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<p>The government is committed to open and transparent reporting of self-harm in custody
and publish statistics on self-harm in prison custody in England and Wales quarterly
in the National Statistics “Safety in Custody” bulletin. This statistical series can
be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>The number of individuals committing at least one self-harm incident in prison
custody in each year and year-on-year change is presented in table 1.</p><p>Figures
are provided for England and Wales only. Figures are not published by the Ministry
of Justice for other areas of the United Kingdom as the judicial systems are a devolved
matter for the respective administrations.</p><p> </p><p>Around 80 prisoners in every
1,000 in prison custody self-harm.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Year-on-year percentage
change of individuals self-harming in prison custody, England and Wales</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Year-on-year
change (%)</p></td><td><p>Number of individuals self-harming per 1,000 prisoners</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>5,837</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>6,090</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6,296</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>6,586</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>7,149</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6,767</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>6,907</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6,821</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,823</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>All prisons have procedures to identify, manage and support people who are
at risk of harm to themselves. Prisoners at risk are subject to individual case management
and receive support from prison staff, supplemented, where appropriate, by input from
mental health services and a range of other sources such as peer supporters and the
Samaritans.</p><p> </p><p>Additional resources and support are being provided for
safer custody work in prisons and in particular to improve the consistency of the
application of the case management system for prisoners identified as at risk of self
harm or suicide.</p><p> </p>
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