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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
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