Prisons: Crimes of Violence
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were physically assaulted by other prisoners in the past three years.
Answered by Jake Richards
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 December 2025 - GOV.UK.
This data relates to incidents of assault rather than the number of prisoners involved.
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