HC Deb 23 March 1993 vol 221 cc521-7W
Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of prisoners in each prison establishment committed assaults(a) on other prisoners and (b) on prison officers between April 1992 and February 1993, and for each of the previous 10 years.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The available information is for the

Table 5
Assaults1 in male young offender institutions April 1992/February 19932
Establishment Assaults on inmates Assaults on prison staff3 Average population Assaults on inmate per 100 population Assaults on staff per 100 population
Closed YOIS
Aylesbury 26 43 232 11.2 18.5
Castington 40 19 240 16.7 7.9
Deerbolt 55 16 366 15.0 4.4
Dover 24 17 217 11.1 7.8
Feltham 44 22 258 17.1 8.5
Glen Parva 50 14 410 12.2 3.4
Hollesley Bay 18 6 165 10.9 3.6
Huntercombe 22 3 199 11.1 1.5
Moorland 11 15 150 7.3 10.0
Northallerton 21 7 192 10.9 3.6
Onley 81 16 324 25.0 4.9
Portland 15 7 386 3.9 1.8
Stoke Heath 26 16 187 13.9 8.6
Swinfen Hall 14 4 163 8.6 2.5
TOTAL 447 205 3,489 12.8 5.9
Open YOIS
Finnamore Wood 4 0 78 5.1 0.0
Guys Marsh 6 0 90 6.7 0.0
Hatfield 9 1 144 6.3 0.7
Thorn Cross 23 0 174 13.2 0.0
Usk 0 0 71 0.0 0.0
TOTAL 42 1 557 7.5 0.2
Short Sentence Institutions
Eastwood Park4 6 0 66 9.1 0.0
Hollesley Bay 12 2 80 15.0 2.5
Wetherby 14 2 135 10.4 1.5
TOTAL 32 4 281 11.4 1.4
Juvenile Institutions
Feltham 20 3 122 16.4 2.5
Onley 40 4 78 51.3 5.1
Werrington 38 4 104 36.5 3.8
TOTAL 98 11 304 32.2 3.6
1Includes attempts, incitements and assisting.
2Provisional data.
3Prison officers and other members of staff not of prison officer grade.
4Open for part period only. Average population relates to the period of time open.

number of assaults which were punished under the prison discipline system. Some individuals may have committed and been punished for more than one assault in any period and would in that event be counted more than once. The figures for April 1992 to February 1993 are given in the table. Figures for 1989—April to December—1990 and 1991 were published in "Statistics of offences against prison discipline and punishments England and Wales 1989, 1990 and 1991"—Cm 1236, 1651 and 2066—copies of which are available in the Library of the House. I regret that the information is not available prior to 1 April 1989.

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Assaults1 in female establishments April 1992/February 19932
Establishment Assaults on inmates Assaults on prison staff3 Average population Assaults on inmate per 100 population Assaults on staff per 100 population
Local Prisons
Holloway 40 60 453 8.8 13.2
Low Newton 3 6 31 9.7 19.4
New Hall 4 18 126 3.2 14.3
Pucklechurch 8 14 52 15.4 26.9
Risley 17 50 79 21.5 63.3
TOTAL 72 148 741 9.7 20.0
Closed Training Prisons
Bullwood Hall 3 7 83 3.6 8.4
Cookham Wood 1 5 113 0.9 4.4
Styal 12 17 162 7.4 10.5
TOTAL 16 29 358 4.5 8.1
Open Prisons
Askham Grange 3 0 98 3.1 0.0
Drake Hall 3 0 145 2.1 0.0
East Sutton 3 0 70 4.3 0.0
TOTAL 9 0 313 2.9 0.0
Closed YOIS
Bullwood Hall 5 16 21 23.8 76.2
New Hall 3 1 9 33.3 11.1
Styal 7 6 29 24.1 20.7
TOTAL 15 23 59 25.4 39.0
1Includes attempts, incitements and assisting.
2Provisional data.
3Prison officers and other members of staff not of prison officer grade.

Table 7
Assaults1 in all prison service establishments April 1992/February 19932
Establishment Assaults on inmates Assaults on prison staff3 Average population Assaults on inmate per 100 population Assaults on staff per 100 population
Adult male prisons and remand centres 1,199 1,724 36,696 3.3 4.7
Male YOIs 619 221 4,631 13.4 4.8
Female establishments 112 200 1,471 7.6 13.6
ALL 1,930 2,145 42,798 4.5 5.0
1Includes attempts, incitements and assisting.
2Provisional data.
3Prison officers and other members of staff not of prison officer grade.

Table: 1 Assaults1 in male remand centres, April 1992/February 19932
Establishment Assaults on inmates Assaults on prison staff3 Average population Assaults on inmate per 100 population Assaults on staff per 100 population
Brinsford 55 22 319 17.2 6.9
Cardiff 10 6 86 11.6 7.0
Dorchester 3 1 29 10.3 3.4
Exeter 10 2 55 18.2 3.6
Feltham 66 47 309 21.4 15.2
Glen Parva 45 26 364 12.4 7.1
Hindley 62 24 391 15.9 6.1
Holme House4 13 8 75 17.3 10.7
Low Newton 37 2 215 17.2 0.9
Moorland 65 61 458 14.2 13.3
Norwich 12 1 52 23.1 1.9
Rochester 43 35 107 40.2 32.7
Stoke Heath 11 14 83 13.3 16.9
Swansea 13 3 66 19.7 4.5
TOTAL 445 252 2,609 17.1 9.7

1Includes attempts, incitements and assisting.

2Provisional data.

3Prison officers and other members of staff not of prison officer grade.

4Open for part period only. Average population relates to the period of time open.

Table 2: Assaults1 in adult male local prisons, April 1992/February 19932
Establishment Assaults on inmates Assaults on prison staff3 Average population Assaults on inmate per 100 population Assaults on staff per 100 population
Bedford 10 7 244 4.1 2.9
Belmarsh 42 119 731 5.7 16.3
Birmingham 20 48 889 2.2 5.4
Bristol 13 10 394 3.3 2.5
Brixton 24 45 720 3.3 6.3
Bullingdon 12 22 383 3.1 5.7
Camp Hill 2 0 6 33.3 0.0
Canterbury 2 7 163 1.2 4.3
Cardiff 7 21 322 2.2 6.5
Chelmsford 11 15 337 3.3 4.5
Dorchester 2 1 163 1.2 0.6
Durham 13 33 620 2.1 5.3
Exeter 5 15 319 1.6 4.7
Elmley 15 34 366 4.1 9.3
Gloucester 9 8 189 4.8 4.2
Highdown 9 21 186 4.8 11.3
Holme House4 12 22 298 4.0 7.4
Hull 13 11 323 4.0 3.4
Leeds 18 59 848 2.1 7.0
Leicester 11 14 319 3.4 4.4
Lewes 14 11 348 4.0 3.2
Lincoln 25 24 572 4.4 4.2
Liverpool 20 15 1,201 1.7 1.2
Manchester 10 9 341 2.9 2.6
Norwich 24 19 284 8.5 6.7
Pentonville 22 37 729 3.0 5.1
Preston 8 9 406 2.0 2.2
Reading4 25 15 107 23.4 14.0
Shrewsbury 6 8 267 2.2 3.0
Swansea 5 2 194 2.6 1.0
Wandsworth 20 49 1,051 1.9 4.7
Winchester 17 30 361 4.7 8.3
Wolds 13 35 191 6.8 18.3
Woodhill 1 4 152 0.7 2.6
Wormwood Scrubs 11 54 675 1.6 8.0
Total 471 833 14,699 3.2 5.7
1Includes attempts, incitements and assisting.
2Provisional data.
3Prison officers and other members of staff not of prison officer grade.
4Open for part period only. Average population relates to the period of time open.

Table 3: Assaults1 in adult male closed training prisons, April 1992/February 19932
Establishment Assaults on inmates Assaults on prison staff3 Average population Assaults on inmate per 100 population Assaults on staff per 100 population
Acklington 7 22 576 1.2 3.8
Albany 10 10 255 3.9 3.9
Aldington 3 1 106 2.8 .9
Ashwell 1 1 386 .3 .3
Brockhill 2 4 151 1.3 2.6
Blundeston 9 34 326 2.8 10.4
Camp Hill 20 14 391 5.1 3.6
Channings Wood 5 5 567 .9 .9
Coldingley 0 9 206 .0 4.4
Dartmoor 11 33 509 2.2 6.5
Erlestoke 0 3 205 .0 1.5
Everthorpe 2 3 219 .9 1.4
Elmley 1 2 69 1.4 2.9
Featherstone 6 10 547 1.1 1.8
Frankland 10 30 310 3.2 9.7
Full Sutton 17 75 438 3.9 17.1
Garth 4 36 482 .8 7.5
Gartree 6 3 243 2.5 1.2
Grendon 4 3 181 2.2 1.7
Haverigg 6 4 300 2.0 1.3

Establishment Assaults on inmates Assaults on prison staff3 Average population Assaults on inmate per 100 population Assaults on staff per 100 population
Highpoint 4 11 589 .7 1.9
Kingston 1 2 94 1.1 2.1
Lancaster 1 6 251 .4 2.4
Lindholme 7 12 646 1.1 1.9
Littlehey 3 12 521 .6 2.3
Long Lartin 1 34 347 .3 9.8
Maidstone 1 14 507 .2 2.8
The Mount 2 11 405 .5 2.7
Northeye 1 0 67 1.5 .0
Norwich 0 1 119 .0 .8
Nottingham 1 10 201 .5 5.0
Parkhurst 5 11 205 2.4 5.4
Ranby 7 4 316 2.2 1.3
Risley 8 2 376 2.1 .5
Rochester 1 1 110 .9 .9
Send 2 0 109 1.8 .0
Shepton Mallet 1 7 186 .5 3.8
Stafford 28 43 644 4.3 6.7
Stocken 4 9 389 1.0 2.3
Swaleside 12 38 488 2.5 7.8
Thorpe Arch 1 0 143 .7 .0
Usk 1 0 118 .8 .0
The Verne 3 5 540 .6 .9
Wakefield 7 13 644 1.1 2.0
Wayland 9 16 556 1.6 2.9
Wellingborough 3 1 275 1.1 .4
Whatton 5 0 200 2.5 .0
Whitemoor 17 53 466 3.6 11.4
Wymott 12 7 711 1.7 1.0
TOTAL 272 625 16,690 1.6 3.7
1Includes attempts, incitements and assisting
2Provisional data
3Prison officers and other members of staff not of prison officer grade

Table 4: Assaults1 in adult male open prisons, April 1992/February 19932
Establishment Assaults on inmates Assaults on prison staff3 Average population Assaults on inmate per 100 population Assaults on staff per 100 population
Ford 0 2 454 0.0 0.4
Hewell Grange 3 1 135 2.2 0.7
Kirkham 3 2 460 0.7 0.4
Leyhill 1 0 394 0.3 0.0
North Sea Camp 0 2 182 0.0 1.1
Rudgate 1 1 267 0.4 0.4
Stanford Hill 0 2 355 0.0 0.6
Sudbury 2 4 437 0.5 0.9
Usk4 1 0 14 7.1 0.0
Total 11 14 2,698 0.4 0.5
2Provisional data.
3Prison officers and other members of staff not of prison officer grade.
4Open for part period only. Average population relates to the period of time open.