HC Deb 17 December 1998 vol 322 cc732-3W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported cases of bullying of prison inmates by fellow inmates there have been in England and Wales in each of the last three years. [64122]

Mr. George Howarth

The number of reported cases of bullying of prisoners by other prisoners is not recorded centrally. Establishments are not specifically required to maintain statistics on the number of cases identified, nor to report them to Prison Service headquarters. However, the Prison Service intends to make it a requirement for establishments to monitor the number of prisoners identified as being bullies on a monthly basis in the coming.