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Immigrants: Detention Centres

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 19 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of (a) attempted suicide and (b) self-harm have been recorded in immigration detention centres in each of the last 12 months. (129793)

[holding answer 26 March 2007]: We keep records of self-harm incidents which require some form of medical treatment but we are unable to determine whether any of these incidents are actual incidents of attempted suicide. Cases reported each month for the period May 2006 to April 2007 are reproduced in the following table.

Self-harm statistics: Number of individuals on formal self-harm at risk

2006

Removal centre

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Campsfield

1

4

1

0

0

0

0

1

Colnbrook

10

9

7

5

4

5

7

12

Dover

4

3

5

0

2

2

11

6

Dungavel

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Harmondsworth

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

Haslar

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

Lindholme

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

Oakington

1

0

0

2

2

2

0

0

Tinsley House

0

2

n/a

2

0

0

0

0

Yarl’s Wood

0

5

4

2

0

0

0

2

Total

16

24

18

11

12

10

19

22

2007

Removal centre

January

February

March

April

Campsfield

1

1

0

0

Colnbrook

12

3

6

7

Dover

4

2

3

5

Dungavel

0

0

0

0

Harmondsworth

1

0

0

0

Haslar

0

0

0

0

Lindholme

0

0

0

0

Oakington

1

1

1

1

Tinsley House

0

0

0

0

Yarl’s Wood

1

1

5

1

Total

20

8

15

14