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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A
response to the noble Lord’s Parliamentary Question of 6 March is attached.</p><p>
</p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>8
March 2023</p><p>Dear Lord Patten,</p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive
of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking
whether any assessment has been made of any difference in life expectancy of prisoners
to the population as a whole; and if so, what is that difference (HL6095).</p><p>The
ONS produces the National Statistics on life expectancy for the population as a whole,
local areas of the United Kingdom and for socioeconomic classes. The ONS have not
estimated the life expectancy of prisoners in its regular portfolio of life expectancy
releases and would require new complex analyses to produce such statistics.</p><p>Currently,
the Ministry of Justice provides official estimates of deaths in prison custody in
England and Wales [1] as part of their Safety in custody statistics [2] , with reference
to broad cause of death categories assigned prior to coroner’s inquest.</p><p>The
ONS produce Experimental Statistics [3] on deaths in prisoners, by linking the Ministry
of Justice (MoJ) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) data together to give
additional insight into suicide and drug-related deaths in prison custody [4].</p><p>
</p><p>[1] Deaths in prison custody, Ministry of Justice.</p><p>[2] Safety in custody
statistics, Ministry of Justice</p><p>[3] Experimental Statistics, ONS</p><p>[4] Drug-related
deaths and suicide in prison custody in England and Wales: 2008 to 2019</p>
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