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1685260

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults against prison staff took place in England in 2023, broken down by prison.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	11640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>We publish the number of assaults against prison staff, broken down by prison, as part of our Safety in Custody statistics, in Table 8e of the summary tables, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p><p>Figures up until September 2023 have been published at the above link, however figures for the whole of 2023 are not due for publication until April 2024 and cannot be released at this time.</p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and providing prison officers with the right support, training and tools to empower them to do their jobs.</p><p>To protect staff and prisoners in very serious assaults, we are continuing to roll out PAVA – a synthetic pepper spray – for use by prison officers in the adult male estate. Staff are able to use the PAVA spray where there is serious violence or an imminent or perceived risk of it.</p><p>We have rolled out a new Body Worn Video Camera system which has increased the overall number of cameras across public sector prisons to over 13,000. This enables every operational band 3-5 officer on shift to wear a camera. They are supported by a new Policy Framework which mandates the wearing of the cameras.</p><p>The new Body Worn Video Camera system will be fully networked and accessible via current prison IT improving access to footage and the ability to share it with other agencies, with the overall aim of increasing use and transparency. The cameras will provide high-quality evidence to support prosecutions against prisoners who commit assaults.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 31/01/2024 16:24:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1565824

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of physical violence in prisons in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	120968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>Please see the published statistics on assaults in prisons, within Safety in Custody Statistics, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics.</p><p>For an assessment of trends in the level of physical violence in prisons in Northern Ireland and Scotland, I would direct the honourable member to the relevant Departments from the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/01/2023 17:11:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1627635

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) assaults and (b) serious assaults on prison staff were carried out on prison staff aged 60 or over in each of the last 12 quarters.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	184941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as the data collated centrally does not enable us to identify the age of the staff member involved in the assault.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/05/2023 13:51:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1651615

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State on 4 July 2023, Official Report, Col. 760, if he will list the key performance indicators used to measure violence in prisons; and whether his Department plans to introduce any sanctions for prison operators failing to meet these targets.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	193050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Prison governors and senior leaders use a variety of measures to understand violence within prisons. The 2021/2022 Prisons Performance Framework (PPT) rated the performance of all public and private sector prisons in England and Wales. It contains two violence Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which prisons are assessed against. These are:</p><ul><li>Prisoner on prisoner assaults – rate per 1,000 prisoners, and;</li></ul><ul><li>Assaults on staff - rate per 1,000 prisoners.</li></ul><p>These are available on gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-ratings-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-ratings-2021-to-2022</a>. The prison performance ratings for 2022/2023 will be published on 27 July 2023.</p><p>HMPPS monitors performance against these KPIs on an ongoing basis and takes action if this is deemed necessary.</p><p>Private prison contracts are managed by operational contract managers who assure delivery against performance and contract measures.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2023 14:58:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1653849

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2023 to Question 193050 on Prisons: Crimes of Violence, what weighting is given to the rate of (a) prisoner-on-prisoner assaults and (b) assaults on staff relative to other KPIs when assigning annual prison performance ratings.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	194654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>For the performance year 2022/23, we will publish the Annual Prisons Performance Ratings on 27 July 2023. This publication will provide the weightings given to a wide range of KPIs used by the framework that enables us to monitor the performance of the prison system, including prisoner on prisoner assaults and assaults on staff. The weightings will be published in the publication guidance documentation.</p><p>Performance targets were not set for individual prisons for 2021-22 because prisons were still recovering from the pandemic, however, HMPPS still monitored performance in order to drive continuous improvement.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 194655 question first answered 25/07/2023 10:07:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1653850

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2023 to Question 193050 on Prisons: Crimes of Violence, if he will provide the 2021-22 Prisons Performance Framework target levels for each prison for the KPIs of (a) prisoner-on-prisoner assaults and (b) assaults on staff.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	194655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>For the performance year 2022/23, we will publish the Annual Prisons Performance Ratings on 27 July 2023. This publication will provide the weightings given to a wide range of KPIs used by the framework that enables us to monitor the performance of the prison system, including prisoner on prisoner assaults and assaults on staff. The weightings will be published in the publication guidance documentation.</p><p>Performance targets were not set for individual prisons for 2021-22 because prisons were still recovering from the pandemic, however, HMPPS still monitored performance in order to drive continuous improvement.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 194654 question first answered 25/07/2023 10:07:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1700965

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff required hospital treatment following a prisoner assault in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of incidents of a prisoner assault leading to a prison staff member requiring hospital treatment 2018-2022 can be found in the attached table. Data on staff assaults for the calendar year 2023 is subject to future publication on 25 April, in ‘Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2023’.</p><p>Changes were made to the recording of assaults in April 2017 that affects the reporting of hospitalisation. This change means that a comparable time series for this question can only be provided from 2018 onwards.</p><p>Staff must be able to expect a safe and decent work environment. We will not tolerate any violence against prison officers, and prisoners who are violent towards staff will face the full consequences of their actions.</p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and providing prison officers with the right support, training and tools to empower them to do their jobs.</p><p>To protect staff and prisoners in very serious assaults, we have rolled out PAVA – a synthetic pepper spray – for use by prison officers in the adult male estate. Staff are able to use the PAVA spray where there is serious violence or an imminent or perceived risk of it.</p><p>We have rolled out a new Body Worn Video Camera system which has increased the overall number of cameras across public sector prisons to over 13,000. This enables every operational band 3-5 officer on shift to wear a camera. They are supported by a new Policy Framework which mandates the wearing of the cameras.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 15:57:18 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2024 09:41:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-23 PQ 21513 Table.xlsx title PQ_21513_table previous answer version 29376 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh