,640	2,960	2,828	2,791	2,507	2,651	2,377	2,198
Females	16	2,500	2,319	2,254	2,427	2,130	2,060	1,780	1,570	1,442	1,457
Females	17	2,491	2,321	2,229	2,195	2,013	1,913	1,542	1,419	1,139	1,217
Females	18	2,512	2,323	2,229	2,236	1,990	1,894	1,545	1,286	1,120	1,278
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS information Centre for health and social care.

A&E
Sex	Age	2010-11	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08
Total for ages 0-18 (excluding unknown)		18,253	17,614	17,122	16,854
Males	0	43	34	42	38
Males	1	77	114	91	94
Males	2	112	108	111	93
Males	3	73	77	69	72
Males	4	28	56	58	39
Males	5	22	53	35	27
Males	6	26	23	35	27
Males	7	26	17	28	28
Males	8	24	20	22	20
Males	9	30	28	21	28
Males	10	40	32	41	33
Males	11	61	48	58	57
Males	12	129	103	125	130
Males	13	203	205	219	224
Males	14	353	386	379	388
Males	15	620	659	660	704
Males	16	949	850	935	884
Males	17	1,284	1,281	1,181	1,247
Males	18	1,800	1,690	1,693	1,502
Females	0	28	29	36	34
Females	1	85	98	92	96
Females	2	83	90	89	86
Females	3	43	50	51	61
Females	4	26	39	35	42
Females	5	21	20	24	28
Females	6	19	16	16	29
Females	7	18	13	21	25
Females	8	11	16	17	13
Females	9	25	15	13	26
Females	10	21	32	30	17
Females	11	39	47	46	41
Females	12	163	173	167	186
Females	13	588	566	548	617
Females	14	1,404	1,347	1,284	1,308
Females	15	1,971	1,849	1,760	1,695
Females	16	2,263	2,211	2,123	2,180
Females	17	2,569	2,484	2,427	2,294
Females	18	2,976	2,735	2,540	2,441
¹ Finished admission episodes A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. ² Cause codes A supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Only the first external cause code which is coded within the episode is counted in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). ICD10 Cause codes used for Intentional self-harm are X60-84 and Y87.0 ³ A&E Patient Group A code that indicates the reason for the A&E episode. Group 30 indicates those admitted for intentional self-harm A&E Treatment Treatment is any intervention that takes place during an A&E attendance. For the financial year 2007-08, providers had the option of using one of three different treatment classifications of codes; A&E treatment codes, OPCS-4 and READ-5. For more information on these, visit HESonline: www.hesonline.nhs.uk From April 2008, all providers are mandated to use the A&E classification of treatment codes. Analysis of treatment based on A&E HES data is produced using A&E treatment codes unless stated otherwise. Providers are able to submit unlimited number of treatments for each attendance; however, only the first 12 treatment codes are available in HES. Analysis on treatment in A&E HES is based on the primary treatment code submitted, unless stated otherwise. The coverage and quality of treatment data available in 2007-08 A&E HES is poor and therefore great caution is needed before interpreting this in any way. Further information on the quality and coverage of treatment data is available in the 2007-08 A&E HES publication, which is available on HESonline: www.hesonline.nhs.uk. A&E data quality HES are compiled from data sent by a number of NHS providers across England. The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. A&E HES data is available for the year 2007-08, which covers attendances reported between April 2007 and March 2008. The A&E HES data for 2007-08 is the first record level national A&E attendance data to be available within HES. The current coverage and quality of A&E data in HES is poor and for this reason the dataset has been labelled as ““experimental””. Allowing access to this data will also help stimulate discussion and encourage trusts to improve quality for subsequent releases. The 2007-08 A&E HES publication addresses some of the key data quality and coverage issues. This report is available on HESonline: www.hesonline.nhs.uk. Assessing growth through time HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Data quality HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics {HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

Date

20 March 2012

Reference

101101; 542 c630-4W

House

House of Commons

Youth Custody: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of self harm of people in each (a) age and (b) ethnic group there have been in each secure training centre in each month since 2008.

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 January 2012

For answer on

25 January 2012

Answered on

25 January 2012

The tables show the number of incidents of self harm of young people (aged 10 to 17) in each age group (Table 1) and ethnic group (Table 2) for each Secure Training Centre by month from 2008-09 to 2009-10. This information has been provided by the Youth Justice Board (YJB).These data come from monthly returns from secure establishments to the YJB. Due to the way these data are collected it is not possible to tell if the same young people are involved in multiple incidents throughout the year. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.Data for 2010-11 will be published on 26 January 2012 in the 2010-11 Youth Justice Statistics publication, which will be available on the Ministry of Justice website.

Table 1: Number of self harm incidents in each Secure Training Centre (STC) by age group and month from April 2008 to March 2010
	2008
Age group	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Age 10 to 14
Hassockfield	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Medway	6	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	2
Oakhill	2	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	3
Rainsbrook	6	5	2	2	2	0	4	5	2

Age 15 to 17
Hassockfield	2	4	5	7	7	4	3	1	2
Medway	3	5	3	11	11	7	6	6	0
Oakhill	31	16	10	3	3	1	0	0	1
Rainsbrook	7	5	2	5	5	5	13	10	11

	2009	2010
Age group	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
Age 10 to 14
Hassockfield	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medway	1	2	2	3	3	1	0	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	1
Oakhill	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Rainsbrook	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	8	10	2	0	0	0	0

Age 15 to 17
Hassockfield	1	2	5	2	6	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0
Medway	4	6	8	10	9	5	6	6	2	3	2	0	0	2	2
Oakhill	1	6	1	4	2	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2
Rainsbrook	14	7	3	3	5	3	5	5	6	13	7	7	7	3	5

Table 2: Number of self harm incidents in each Secure Training Centre (STC) by ethnic group and month from April 2008 to March 2010
	2008
Ethnic group	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
White
Hassockfield	2	4	6	8	8	4	3	1	1
Medway	8	6	10	8	8	7	6	6	2
Oakhill	22	14	9	3	3	0	0	0	4
Rainsbrook	11	8	4	6	6	4	17	15	13

Black and Minority Ethnic (BME)
Hassockfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Medway	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0
Oakhill	11	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	0
Rainsbrook	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0

	2009	2010
Ethnic group	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
White
Hassockfield	2	3	4	1	7	4	2	4	0	0	2	2	2	0	0
Medway	3	5	9	13	12	3	3	11	4	3	2	0	1	2	3
Oakhill	2	5	1	4	2	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2
Rainsbrook	16	5	2	3	6	3	5	7	9	19	9	5	7	3	4

Black and Minority Ethnic (BME)
Hassockfield	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medway	2	3	1	0	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oakhill	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Rainsbrook	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	0	0	1

Date

25 January 2012

Reference

91384; 539 c295-8W

House

House of Commons

Self-harm

(3) what estimate he has made of the prevalence of self-harm amongst (a) boys and (b) young men; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 November 2011

For answer on

28 November 2011

Answered on

28 November 2011

While figures are collected on the number of hospital admissions and the number of accident and emergency (A&E) attendances for self-harm, it is not be possible to determine the overall number of people that commit self-harm. Hospital figures would only reflect those cases that require hospital treatment and would not include those treated in a primary care setting or those who do not seek/require medical attention.The following tables show total finished in-patient admission episodes for males and females for each age under 25 and of A&E attendances for intentional self-harm for 2007-08 to 2009-10.The prevalence of self-harm is difficult to estimate. ““The Adult psychiatric morbidity in England (2007)”” survey holds information related to adult self-harm broken down by gender and age and reports that:"““There was no significant difference in the overall prevalence of self-harm between men and women. However, young women were more likely than young men to report having ever deliberately harmed themselves: 17.0% of women aged 16-24 reported this behaviour, compared with 7.9% of men in the same age group. This variation by sex was not evident in subsequent age groups. ""This corresponds with data from other sources about changes to the sex ratio in the occurrence of self-harm across the lifecycle.””"In November 2011, National Institution for Health and Clinical Excellence published guidelines on ““Self Harm (longer term management)””.

Total finished in-patient admission episodes¹ for intentional self-harm² by sex (including unknown) and age (under 25) for each year 2001-02 to 2010-11. Additionally, total A&E attendances for intentional self-harm³ by sex (including unknown) and age (under 25) for each year 2007-08 to 2009-10
Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector
In-patients
Sex	Age	2010-11	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02
Total for ages 0-24 (inc. unknown)		37,932	34,351	33,852	33,843	31,206	30,769	26,142	24,687	21,906	22,555

Males	0	4	4	2	5	4	6	2	4	2	8
Males	1	11	7	14	12	20	19	18	12	21	15
Males	2	13	12	22	16	25	19	24	22	21	25
Males	3	10	7	7	21	11	11	11	5	11	11
Males	4	3	3	6	5	5	4	4	7	3	9
Males	5	6	3	1	2	5	3	4	7	2	6
Males	6	4	7	4	2	3	1	3	4	4	3
Males	7	4	12	8	1	1	3	2	6	3	5
Males	8	7	3	9	8	8	10	5	10	10	8
Males	9	6	13	8	9	11	15	7	23	9	15
Males	10	8	15	18	16	19	19	16	21	27	32
Males	11	25	35	26	27	38	44	49	58	54	52
Males	12	64	47	82	88	85	81	95	108	97	91
Males	13	100	131	142	145	140	155	174	201	156	181
Males	14	284	222	278	344	343	359	292	337	263	327
Males	15	567	503	532	560	606	533	435	499	469	441
Males	16	655	601	604	618	561	522	495	448	389	394
Males	17	831	822	773	756	660	718	587	500	442	506
Males	18	1,176	1,021	1,071	1,033	990	915	700	653	582	706
Males	19	1,336	1,253	1,206	1,179	1,046	929	826	721	633	813
Males	20	1,293	1,204	1,301	1,132	1,045	1,051	900	821	763	876
Males	21	1,389	1,398	1,228	1,002	1,057	1,033	913	798	762	876
Males	22	1,393	1,289	1,184	1,091	983	951	868	855	834	836
Males	23	1,339	1,063	1,154	1,093	1,002	944	898	909	704	763
Males	24	1,128	1,071	1,046	1,050	965	1,020	952	789	706	724

Females	0	3	3	5	3	8	3	5	4	10	7
Females	1	11	12	6	16	9	23	10	20	12	16
Females	2	14	17	18	8	23	17	11	21	18	19
Females	3	10	9	5	3	6	9	7	12	7	13
Females	4	4	2	3	5	3	5	3	3	6	7
Females	5	3	5	5	4	1		2	3	3	3
Females	6	3	3	3		1	4	4	3	3
Females	7	8	1	1	6	7	4	3	3	5	3
Females	8	3	4	2	4	7	6	4	9	4	7
Females	9	4	1	8	10	11	12	2	20	4	6
Females	10	7	15	14	13	12	11	19	18	13	15
Females	11	44	45	56	54	60	87	58	73	75	69
Females	12	265	220	237	337	286	308	293	318	306	248
Females	13	900	859	920	1,048	956	1,062	962	1,007	899	813
Females	14	2,172	1,917	1,998	2,069	2,079	2,227	1,973	1,980	1,890	1,678
Females	15	2,962	2,749	2,640	2,960	2,828	2,791	2,507	2,651	2,377	2,198
Females	16	2,500	2,319	2,254	2,427	2,130	2,060	1,780	1,570	1,442	1,457
Females	17	2,491	2,321	2,229	2,195	2,013	1,913	1,542	1,419	1,139	1,217
Females	18	2,512	2,323	2,229	2,236	1,990	1,894	1,545	1,286	1,120	1,278
Females	19	2,664	2,176	2,110	2,202	1,876	1,831	1,480	1,261	1,168	1,126
Females	20	2,389	2,093	2,012	1,938	1,687	1,584	1,342	1,176	978	1,150
Females	21	2,109	1,855	1,770	1,742	1,494	1,569	1,152	1,115	936	1,008
Females	22	1,986	1,606	1,637	1,546	1,535	1,425	1,121	1,029	907	965
Females	23	1,677	1,568	1,534	1,461	1,309	1,325	1,032	957	843	807
Females	24	1,533	1,481	1,428	1,338	1,214	1,226	969	894	771	721

Accident and emergency
Sex	Age	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08
Total for ages 0-24 (inc. unknown)		39,784	37,803	36,159

Males	0	34	42	38
Males	1	114	91	94
Males	2	108	111	93
Males	3	77	69	72
Males	4	56	58	39
Males	5	53	35	27
Males	6	23	35	27
Males	7	17	28	28
Males	8	20	22	20
Males	9	28	21	28
Males	10	32	41	33
Males	11	48	58	57
Males	12	103	125	130
Males	13	205	219	224
Males	14	386	379	388
Males	15	659	660	704
Males	16	850	935	884
Males	17	1,281	1,181	1,247
Males	18	1,690	1,693	1,502
Males	19	1,877	1,633	1,650
Males	20	1,836	1,767	1,584
Males	21	1,721	1,646	1,371
Males	22	1,569	1,410	1,319
Males	23	1,483	1,411	1,267
Males	24	1,419	1,266	1,274

Females	0	29	36	34
Females	1	98	92	96
Females	2	90	89	86
Females	3	50	51	61
Females	4	39	35	42
Females	5	20	24	28
Females	6	16	16	29
Females	7	13	21	25
Females	8	15	17	13
Females	9	15	13	26
Females	10	32	30	17
Females	11	47	46	41
Females	12	173	167	186
Females	13	566	548	617
Females	14	1,347	1,284	1,308
Females	15	1,849	1,760	1,695
Females	16	2,211	2,123	2,180
Females	17	2,484	2,427	2,294
Females	18	2,735	2,540	2,441
Females	19	2,498	2,375	2,332
Females	20	2,355	2,166	1,986
Females	21	2,020	2,008	1,812
Females	22	1,783	1,824	1,676
Females	23	1,719	1,640	1,559
Females	24	1,561	1,468	1,416
¹ Finished admission episodes
A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
² Cause codes
A supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Only the first external cause code which is coded within the episode is counted in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). ICD10 Cause codes used for Intentional self-harm are X60-84 and Y87.0
³ A&E Patient Group
A code that indicates the reason for the A&E episode. Group 30 indicates those admitted for intentional self-harm
A&E Treatment
Treatment is any intervention that takes place during an A&E attendance. For the financial year 2007-08, providers had the option of using one of three different treatment classifications of codes; A&E treatment codes, OPCS-4 and READ-5. For more information on these, visit HESonline
www.hesonline.nhs.uk
From April 2008, all providers are mandated to use the A&E classification of treatment codes. Analysis of treatment based on A&E HES data are produced using A&E treatment codes unless stated otherwise. Providers are able to submit unlimited number of treatments for each attendance, however, only the first 12 treatment codes are available in HES. Analysis on treatment in A&E HES is based on the primary treatment code submitted, unless stated otherwise. The coverage and quality of treatment data available in 2007-08 A&E HES is poor and therefore great caution is needed before interpreting this in any way. Further information on the quality and coverage of treatment data are available in the 2007-08 A&E HES publication, which is available on HESonline
www.hesonline.nhs.uk
A&E data quality
HES are compiled from data sent by a number of NHS providers across England. The NHS Information centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seek to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. Accident and Emergency HES data available for the year 2007-08, which covers attendances reported between April 2007 and March 2008. The A&E HES data for 2007-08 is the first record level national A&E attendance data to be available within HES. The current coverage and quality of A&E data in HES is poor and for this reason the dataset has been labelled as 'experimental'. Allowing access to this data will also help stimulate discussion and encourage trusts to improve quality for subsequent releases. The 2007-08 A&E HES publication addresses some of the key data quality and coverage issues. This report is available on HESonline
www.hesonline.nhs.uk
Assessing growth through time
HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data.
Data quality
HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

Date

28 November 2011

Reference

83426; 536 c780-6W

House

House of Commons

Self-harm

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the adequacy of statistics on acts of self-harm by (a) boys and (b) young men; and if he will make a statement;

Asked by

Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 November 2011

For answer on

28 November 2011

Answered on

28 November 2011

Total finished in-patient admission episodes¹ for intentional self-harm² by sex (including unknown) and age (under 25) for each year 2001-02 to 2010-11. Additionally, total A&E attendances for intentional self-harm³ by sex (including unknown) and age (under 25) for each year 2007-08 to 2009-10
Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector
In-patients
Sex	Age	2010-11	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02
Total for ages 0-24 (inc. unknown)		37,932	34,351	33,852	33,843	31,206	30,769	26,142	24,687	21,906	22,555

Males	0	4	4	2	5	4	6	2	4	2	8
Males	1	11	7	14	12	20	19	18	12	21	15
Males	2	13	12	22	16	25	19	24	22	21	25
Males	3	10	7	7	21	11	11	11	5	11	11
Males	4	3	3	6	5	5	4	4	7	3	9
Males	5	6	3	1	2	5	3	4	7	2	6
Males	6	4	7	4	2	3	1	3	4	4	3
Males	7	4	12	8	1	1	3	2	6	3	5
Males	8	7	3	9	8	8	10	5	10	10	8
Males	9	6	13	8	9	11	15	7	23	9	15
Males	10	8	15	18	16	19	19	16	21	27	32
Males	11	25	35	26	27	38	44	49	58	54	52
Males	12	64	47	82	88	85	81	95	108	97	91
Males	13	100	131	142	145	140	155	174	201	156	181
Males	14	284	222	278	344	343	359	292	337	263	327
Males	15	567	503	532	560	606	533	435	499	469	441
Males	16	655	601	604	618	561	522	495	448	389	394
Males	17	831	822	773	756	660	718	587	500	442	506
Males	18	1,176	1,021	1,071	1,033	990	915	700	653	582	706
Males	19	1,336	1,253	1,206	1,179	1,046	929	826	721	633	813
Males	20	1,293	1,204	1,301	1,132	1,045	1,051	900	821	763	876
Males	21	1,389	1,398	1,228	1,002	1,057	1,033	913	798	762	876
Males	22	1,393	1,289	1,184	1,091	983	951	868	855	834	836
Males	23	1,339	1,063	1,154	1,093	1,002	944	898	909	704	763
Males	24	1,128	1,071	1,046	1,050	965	1,020	952	789	706	724

Females	0	3	3	5	3	8	3	5	4	10	7
Females	1	11	12	6	16	9	23	10	20	12	16
Females	2	14	17	18	8	23	17	11	21	18	19
Females	3	10	9	5	3	6	9	7	12	7	13
Females	4	4	2	3	5	3	5	3	3	6	7
Females	5	3	5	5	4	1		2	3	3	3
Females	6	3	3	3		1	4	4	3	3
Females	7	8	1	1	6	7	4	3	3	5	3
Females	8	3	4	2	4	7	6	4	9	4	7
Females	9	4	1	8	10	11	12	2	20	4	6
Females	10	7	15	14	13	12	11	19	18	13	15
Females	11	44	45	56	54	60	87	58	73	75	69
Females	12	265	220	237	337	286	308	293	318	306	248
Females	13	900	859	920	1,048	956	1,062	962	1,007	899	813
Females	14	2,172	1,917	1,998	2,069	2,079	2,227	1,973	1,980	1,890	1,678
Females	15	2,962	2,749	2,640	2,960	2,828	2,791	2,507	2,651	2,377	2,198
Females	16	2,500	2,319	2,254	2,427	2,130	2,060	1,780	1,570	1,442	1,457
Females	17	2,491	2,321	2,229	2,195	2,013	1,913	1,542	1,419	1,139	1,217
Females	18	2,512	2,323	2,229	2,236	1,990	1,894	1,545	1,286	1,120	1,278
Females	19	2,664	2,176	2,110	2,202	1,876	1,831	1,480	1,261	1,168	1,126
Females	20	2,389	2,093	2,012	1,938	1,687	1,584	1,342	1,176	978	1,150
Females	21	2,109	1,855	1,770	1,742	1,494	1,569	1,152	1,115	936	1,008
Females	22	1,986	1,606	1,637	1,546	1,535	1,425	1,121	1,029	907	965
Females	23	1,677	1,568	1,534	1,461	1,309	1,325	1,032	957	843	807
Females	24	1,533	1,481	1,428	1,338	1,214	1,226	969	894	771	721

Accident and emergency
Sex	Age	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08
Total for ages 0-24 (inc. unknown)		39,784	37,803	36,159

Males	0	34	42	38
Males	1	114	91	94
Males	2	108	111	93
Males	3	77	69	72
Males	4	56	58	39
Males	5	53	35	27
Males	6	23	35	27
Males	7	17	28	28
Males	8	20	22	20
Males	9	28	21	28
Males	10	32	41	33
Males	11	48	58	57
Males	12	103	125	130
Males	13	205	219	224
Males	14	386	379	388
Males	15	659	660	704
Males	16	850	935	884
Males	17	1,281	1,181	1,247
Males	18	1,690	1,693	1,502
Males	19	1,877	1,633	1,650
Males	20	1,836	1,767	1,584
Males	21	1,721	1,646	1,371
Males	22	1,569	1,410	1,319
Males	23	1,483	1,411	1,267
Males	24	1,419	1,266	1,274

Females	0	29	36	34
Females	1	98	92	96
Females	2	90	89	86
Females	3	50	51	61
Females	4	39	35	42
Females	5	20	24	28
Females	6	16	16	29
Females	7	13	21	25
Females	8	15	17	13
Females	9	15	13	26
Females	10	32	30	17
Females	11	47	46	41
Females	12	173	167	186
Females	13	566	548	617
Females	14	1,347	1,284	1,308
Females	15	1,849	1,760	1,695
Females	16	2,211	2,123	2,180
Females	17	2,484	2,427	2,294
Females	18	2,735	2,540	2,441
Females	19	2,498	2,375	2,332
Females	20	2,355	2,166	1,986
Females	21	2,020	2,008	1,812
Females	22	1,783	1,824	1,676
Females	23	1,719	1,640	1,559
Females	24	1,561	1,468	1,416
¹ Finished admission episodes
A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
² Cause codes
A supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Only the first external cause code which is coded within the episode is counted in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). ICD10 Cause codes used for Intentional self-harm are X60-84 and Y87.0
³ A&E Patient Group
A code that indicates the reason for the A&E episode. Group 30 indicates those admitted for intentional self-harm
A&E Treatment
Treatment is any intervention that takes place during an A&E attendance. For the financial year 2007-08, providers had the option of using one of three different treatment classifications of codes; A&E treatment codes, OPCS-4 and READ-5. For more information on these, visit HESonline
www.hesonline.nhs.uk
From April 2008, all providers are mandated to use the A&E classification of treatment codes. Analysis of treatment based on A&E HES data are produced using A&E treatment codes unless stated otherwise. Providers are able to submit unlimited number of treatments for each attendance, however, only the first 12 treatment codes are available in HES. Analysis on treatment in A&E HES is based on the primary treatment code submitted, unless stated otherwise. The coverage and quality of treatment data available in 2007-08 A&E HES is poor and therefore great caution is needed before interpreting this in any way. Further information on the quality and coverage of treatment data are available in the 2007-08 A&E HES publication, which is available on HESonline
www.hesonline.nhs.uk
A&E data quality
HES are compiled from data sent by a number of NHS providers across England. The NHS Information centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seek to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. Accident and Emergency HES data available for the year 2007-08, which covers attendances reported between April 2007 and March 2008. The A&E HES data for 2007-08 is the first record level national A&E attendance data to be available within HES. The current coverage and quality of A&E data in HES is poor and for this reason the dataset has been labelled as 'experimental'. Allowing access to this data will also help stimulate discussion and encourage trusts to improve quality for subsequent releases. The 2007-08 A&E HES publication addresses some of the key data quality and coverage issues. This report is available on HESonline
www.hesonline.nhs.uk
Assessing growth through time
HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data.
Data quality
HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

Date

28 November 2011

Reference

83424; 536 c780-6W

House

House of Commons

Self-harm

(2) how many (a) males and (b) females for each age under 25 years have committed acts of self-harm in each of the last 10 years;

Asked by

Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 November 2011

For answer on

28 November 2011

Answered on

28 November 2011

Total finished in-patient admission episodes¹ for intentional self-harm² by sex (including unknown) and age (under 25) for each year 2001-02 to 2010-11. Additionally, total A&E attendances for intentional self-harm³ by sex (including unknown) and age (under 25) for each year 2007-08 to 2009-10
Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector
In-patients
Sex	Age	2010-11	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02
Total for ages 0-24 (inc. unknown)		37,932	34,351	33,852	33,843	31,206	30,769	26,142	24,687	21,906	22,555

Males	0	4	4	2	5	4	6	2	4	2	8
Males	1	11	7	14	12	20	19	18	12	21	15
Males	2	13	12	22	16	25	19	24	22	21	25
Males	3	10	7	7	21	11	11	11	5	11	11
Males	4	3	3	6	5	5	4	4	7	3	9
Males	5	6	3	1	2	5	3	4	7	2	6
Males	6	4	7	4	2	3	1	3	4	4	3
Males	7	4	12	8	1	1	3	2	6	3	5
Males	8	7	3	9	8	8	10	5	10	10	8
Males	9	6	13	8	9	11	15	7	23	9	15
Males	10	8	15	18	16	19	19	16	21	27	32
Males	11	25	35	26	27	38	44	49	58	54	52
Males	12	64	47	82	88	85	81	95	108	97	91
Males	13	100	131	142	145	140	155	174	201	156	181
Males	14	284	222	278	344	343	359	292	337	263	327
Males	15	567	503	532	560	606	533	435	499	469	441
Males	16	655	601	604	618	561	522	495	448	389	394
Males	17	831	822	773	756	660	718	587	500	442	506
Males	18	1,176	1,021	1,071	1,033	990	915	700	653	582	706
Males	19	1,336	1,253	1,206	1,179	1,046	929	826	721	633	813
Males	20	1,293	1,204	1,301	1,132	1,045	1,051	900	821	763	876
Males	21	1,389	1,398	1,228	1,002	1,057	1,033	913	798	762	876
Males	22	1,393	1,289	1,184	1,091	983	951	868	855	834	836
Males	23	1,339	1,063	1,154	1,093	1,002	944	898	909	704	763
Males	24	1,128	1,071	1,046	1,050	965	1,020	952	789	706	724

Females	0	3	3	5	3	8	3	5	4	10	7
Females	1	11	12	6	16	9	23	10	20	12	16
Females	2	14	17	18	8	23	17	11	21	18	19
Females	3	10	9	5	3	6	9	7	12	7	13
Females	4	4	2	3	5	3	5	3	3	6	7
Females	5	3	5	5	4	1		2	3	3	3
Females	6	3	3	3		1	4	4	3	3
Females	7	8	1	1	6	7	4	3	3	5	3
Females	8	3	4	2	4	7	6	4	9	4	7
Females	9	4	1	8	10	11	12	2	20	4	6
Females	10	7	15	14	13	12	11	19	18	13	15
Females	11	44	45	56	54	60	87	58	73	75	69
Females	12	265	220	237	337	286	308	293	318	306	248
Females	13	900	859	920	1,048	956	1,062	962	1,007	899	813
Females	14	2,172	1,917	1,998	2,069	2,079	2,227	1,973	1,980	1,890	1,678
Females	15	2,962	2,749	2,640	2,960	2,828	2,791	2,507	2,651	2,377	2,198
Females	16	2,500	2,319	2,254	2,427	2,130	2,060	1,780	1,570	1,442	1,457
Females	17	2,491	2,321	2,229	2,195	2,013	1,913	1,542	1,419	1,139	1,217
Females	18	2,512	2,323	2,229	2,236	1,990	1,894	1,545	1,286	1,120	1,278
Females	19	2,664	2,176	2,110	2,202	1,876	1,831	1,480	1,261	1,168	1,126
Females	20	2,389	2,093	2,012	1,938	1,687	1,584	1,342	1,176	978	1,150
Females	21	2,109	1,855	1,770	1,742	1,494	1,569	1,152	1,115	936	1,008
Females	22	1,986	1,606	1,637	1,546	1,535	1,425	1,121	1,029	907	965
Females	23	1,677	1,568	1,534	1,461	1,309	1,325	1,032	957	843	807
Females	24	1,533	1,481	1,428	1,338	1,214	1,226	969	894	771	721

Accident and emergency
Sex	Age	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08
Total for ages 0-24 (inc. unknown)		39,784	37,803	36,159

Males	0	34	42	38
Males	1	114	91	94
Males	2	108	111	93
Males	3	77	69	72
Males	4	56	58	39
Males	5	53	35	27
Males	6	23	35	27
Males	7	17	28	28
Males	8	20	22	20
Males	9	28	21	28
Males	10	32	41	33
Males	11	48	58	57
Males	12	103	125	130
Males	13	205	219	224
Males	14	386	379	388
Males	15	659	660	704
Males	16	850	935	884
Males	17	1,281	1,181	1,247
Males	18	1,690	1,693	1,502
Males	19	1,877	1,633	1,650
Males	20	1,836	1,767	1,584
Males	21	1,721	1,646	1,371
Males	22	1,569	1,410	1,319
Males	23	1,483	1,411	1,267
Males	24	1,419	1,266	1,274

Females	0	29	36	34
Females	1	98	92	96
Females	2	90	89	86
Females	3	50	51	61
Females	4	39	35	42
Females	5	20	24	28
Females	6	16	16	29
Females	7	13	21	25
Females	8	15	17	13
Females	9	15	13	26
Females	10	32	30	17
Females	11	47	46	41
Females	12	173	167	186
Females	13	566	548	617
Females	14	1,347	1,284	1,308
Females	15	1,849	1,760	1,695
Females	16	2,211	2,123	2,180
Females	17	2,484	2,427	2,294
Females	18	2,735	2,540	2,441
Females	19	2,498	2,375	2,332
Females	20	2,355	2,166	1,986
Females	21	2,020	2,008	1,812
Females	22	1,783	1,824	1,676
Females	23	1,719	1,640	1,559
Females	24	1,561	1,468	1,416
¹ Finished admission episodes
A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
² Cause codes
A supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Only the first external cause code which is coded within the episode is counted in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). ICD10 Cause codes used for Intentional self-harm are X60-84 and Y87.0
³ A&E Patient Group
A code that indicates the reason for the A&E episode. Group 30 indicates those admitted for intentional self-harm
A&E Treatment
Treatment is any intervention that takes place during an A&E attendance. For the financial year 2007-08, providers had the option of using one of three different treatment classifications of codes; A&E treatment codes, OPCS-4 and READ-5. For more information on these, visit HESonline
www.hesonline.nhs.uk
From April 2008, all providers are mandated to use the A&E classification of treatment codes. Analysis of treatment based on A&E HES data are produced using A&E treatment codes unless stated otherwise. Providers are able to submit unlimited number of treatments for each attendance, however, only the first 12 treatment codes are available in HES. Analysis on treatment in A&E HES is based on the primary treatment code submitted, unless stated otherwise. The coverage and quality of treatment data available in 2007-08 A&E HES is poor and therefore great caution is needed before interpreting this in any way. Further information on the quality and coverage of treatment data are available in the 2007-08 A&E HES publication, which is available on HESonline
www.hesonline.nhs.uk
A&E data quality
HES are compiled from data sent by a number of NHS providers across England. The NHS Information centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seek to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. Accident and Emergency HES data available for the year 2007-08, which covers attendances reported between April 2007 and March 2008. The A&E HES data for 2007-08 is the first record level national A&E attendance data to be available within HES. The current coverage and quality of A&E data in HES is poor and for this reason the dataset has been labelled as 'experimental'. Allowing access to this data will also help stimulate discussion and encourage trusts to improve quality for subsequent releases. The 2007-08 A&E HES publication addresses some of the key data quality and coverage issues. This report is available on HESonline
www.hesonline.nhs.uk
Assessing growth through time
HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data.
Data quality
HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

Date

28 November 2011

Reference

83425; 536 c780-6W

House

House of Commons

Prisoners: Self-harm

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action is being taken following the incident in which a prisoner in HMP Woodhill cut off both his ears; and whether details of such action will be published.

Asked by

Lord Ramsbotham (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Notes

Answer received between Monday 1 August 2011 and Monday 8 August 2011.

Date

11 August 2011

Reference

11424; 729 c474WA

House

House of Lords

Prisoners: Self-harm

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether guidance about the supervision of prisoners with a history of self-harm was followed at the Close Supervision Centre at HMP Woodhill; whether specific recommendations were made after a prisoner cut off one of his ears; and whether those recommendations were followed prior to the...

Asked by

Lord Ramsbotham (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Notes

Answer received between Monday 1 August 2011 and Monday 8 August 2011.

Date

11 August 2011

Reference

11423; 729 c473-4WA

House

House of Lords

Prisoners: Self-harm

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord McNally on 23 June (WA 349), whether disciplinary action was taken following the report into the incident of self-harm at HMP Woodhill on 18 April commissioned by the Governor.

Asked by

Lord Ramsbotham (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Notes

Answer received between Thursday 21 July and Monday 25 July 2011.

Date

11 August 2011

Reference

11170; 729 c375WA

House

House of Lords

Prisoners: Self-harm

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any disciplinary action has been initiated concerning the incident of self-harm in the Close Supervision Centre at HMP Woodhill on 17 April which resulted in a prisoner being admitted to hospital.

Asked by

Lord Ramsbotham (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 June 2011

Reference

10022; 728 c349WA

House

House of Lords

Prisoners: Self-harm

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what definition of self-harming the Prison Service uses;

Asked by

Sadiq Khan (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2011

Reference

55060; 527 c1261-2W

House

House of Commons

Prisoners: Self-harm

(2) how many instances of self-harming were reported on the prison estate in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2009-10;

Asked by

Sadiq Khan (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2011

Reference

55061; 527 c1261-2W

House

House of Commons

Prisoners: Self-harm

(3) how many instances of self-harming were reported in each prison in England and Wales in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2009-10.

Asked by

Sadiq Khan (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2011

Reference

55062; 527 c1261-2W

House

House of Commons

Offenders: Self-Harm

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to improve supervision for offenders at risk of self-harm.

Asked by

Matthew Offord (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 January 2011

Reference

36466; 522 c572-3W

House

House of Commons

Prisoners: Self-Harm

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of self-harm were recorded amongst (a) male and (b) female prisoners in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Asked by

Helen Grant (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 November 2010

For answer on

15 November 2010

Answered on

17 November 2010

The information requested is in the following table:

2009
	Number
Self-harm incidents
Male and Female	24,114
Male	13,688
Female	10,426

Individuals self-harming¹
Male and Female	6,977
Male	5,403
Female	1,574
¹ The numbers of different individuals are based on prison numbers. An individual who was in prison custody on two occasions during a year but with two different numbers would be counted twice if he/she had self harmed at least once each time.
Data Sources and Quality:
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level.

NOMS has a broad, integrated and evidence-based prisoner suicide prevention and self harm management strategy that seeks to reduce the distress of all those in prison. This encompasses a wide spectrum of Prison and Department of Health work around such issues as mental health, substance misuse and resettlement. Any prisoner identified as at risk of suicide or self-harm is cared for using the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) procedures.

Date

17 November 2010

Reference

24566; 518 c861-2W

House

House of Commons

Suicide and Self-harm in a Recession

Adjournment debate on suicide and self-harm in a recession.

Lead member

Madeleine Moon

Answering member

Paul Burstow

Department

Department of Health

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

27 October 2010

Reference

517 c434-42

House

House of Commons

Suicide and Self-harm in a Recession

Anyone who can take any step to turn someone away for that brief moment in which they might think again should do so. I agree with the hon. Gentleman that whatever barriers are needed in that car park should be in place, and I thank him for his intervention. I...

Member

Madeleine Moon (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

27 October 2010

Reference

517 c435-8

House

House of Commons

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