To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of suicides in prisons in England and Wales during the year 1991; and if he will list the prisons and the number of suicides that took place within them.

[pursuant to her reply, 22 January 1992, c. 191–92]: The total number of deaths in 1991 which resulted from an act of deliberate self-harm was 42 and not 41. The adjustment to the figure is necessary following the recent inquest into the death of a man at Cardiff prison in October 1991, which was not initially thought to have been self-inflicted. Further evidence came to light at the inquest, however, and a verdict of "suicide while the balance of his mind was disturbed" was recorded.Inquests have now been held on 29 of these deaths and a verdict of suicide was recorded for 23. The establishments at which the deaths occurred are listed in the table.