HL Deb 23 January 1991 vol 525 c7WA
Lord Graham of Edmonton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many assaults there were on prison officers on escort duty in each of the last 10 years.

Offences of assaulting a prison officer proved at adjudications in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales: by offence and year of adjudication 1975 and 1985–89
Number of offences
1975 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Gross personal violence 9 17 12 10 11 113
Attempt to commit gross personal violence 2— 125 37 17 37 9
Assault 544 1,216 1,221 1,149 1,143 1,488
Attempted assault 68 117 117 151 167 218
1 Not separately classified from 1 April 1989.
2 Not separately classified.