HC Deb 10 May 1973 vol 856 c187W
Mr. Wolrige-Gordon

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of violent assault to prison officers there have been over the last year to the latest available date.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

A violent assault is difficult to define. In the year to 3rd May 1973, five officers, in two separate incidents, sustained injury in assaults by prisoners in which weapons were used.

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