Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners charged with attempted murder as a result of attacks on staff in each year since 2010.

The Crime in Prison Referral Agreement, October (2022), aims to ensure that all acts of criminality that occur in prison are properly addressed within the criminal justice system, particularly in circumstances that indicate that a criminal prosecution is appropriate or where a statutory obligation exists.

It is not possible to identify the number of prisoners who have been charged with attempted murder as a result of assaults on prison staff as this information is not held centrally. Detailed information may be held on local administrative records, but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access and review all potentially relevant records which would be of disproportionate cost.