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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Thursday, 22 June 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 June 2017 (named day). It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 June 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prisons: Crimes of Violence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many violent incidents there were per 1,000 population in prisons in each year for which data is available.

Answer

Data on assault incidents per 1,000 prisoners covering the 12 months to December 2007 to the 12 months to December 2016 can be found in the Ministry of Justice’s published ‘Safety in Custody statistics’:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2016--2


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
841
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Crimes of violence Prisons
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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