HC Deb 18 December 1996 vol 287 cc747-9W
Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average assault rate in each prison during the first six months of the current financial year. [9109]

Miss Widdecombe

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 Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 18 December 1996: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the average assault rate in each prison during the first six months of the current financial year. Annualised assault rates for each prison for the period April to September 1996 are given in the attached table. The number of assaults has been annualised and then expressed as a proportion of the average population for that period.

Establishment Assault rate Percentage
Acklington 3
Albany 1
Aldington 3
Ashwell 5
Askham Grange 2
Aylesbury 28
Bedford 6
Belmarsh 23
Birmingham 8
Blakenhurst 11
Blantyre House 0

Establishment Assault rate Percentage
Blundeston 9
Brinsford 23
Bristol 9
Brixton 12
Brockhill 0
Buckley Hall 4
Bullingdon 13
Bullwood Hall 49
Camp Hill 2
Canterbury 4
Cardiff 10
Castington 23
Channings Wood 2
Chelmsford 9
Coldingley 2
Cookham Wood 23
Dartmoor 6
Deerbolt 19
Doncaster 21
Dorchester 11
Dover 24
Downview 1
Drake Hall 1
Durham 6
East Sutton Park 0
Eastwood Park 39
Elmley 10
Erlestoke 4
Everthorpe 1
Exeter 9
Featherstone 5
Feltham 42
Ford 0
Frankland 11
Full Sutton 8
Garth 6
Gartree 2
Glen Parva 27
Gloucester 30
Grendon 1
Guy's Marsh 6
Haslar 1
Hatfield 5
Haverigg 0
Hewell Grange 0
Highdown 9
Highpoint 5
Hindley 26
Hollesley Bay 13
Holloway 25
Holme House 6
Hull 24
Huntercombe 15
Kingston 0
Kirkham 1
Kirklevington 0
Lancaster 3
Lancaster Farms 20
Latchmere House 0
Leeds 10
Leicester 14
Lewes 15
Leyhill 0
Lincoln 6
Lindholme 1
Littlehey 5
Liverpool 5
Long Lartin 9
Low Newton 28
Maidstone 0
Manchester 8
Moorland 17
Morton Hall 1

Establishment Assault rate Percentage
Mount 3
New Hall 25
North Sea Camp 0
Northallerton 15
Norwich 14
Nottingham 6
Onley 19
Parkhurst 9
Pentonville 10
Portland 10
Preston 9
Ranby 2
Reading 24
Risley 6
Rochester 11
Send 1
Shepton Mallet 5
Shrewsbury 1
Stafford 8
Standford Hill 1
Stocken 3
Stoke Heath 19
Styal 7
Sudbury 5
Swaleside 5
Swansea 10
Swinfen Hall 19
Thorn Cross 20
Usk 0
Verne 1
Wakefield 3
Wandsworth 6
Wayland 0
Wealstun (Closed) 2
Wellingborough 3
Werrington 88
Wetherby 13
Whatton 1
Whitemoor 18
Winchester 6
Wolds 14
Woodhill 9
Wormwood Scrubs 9
Wymott 1