Prisons: Crimes of Violence
Commons · Question 3490 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were physically assaulted by other prisoners in the past three years.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 1 Jun 2026
The requested information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Information on prisoner-on-prisoner assaults is published in the Ministry of Justice’s Safety in Custody statistics and can be found here: Safety in custody: quarterly update to Dec...