Chuka Umunna (Streatham, Labour) To ask the Attorney General how many criminal prosecutions have arisen relating to the death of a person in the custody of the Prison Service in each calendar year (a) from 2001 to 2011 and (b) in 2012 to date.

Oliver Heald (Solicitor General; North East Hertfordshire, Conservative) Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records kept for the period 2001 to 2011 are not comprehensive. However, they do show that in 2007 one prosecution took place involving four persons. To date, two persons have been prosecuted by the CPS in 2012.