Prisoners: Suicide Mr. Lidington To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) convicted prisoners and (b) remand prisoners committed suicide in each financial year from 2000-01 to 2006-07. Mr. Sutcliffe The information requested in respect of self-inflicted deaths according to legal status is provided in the following table. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2000-01|2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Remand2 |34 |28 |41 |35 |27 |26 |22 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Convicted unsentenced3 |8 |10 |15 |16 |17 |11 |7 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sentenced |35 |37 |50 |42 |42 |37 |44 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |77 |75 |106 |93 |86 |74 |73 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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.2 Includes some with detainee status.3 Includes some with J/R status (judgment respited, convicted but awaiting further reports before sentencing).| | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------