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1123082
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice remove filter
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prisons: Crimes of Violence more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) assaults and (b) serious assaults on staff were recorded in each prison in each quarter from 2010 to 2018 by the type of weapon used. more like this
tabling member constituency Bradford East remove filter
tabling member printed
Imran Hussain more like this
uin 247719 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2019-06-28more like thismore than 2019-06-28
answer text <p>Data for the numbers of assaults and serious assaults in each prison, broken down by type of weapon and type of injury, is set out in the attached tables. The figures are presented by calendar year rather than by quarter. This is because analysis at the level of detail requested produces many results of 5 or fewer. Disclosure-proofing to reduce the risk of identification, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, requires such low numbers to be suppressed. Even at the annual level, some such values have had to be suppressed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in prisons. We have recruited over 4,700 more prison officers since October 2016, and we now have the greatest number in post since early 2012. The Challenge, Support and Intervention Plan case management process for prisoners at risk of violence has been mandated for all prisons to help staff to manage violent prisoners and those identified as posing a raised risk of being violent.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing an extra £70 million to improve safety, security and decency, and equipping officers with PAVA incapacitant spray and body-worn cameras to help prevent serious harm to staff and prisoners when dealing with violent incidents. We are improving perimeter security and introducing new x-ray scanners, drug-detection dogs and dedicated search teams to address the supply of drugs that we know are fuelling much of the violence in custody.</p>
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
attachment
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file name Copy of PQ 247719-20 Imran Hussain MP table 1 weapons.xlsx more like this
title Table 1 more like this
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file name Copy of PQ 247719-20 Imran Hussain MP table 2 serious injuries.xlsx more like this
title Table 2 more like this
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file name Copy of PQ 247719-20 Imran Hussain MP table 3 minor injuries.xlsx more like this
title Table 3 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-06-28T15:17:52.03Zmore like thismore than 2019-06-28T15:17:52.03Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2019-07-03T12:20:42.437Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-03T12:20:42.437Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
previous answer version
125923
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
4394
label Biography information for Imran Hussain more like this
1123083
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice remove filter
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prisons: Crimes of Violence more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) assaults and (b) serious assaults on staff were recorded in each prison in each quarter from 2010 to 2018 by the type of injury inflicted. more like this
tabling member constituency Bradford East remove filter
tabling member printed
Imran Hussain more like this
uin 247720 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-06-28more like thismore than 2019-06-28
answer text <p>Data for the numbers of assaults and serious assaults in each prison, broken down by type of weapon and type of injury, is set out in the attached tables. The figures are presented by calendar year rather than by quarter. This is because analysis at the level of detail requested produces many results of 5 or fewer. Disclosure-proofing to reduce the risk of identification, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, requires such low numbers to be suppressed. Even at the annual level, some such values have had to be suppressed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in prisons. We have recruited over 4,700 more prison officers since October 2016, and we now have the greatest number in post since early 2012. The Challenge, Support and Intervention Plan case management process for prisoners at risk of violence has been mandated for all prisons to help staff to manage violent prisoners and those identified as posing a raised risk of being violent.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing an extra £70 million to improve safety, security and decency, and equipping officers with PAVA incapacitant spray and body-worn cameras to help prevent serious harm to staff and prisoners when dealing with violent incidents. We are improving perimeter security and introducing new x-ray scanners, drug-detection dogs and dedicated search teams to address the supply of drugs that we know are fuelling much of the violence in custody.</p>
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
grouped question UIN 247719 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-06-28T15:17:51.987Zmore like thismore than 2019-06-28T15:17:51.987Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
4394
label Biography information for Imran Hussain more like this