Self-Harm in Immigration Detention January through December 2012

Brook House IRC had an alarming rise in the number of self-harm incidents requiring medical treatment in the last quarter of 2012 - 8 incidents in Q3 / 20 incidents in Q4 a 150% increase. In Q3 87 persons were on self-harm watch in Q4 this rose to 119.

Overall Brook House had the worst record by far of all IRCs for incidents of self-harm at risk or requiring medical treatment in 2012.

Full statistics for January through December 2012 as provided by UKBA

'No-Deportations asked UKBA for figures on self-harm in immigration detention between October and December 2012 inclusive, under the following headings:

1. Number of individuals on formal self-harm at risk.

2. Number of Incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment.

3. Number of deaths if any.

In Campsfield House, Brook House, Colnbrook, Dover, Dungavel, Harmondsworth, Haslar, Morton Hall, Tinsley House, Yarl's Wood IRCs, any Short Term Hold Centres and Cedars pre-departure accommodation.

The data requested on self-harm in removal centres, Short-Term Holding Facilities (STHFs) and Cedars pre-departure accommodation is detailed in the tables below; it is based on management information only and has not been subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.

There has been one death at Harmondsworth IRC in October 2012. The death will be the subject of a Coroner's Inquest and it would be inappropriate to comment on the details in advance of the Coroner's conclusions.