1 0 258915 258901 2019-06-17T16:46:18.483Z 258934 258925 257405 257624 257625 258928 257392 South Swindon Robert Buckland Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland 257632 257389 258897 258904 South Swindon <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</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> 258927 258908 258893 258917 258918 257388 258911 false 258903 258892 Robert Buckland 257387 258935 258936 257406 258902 257407 258916 258926 258909 258890 257633 257626 258891 257627 2019-06-17 257631 258910 1 Chingford and Woodford Green false Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were seriously assaulted at HMP Hull in each of the last 12 months. Mr Iain Duncan Smith Justice House of Commons 2019-05-22 Justice 54 Ministry of Justice 257390 Hull Prison: Crimes of Violence 1 10