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<table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of prisoners
who have received damages for a prisoner on prisoner assault claim</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Figure
unavailable as 2018/19 litigation data is still being verified.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The figures in the table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which,
as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data
entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high
but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved
in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them
by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p>
</p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures
designed to improve safety, security and decency - including body-scanners, enhanced
searches and new investigative teams - while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited
since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans
for a further statement at this time.</p>
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