§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of assaults on prison officers working in special hospital units of prisons in England and Wales during 1995. [18086]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 8 March 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of assaults in 1995 on prison officers working in special hospital units of prisons in England and Wales.
Provisional figures show that in 1995 the number of proven adjudications for assaults on staff of prison officer grade or another member of staff in prisons was 2,774. This figure includes any proven charges of attempting, inciting or assisting in an assault. Information is not available on the location of the assault within the establishment.