HC Deb 17 January 1994 vol 235 cc446-51W
Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of assaults(a) by prisoners on prisoners and (b) by prisoners on staff, in each of the last three months, for each prison in England and Wales.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from A. J. Butler to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 17 January 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking for a list of the number of assaults (a) by prisoners on prisoners and (b) by prisoners on staff, in each of the last three months, for each prison in England and Wales. The latest available information for the number of assaults proved at adjudication under the prison discipline system for the last three months is given in the attached table.

Assaults October-December 1993
October 1993 November 1993 December 1993
Prison Establishments, areas Staff and others Prisoners Total Staff and others Prisoners Total Staff and others Prisoners Total
All establishments 268 210 478 311 212 523 256 174 430
North East 11 14 25 23 14 37 13 11 24
Acklington 1 1 1 1 3 3
Castington 2 3 5 2 2 4 2 2
Durham 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 6
Frankland 1 1 5 2 7 3 3
Full Sutton 2 3 5 7 2 9 3 1 4
Holme House 3 3 2 2 4 3 2 5
Kirklevington
Low Newton 1 7 8 4 4 8 1 1
North West 11 14 25 10 18 28 13 15 28
Garth 4 1 5 1 4 5 2 2
Haverigg
Hindley 1 8 9 4 4 7 7
Kirkham 1 1
Lancaster 1 1 2
Lancaster Farms 2 2 4 4 6 10 6 4 10
Preston 4 1 5 4 3 7 4 2 6
Thom Cross 2 2 1 1 1 1
Wymott
Yorkshire 8 10 18 17 7 24 10 11 21
Askham Grange
Deerbolt 3 3 1 1 2 3 1 4
Everthorpe
Hatfield 2 2 1 1 1 1
Hull 8 1 9 14 2 16 4 3 7
Northallerton 2 1 3 3 3 6
Rudgate
Thorpe Arch
Wetherby 4 4 2 2 3 3
Trans-Pennine 22 10 32 37 8 45 22 9 31
Leeds 8 6 14 8 5 13 12 3 15
Liverpool 5 1 6 4 4 2 3 5
Manchester 1 1 2 2
New Hall 1 1 3 3 1 1 2
Risley 7 7 15 1 16 5 1 6
Styal 4 1 5 2 2
Wakefield 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1
East Midlands 18 14 32 21 19 40 11 9 20
Lincoln 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2
Lindholme 1 2 3
Moorland 14 12 26 15 15 30 8 6 14
Morton Hall
North Sea Camp
Nottingham 2 2 1 1
Ranby
Stocken 3 1 4 2 2 1 1
Whatton 2 2
Mercia 9 11 20 5 11 16 4 17 21
Brockhill
Drake Hall
Hewell Grange
Shrewsbury 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 2
Stoke Heath 3 3 6 1 1 3 2 5
Sudbury/Foston
Swinfen Hall 4 1 5 3 3
Werrington 1 5 6 3 6 9 1 13 14
Central 34 20 54 33 25 58 26 24 50
Ashwell
Birmingham 2 2 5 5 2 1 3
Brinsford 9 5 14 5 8 13 6 9 15
Featherstone 1 1 2 2 2 2
Gartree 1 1 1 1 1 1
Glen Parva 6 12 18 9 11 20 8 12 20
Leicester 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 2

October 1993 November 1993 December 1993
Prison Establishments, areas Staff and others Prisoners Total Staff and others Prisoners Total Staff and others Prisoners Total
Long Lartin 6 6 10 2 12 2 2
Stafford 6 1 7 1 3 4 5 5
Chilterns 20 29 49 22 22 44 19 21 40
Aylesbury 7 7 14 6 4 10 7 3 10
Bullingdon 2 2 10 1 11 4 1 5
Coldingley 2 2 2 2
Huntercombe/Finnamore Wood 3 3 2 2 1 4 5
The Mount 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Onley 5 16 21 4 12 16 1 12 13
Reading 3 3 6 1 2 3 2 1 3
Wales and the West 5 6 11 8 11 19 7 2 9
Bristol 2 2 1 1 1 1
Cardiff 3 3 3 7 10 2 2
Eastwood Park
Erlestoke 2 2 1 1
Gloucester 3 3 1 1 1 1
Leyhill
Pucklechurch 1 1 2 2 4 4 4
Swansea 1 1 2 1 1
Usk/Prescoed
Wessex 12 7 19 7 5 12 7 5 12
Channings Wood 2 2 2 1 3
Dartmoor 3 3 3 3 1 2 3
Dorchester 1 2 3 1 1
Exeter 5 1 6
Guys Marsh 1 1 3 3 3 3
Portland 2 2 1 2 3
Shepton Mallet 1 1 2 2 1 1
The Verne 1 1 1 1 2
London North 25 20 45 26 24 50 28 11 39
Bedford 1 1 1 1
Grendon/Spring Hill
Holloway 7 7 14 5 9 14 5 4 9
Littlehey 3 1 4 1 1 2 2
Oxford
Pentonville 5 5 5 4 9 5 2 7
Wellingborough 2 2 1 1
Whitemoor 1 2 3 3 3 6 4 3 7
Woodhill 1 5 6 2 7 9 5 5
Wormwood Scrubs 7 3 10 9 1 10 6 2 8
East Anglia 17 18 35 21 8 29 12 8 20
Blundeston 2 5 7 2 2 1 1
Bullwood Hall 3 3 1 1 2 2
Chelmsford 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3
Highpoint 4 1 5 3 3
Hollesley Bay 1 4 5 4 2 6
Norwich 2 6 8 3 4 7 2 3 5
Wayland 4 1 5 11 11 4 2 6
London South 23 21 44 33 15 48 41 11 52
Albany 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 3
Belmarsh 7 7 11 1 12 7 1 8
Brixton 3 6 9 4 4 4 2 6
Camp Hill 2 2 2 2
Feltham 4 10 14 10 8 18 8 6 14
Latchmere House
Parkhurst 1 1 1 1 2 9 9
Wandsworth 7 2 97 7 1 8 9 1 10
Kent 13 8 21 14 15 29 12 13 25
Aldington
Blantyre House
Canterbury 1 1 1 1 2 2
Cookham Wood 1 1 1 1
Dover 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 5
East Sutton Park 1 1
Elmley 3 3 2 2 4 1 1
Maidstone 1 1 2 1 1 2 2
Rochester 2 4 6 4 8 12 1 4 5
Stanford Hill 1 1
Swaleside 6 6 4 2 6 7 2 9

October 1993 November 1993 December 1993
Prison Establishments, areas Staff and others Prisoners Total Staff and others Prisoners Total Staff and others Prisoners Total
South Coast 12 2 14 5 8 13 15 5 20
Downview 1 1
Ford
Haslar
High Down 6 1 7 4 4 8 8 1 9
Kingston
Lewes 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Northeye
Send 1 1
Winchester 4 1 5 3 3 5 3 8
Contracted out Prisons 28 6 34 29 2 31 16 2 18
Blakenhurst 26 5 31 24 2 26 14 2 16
The Wolds 2 1 3 5 5 2 2