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Level one basic skill award( 1)
	2006-07		2005-06		2004-05		2003-04		2002-03
	Actual	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target
Altcourse	355	181	283	148	280	138	170	110	193	26
Ashfield	244	105	181	126	120	100	88	50	n/a	n/a
Bronzefield(2)	81	40	60	40	24	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Doncaster	311	220	218	206	125	120	62	40	39	26
Dovegate	269	242	275	212	198	90	160	180	94	150
Forest Bank	239	220	234	210	222	200	127	100	190	40
Lowdham Grange	233	210	247	210	136	103	83	61	63	61
Parc	410	257	269	242	210	205	166	160	203	153
Peterborough(3)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Rye Hill	107	63	64	63	62	60	64	45	52	35
Wolds	175	172	181	172	193	170	127	27	116	27

Level two basic skill award( 1)
	2006-07		2005-06		2004-05		2003-04		2002-03
	Actual	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target	Actual	Target
Altcourse	270	249	199	198	204	195	144	130	183	120
Ashfield	127	42	79	50	63	40	19	20	n/a	n/a
Bronzefield(2)	40	40	46	40	20	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Doncaster	232	210	207	197	170	170	140	140	129	105
Dovegate	101	365	333	333	220	200	187	80	67	70
Forest Bank	114	80	88	78	87	75	121	120	153	90
Lowdham Grange	148	134	148	134.	64	61	37	30	43	30
Parc	261	226	244	212	168	150	144	140	247	140
Peterborough(3)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Rye Hill	62	77	73	77	43	50	35	45	44	35
Wolds	189	120	121	120	130	100	68	67	90	66
n/a = Not available. (1) Information has been obtained from the PSimon reporting system. Data have also been published in the Prison Service annual report, Office for Contracted Prisons Statement of Performance and the Regional Commissioning and Partnerships annual report available on the HMPS and NOMS website. (2) HMP Bronzefield did not open until June 2004. (3) HMP Peterborough did not open until March 2005.

Prisoners: Suicide

Mr. Heath: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners in each contracted-out prison (a) committed suicide, (b) attempted suicide and (c) deliberately self-harmed in each of the last five years. [188306]

Maria Eagle: In response to parts (a) and (c) of the question, the following tables list (i) the numbers of self-inflicted deaths and (ii) the numbers of self-harm incidents, for the 11 contracted prisons in England and Wales. Regarding part (b) of the question, attempted suicide is not recorded in prisons as it is not possible to measure suicidal intent.

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(i) Self-inflicted deaths( 1)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Altcourse	2	0	4	0	0
Ashfield	0	0	0	0	0
Bronzefield	0	0	0	0	0
Doncaster	1	0	1	1	0
Dovegate	0	0	0	1	0
Forest Bank	1	0	0	0	1
Lowdham Grange	0	0	1	0	0
Parc	0	0	0	2	0
Peterborough	0	0	0	0	1
Rye Hill	0	0	1	1	0
Wolds	0	0	0	0	0
Percentage of all self-inflicted deaths	4	0	9	7	2
(1 )The Prison Service/NOMS definition of self-inflicted deaths is broader than the legal definition of suicide and includes all deaths where it appears that a prisoner has acted specifically to take their own life. This inclusive approach is used in part because inquest verdicts are often not available for some years after a death (some 20 per cent. of these deaths will not receive a suicide or open verdict at inquest). Annual numbers may change slightly from time to time as inquest verdicts and other information become available.

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