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date	07/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales were prosecuted for possession of a weapon while in prison in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, c) 2016 and (d) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	118164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced an offence of unauthorised possession in prison of a knife or offensive weapon. Data on proceedings in 2015 and 2016 is available on the gov.uk website.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614435/experimental-statistics-by-ho-offence-code.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614435/experimental-statistics-by-ho-offence-code.zip</a></p><p>Data on proceedings in 2017 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:23:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

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registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers are employed in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	56466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text Full information on staffing in prisons in England and Wales is published in the NOMS Quarterly Workforce Bulletin available on the gov.uk website. answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:31:26 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson