Prisoners: Suicide

Mr. Betts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the incidence of suicide and self-harm has been for prisoners serving indeterminate public protection sentences.

Mr. Sutcliffe
The exact information about indeterminate public protection sentenced prisoners has not been collated in the requested format and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Garnier
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many self-inflicted deaths have occurred in prisons since January 2006.

Mr. Sutcliffe
The number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons between 1 January 2006 and 24 April 2007 is 97.