§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to regard assaults on prison officers in the execution of their duties as notifiable offences. [183445]
§ Paul GogginsAssault is already a notifiable offence. There are no specific plans to make all assaults on prison officers separately notifiable.
In certain circumstances, assaults on a prison officer are already included in the recorded crime (notifiable offences) series. Any offence, which is reported to and investigated by the police, will be recorded as a notifiable offence by them.
However, a minor offence which is dealt with under prison discipline, would not usually be recorded by the police.
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to regard prison officers as constables for the purposes of section 89 of the Police Act 1996. [183446]
§ Paul GogginsThere are no current plans to do so.