§ Mr. Tom CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of assaults on prison officers in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information requested is not available. The table shows the number of offences of gross personal violence to a prison officer, or of assault on a prison officer, or of attempts to commit such offences, of which inmates were found guilty on adjudication in each of the years 1985–87. Figures for 1988 are not yet available.
1985 1986 1987 Gross personal violence 17 12 10 Attempt to commit gross personal violence 125 37 17 Assault 1,216 1,221 1,149 Attempted assault 117 158 151