National statistics

Safety in custody quarterly update to June 2016

Safety in custody statistics cover deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.

Documents

Safety in custody summary tables to June 2016

Deaths in prison custody 1978 to 2015

Self-harm in prison custody 2004 to 2015

Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2015

Details

Safety in custody statistics cover deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales. This publication updates statistics on deaths to the end of September 2016 and assaults and self-harm up to June 2016.

The bulletin is released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Pre-release list

Safety in Custody statistics is produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Prisons and Rehabilitation; Permanent Secretary; Director of Analytical Services; Director General of Prisons and Offender Management Policy (x2); Director of Prison Reform Policy; and relevant special advisors (x3), press officers (x5), private secretaries (x9) and Economic Advisor to the Secretary of State.

National Offender Management Service (NOMS)

Chief Executive Officer, NOMS; Chief Operating Officer, NOMS; NOMS Directors (x10); Deputy Director, Head of Performance and Analysis Group (PAG); Deputy Director, Equalities, Rights and Decency Group; Safer Custody Unit (x2); Suicide and Self-Harm Project Manager; Head of Prison Reform Analysis; Head of Offender Management and Public Protection Group.

Other government departments

Private secretary to the Prime Minister

Policy adviser at Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat (x2)

Spending Principal at HM Treasury

Published 27 October 2016