§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults on(a) staff, (b) prisoners and (c) other people took place in prisons and resulted in a positive disciplinary adjudication in (i) 1996–97, (ii) 1997–98, (iii) 1998–99, (iv) 1999–2000, and (v) the period since 1 April; if he will express those figures (A) in terms of actual numbers and (B) as a percentage of the average prison population during the relevant period; and if he will make a statement. [142439]
§ Mr. BoatengData for positive assault adjudications for the years in question are set out in the table. Data since 1 April 2000 are provisional and subject to validation.
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1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 April to October 2000 Assaults on prisoners 2,747 3,004 3,131 3,456 1,943 Rate of assaults on prisoners (percentage) 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.3 5.1 Assaults on staff/others 2,531 2,857 2,998 3,010 1,808 Rate of assaults on staff/others (percentage) 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 The Prison Service does not collect data on assaults on staff and others separately. Data on assaults have been previously published in Her Majesty's Prison Service Corporate Plan 1999–2000 to 2001–02, Her Majesty's Prison Service Annual Reports and Accounts 1998–99 (HC 748) and Her Majesty's Prison Service Annual Reports and Accounts 1999–2000 (HC 622).