§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked 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. BrittanThe 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.