HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 cc123-4W
Julie Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles in each young offenders' institution were injured by other inmates in each month from June 2003 to the most recent month for which figures are available. [1632161

Paul Goggins

In April 2003 a new measure of violence was introduced based on the number of reported serious assaults. An assault is classified as `serious' if itis a sexual assault, or results in detention in outside hospital as an inpatient, Or requires medical treatment for concussion or internal injuries, or is a fracture, scald or burn, stabbing, crushing, extensive or multiple bruising, black eye, broken nose, lost or broken tooth, cuts requiring suturing, bites, temporary or permanent blindness.

Information on juveniles seriously assaulted by other trainees in custody is given in the table:

Number of serious assaults—Year 2003–04
June July August September
Brinsford
Brockhill
Bullwood Hall 1
Castington
Eastwood Park
Feltham
Hindley
Huntercombe 1
Lancaster Farms 2 3
New Hall
Onley 7 2 3 2
Stoke Heath 1
Thorn Cross
Warren Hill
Werrington 1 3 1
Wetherby 1
October November December January 2004 February 2004
Brinsford
Brockhill
Bullwood Hall
Castington
Eastwood Park
Feltham
Hindley
Huntercombe
Lancaster Farms
New Hall
Onley
Stoke Heath 1
Thorn Cross
Warren Hill 1 1
Werrington
Wetherby

The number of positive adjudication's for assaults on juveniles is given in the table. Most of the injuries in these incidents would be classified as minor (grazes, scratches, abrasions, minor bruises, swellings, superficial cuts) or none at all.