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484 persons have died in police custody since 1992 to July 2001

Hansard written answers, Friday 12th July 2002

Deaths in Police Custody - 1992 to July 2001

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) fatalities and (b) suicides have taken place among those in police custody in each year since 1992. [68234]

Mr. Denham: The Home Office publishes annual statistics of deaths in police custody or otherwise following contact with the police. Relevant figures derived from those statistics are shown in the following table. Statistics for 2001-02 are currently being finalised.

Column I: Total number of deaths that occurred in police custody

Column 2: Total number of deaths that occurred in police cells

Column 3: Inquest verdicts of suicide

Column 4: Inquest verdicts awaited

  1 2 3 3
2000-01 53 5 3 8
1999-2000 70 7 10 1
1998-99 67 16 12 1
1997-98 69 11 11 0
1996-97 57 16 5 0
1995-96 50 22 12 0
1994 39 17 12 0
1993 31 16 4 0
1992 48 17 6 0