Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have died in each prison in each of the last six months.

The number of deaths in custody has increased in recent years, as the prison population and the proportion of older prisoners within it have increased.

The table attached shows the number of prisoners who have died in each prison in each of the last six months for which annual data has been published. The annual information on deaths in each prison is published in the Safety in Custody statistics available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2014-and-annual