Prisons: Crimes of Violence

(asked on 15th July 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on staff at prisons have been recorded in each month since 1 December 2024.


Answered by
Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 21st July 2025

Assaults on staff by month can be found on the bottom row on table 8e in the Safety in Custody Summary Tables, available at the following link: Safety-in-custody-summary-q4-2024_final_table.xlsx.

The Safety in Custody statistics are updated quarterly, and the next update will be published on 31 July.

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