§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults by prisoners on other prisoners have occurred in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility 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 Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 6 May 1994:
666WThe Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking how many assaults by prisoners on other prisoners have occurred in each of the past five years.The information you have requested is published in the Prison Service Corporate Plan for 1994–97. For ease of reference the information requested, including the updated provisional figures for 1993–94, is given in the table below.
Assaults1 on prisoners 1989–90 to 1993–94 Year Number 1989–90 1,932 1990–91 1,912 1991–92 2,007 1992–93 2,062 21993–94 2,437 Proved at adjudication, including any attempted assaults and inciting and assisting other prisoners in an assault. 2 Provisional figures.