§ Mr. George HowarthTo 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 WiddecombeResponsibility 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.748W
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 749W
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