§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the number of assaults(a) by prisoners on prisoners, (b) by prisoners on staff and (c) other assaults which took place in each prison in England and Wales each month of 1992 and 1993;
(2) if he will list the number of assaults (a) by prisoners on prisoners and (b) by prisoners on staff, in each prison in England and Wales for each month of 1994 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 24 October 1994]: Responsibility for these matters 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 Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 26 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your two recent Questions asking for the number of assaults by prisoners on other prisoners and on staff and others in each prison in England and Wales for each month of 1992, 1993 and of 1994 to the latest available date.The enclosed tables give the numbers of assaults proved at adjudication under the prison discipline system for January 1992 to September 1994. In view of their bulk, I have arranged for them to be placed in the Library of the House rather than printed in the Official Report. Information on the small number of assaults other than on staff or prisoners is included with assaults on staff in the tables; it is published separately on an annual basis by establishment in "Statistics of offences against prison discipline and punishments, England and Wales" (Cm 2411 for 1992 and Cm 2664 for 1993), copies of which are in the Library of the House.