HC Deb 18 July 1979 vol 970 c702W
Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers have received serious injuries as the result of an attack by a prison inmate during the past three years.

Mr. Brittan

The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information on the number of prisoners dealt with for offences of gross personal violence to officers is published annually in " Prison Statistics, England and Wales "—tables 9.2–9.5 of the volume for 1977, Cmnd. 7286. The volume for 1978 will be published shortly.