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Young Offender Institutions: Suicide and Self-Harm

Volume 461: debated on Monday 11 June 2007

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Mr. Lidington

To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) suicides and (b) incidents of self-harm took place at each young offender institution in (i) 2002-03, (ii) 2003-04, (iii) 2004-05, (iv) 2005-6 and (v) 2006-07. (141564)

Mr. Sutcliffe

The information requested in respect of suicides in young offenders institutions is provided in the following table.

YOI self-inflicted deaths1: 2002-03 to 2006-07

Establishment

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Castington

2

—

—

—

—

Hindley

1

—

—

—

—

Aylesbury

1

1

—

—

—

Glen Parva

—

—

—

2

1

Lancaster Farms

—

1

1

—

—

Portland

—

1

—

—

—

Stoke Heath

—

—

1

—

—

Brinsford

—

—

1

—

1

Reading

—

1

—

3

—

Swinfen Hall

—

1

—

—

—

1 Self-inflicted deaths include all deaths where it appears the individual acted specifically to take their own life, not only those that received a suicide or open verdict at inquest.

The exact information requested at (b) is not available. Self-harm figures are derived from a national recording system of each incident of self-harm in prison, the majority of which are minor, and can be considered only as an estimate.