Question follow-through · 63744
Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many violent attacks on prison officers on prison estates have occurred in each of the last 10 years.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many violent attacks on prison officers on prison estates have occurred in each of the last 10 years.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
Reducing the levels of violence in prisons is a key priority and we are working hard to make prisons as safe as possible.In response to recent serious assaults on our brave and hardworking prison officers, we are mandating the use of Protective Body Armou...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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