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1551089

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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 estimate he has made of the number of prison staff who required hospital treatment following a prisoner assault in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	109598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The number of incidents of a prisoner assault leading to a prison staff member requiring hospital treatment 2019-2021 can be seen in the below table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of assaults leading to a staff member requiring hospital treatment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>951</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures may include prison staff who have been hospitalised in assaults between prisoners.</p><p>Total number of prison staff may exceed total number of incidents as some incidents may include more than one prison staff member.</p><p>Consistent with National Statistics on these prison incidents, as published in <em>Safety in Custody</em>, figures do not include incidents in Secure Training Centres.</p><p><strong>Data Sources and Quality</strong></p><p>These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing returns but the detail is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although shown to the last case, the figures may not be accurate to that level.</p><p>The Prisons Strategy White Paper set out how we will improve safety and security in our prisons. Prison staff carry out a vital role in protecting the public and we will do all we can to protect them and prisoners from violence.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/12/2022 16:36:09 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1551090

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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 estimate he has made of the number of prisoners charged with attempted murder as a result of attacks on staff in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	109599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Crime in Prison Referral Agreement, October (2022), aims to ensure that all acts of criminality that occur in prison are properly addressed within the criminal justice system, particularly in circumstances that indicate that a criminal prosecution is appropriate or where a statutory obligation exists.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify the number of prisoners who have been charged with attempted murder as a result of assaults on prison staff as this information is not held centrally. Detailed information may be held on local administrative records, but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access and review all potentially relevant records which would be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2022 11:03:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1551121

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2022
	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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of compensation to prison staff for assault injuries sustained in prison in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	109605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Prison litigation data prior to 2016-17 could only be obtained by checking local case files and records at each prison, which would incur disproportionate cost. Figures for the total spend on prisoner-on-staff assault claims since 2016-17 are provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total spend on prisoner on staff assault claims (including legal costs)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£5.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£3.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£4.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£5.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£4.5m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Violence against our hardworking staff is completely unacceptable and will never be tolerated. Any complaints involving prison staff are always fully investigated.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/12/2022 11:11:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1250826

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2020
	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 recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of violence and self-harm in prisons in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the incidence of violence and self-harm in those prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	114210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of assaults and self-harm incidents by prisoners in custody in the West Midlands and England, from January 2019 to June 2020.</p><p>Levels of self-harm fell 15% in the most recent quarter (April to June 2020) in England and Wales and violence fell by 37% over the same time period and by 19% in the 12 months to June 2020. Levels of self-harm and violence also fell in prisons in the West Midlands over the most recent quarter.</p><p>Statistics for the 12 months to June, and particularly those for the April to June quarter, relate to the exceptional period since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the restricted regimes prisons put in place in order to safely manage the risks of infection during the pandemic. This affects the comparability of the statistics with earlier periods.</p><p>With a small number of tragic exceptions, the decisive action we took at the beginning of the pandemic has meant tens of thousands of officers and prisoners have been kept safe in the face of perhaps the greatest challenge ever to face the service.</p><p>We are under no illusions about the impact of the measures which were put in place to protect lives and we have made prisoners’ wellbeing our priority. We’ve enabled continued family contact through more than 1,500 secure mobile phones and secure video calls and provided a range of in-cell activities to mitigate the impact of isolation. We continue to work closely with the Samaritans who are providing support for Listeners - selected prisoners trained to provide emotional support to their fellow prisoners and who continue to offer their phone service for emotional support.</p><p>More widely, we are spending £100 million to bolster prison security, clamping down on the weapons, drugs and mobile phones that fuel violence and crime behind bars. This is funding tough measures including x-ray body scanners and phone-blocking technology. We are giving officers tools like PAVA pepper spray and body-worn cameras to make their jobs safer.</p><p>We recognise the need to remain vigilant to the risks to prisoners and staff as impacts of the virus continue.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2020 17:52:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 114210 ~ table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

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

1271306

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2020
	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 assaults (a) between prisoners and (b) against staff were committed during education activities in (i) YOI institutions and (ii) all prisons in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	130221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Please find data showing assaults committed during education activities in the 12 months to June 2020 in the attached table. Please note that assaults committed during education activities are a total of the assaults that, when reported, had their location flagged as &quot;Education&quot;.</p><p>Despite the progress made, the level of violence in prisons remains too high. We are continuing work to address this by giving all staff the tools and training to help them reduce violence.</p><p>Violence in prison is a crime. Any prisoner who commits an act of violence can expect to have action taken against them.</p><p>We are spending £100 million to bolster prison security, clamping down on the weapons, drugs and mobile phones that fuel violence and crime behind bars. This is funding tough measures including x-ray body scanners and phone-blocking technology.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2021 16:43:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of Table of Assaults_PQ_130221.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1286960

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	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 attacks on prison officers occurred in the last five years by (a) year and (b) type of offence.
	tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
	tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
	uin	155441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Please see the attached table showing the number of prisoner assaults on staff, by offence of prisoner, 2016 to 2019 and January to September 2020 and the number of assaults on staff for 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Violence against our hard-working prison officers is unacceptable and will never be tolerated, and we work closely with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to bring the perpetrators to justice. Additionally, as outlined in our Sentencing White Paper, we will double the maximum sentence for assaulting an emergency worker from 12 months to two years.</p><p>We are also giving officers tools like PAVA pepper spray and body-worn cameras to make their jobs safer, as well as access to post incident care teams, occupational health support and counselling for those who need it. More widely, we are spending £100 million to bolster prison security, clamping down on the weapons, drugs and mobile phones that fuel violence and crime behind bars. This is funding tough measures including X-ray body scanners, drug dogs and phone-blocking technology.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2021 16:10:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 155441 data table v1.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1286961

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	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, of the total convictions recorded in the last five years involving a crime committed by a prisoner against a prison officer or another employee of Her Majesty's Prison Service, how many and what proportion of those convictions resulted in an additional (non-concurrent) sentence for the perpetrator.
	tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
	tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
	uin	155442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Violence against our hardworking staff will not be tolerated and any prisoner who commits an act of violence will be held to account.</p><p>Currently, data is not held centrally on the number of convictions for crimes committed by a prisoner against prison employees. This is being reviewed with the aim to collate data from all establishments for all crimes committed in prison, whilst also creating guidance on how to appropriately refer crimes committed in prison to the police.</p><p>The ‘Crime in Prison Referral Agreement’ was created in May 2019 and sets out the agreement between Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The aim is to ensure that acts of criminality that occur in prison are appropriately addressed within the Criminal Justice System.</p><p>In line with the Crime in Prison Referral Agreement, assaults against members of staff will be referred to the police for investigation and consideration for prosecution. Less serious assaults, where there is little or no injury, are more appropriately dealt with by the prison disciplinary system.</p><p>The courts retain the discretion to decide whether sentences should be served concurrently or consecutively, based on the facts of the case. The Sentencing Council’s Totality guideline provides courts with guidance on whether sentences should be served concurrently or consecutively. Where the individual is serving a determinate sentence and commits another offence after the original sentence was imposed, the new sentence will generally be consecutive to the original sentence.</p><p>Our Assaults on Emergency Workers Act increased the maximum penalty for to 12 months and we recently announced we will double the penalty further to two years.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2021 16:12:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1300241

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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 violent incidents were recorded in August (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020 in the following prisons (i) Hull, (ii) Humber, (iii) Leeds, (iv) Lindholme, (v) Moorland, Hatfield Woodhouse, South Yorkshire, (vi) Wealstun, near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, (vii) Nottingham, (viii) Ranby, Nottinghamshire, (ix) Wormwood Scrubs, and (x) Isis, south-east London.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	164425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The number of assaults in each of the prisons listed for the months requested can be found in the Safety in Custody summary tables available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2020</a>.</p><p>Despite the progress made, the level of violence in prisons remains too high. We are continuing work to address this by giving all staff the tools and training needed to help them reduce violence.</p><p>We are spending £100 million across the estate to bolster prison security, clamping down on the weapons, drugs and mobile phones that fuel violence and crime behind bars.</p><p>We are also giving officers tools like PAVA pepper spray and body-worn cameras to make their jobs safer.</p><p>Violence in prison is a crime and will never be tolerated. Any prisoner who commits an act of violence should expect to have action taken against them, including being imprisoned for far longer.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 16/03/2021 17:32:41 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord