§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of violence have been reported as having occurred at Wandsworth prison during each of the years 1984 to 1989, inclusive.
§ Mr. MellorInformation is not available in the form requested.
The table shows numbers of charges of assault on which prisoners were found guilty on adjudication:
Year Staff Assault on inmate Other Fighting 1984 151 30 3 — 1985 146 26 1 — 1986 78 31 — — 1987 61 30 — — 1988 65 30 — — 1989 87 17 2 62 The figures include cases of gross personal violence. which ceased to be a separate offence on 31 March 1989. and charges of attempt—and also, since 1 April 1989, incitement and assisting another prisoner—to commit an offence. The new offence of fighting also came into force on 1 April 1989. The 1989 figures are provisional.
In the following numbers of other incidents, acts of violence by a prisoner on a member of staff or another person were reported:
Year Escape/ attempted escape from escort Hostage taking Concerted indiscipline Miscellaneous other incidents 1984 1 — — — 1985 — — — 1 1986 1 1 — — 1987 1 — — 1 1988 2 — 1 — 1989 — — 1 2