§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what statistics he has recently sought from all prison governors on the subject of violence offered to prison officers; and if these figures are to include common assault.
§ Miss BaconPrison and borstal governors were recently asked for special returns, for each of the years 1959–64 inclusive, of offences of violence against prison officers which were dealt with either under the Prison or Borstal Rules as gross personal violence or by prosecution in the courts. Separate figures for offences of common assault on officers were not sought, but such offences dealt with under the Prison or Borstal Rules were included in column 2 of the appropriate table of statistics given on 16th February last in reply to a Question by the right hon. and learned Member for Warwick and Leamington (Sir J. Hobson).