To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of violence have been reported as having occurred at Wandsworth prison during each of the years 1984 to 1989, inclusive.

Information is not available in the form requested.The table shows numbers of charges of assault on which prisoners were found guilty on adjudication:

Year	Staff	Assault on inmate	Other	Fighting
1984	151	30	3	—
1985	146	26	1	—
1986	78	31	—	—
1987	61	30	—	—
1988	65	30	—	—
1989	87	17	2	62

The figures include cases of gross personal violence. which ceased to be a separate offence on 31 March 1989. and charges of attempt—and also, since 1 April 1989, incitement and assisting another prisoner—to commit an offence. The new offence of fighting also came into force on 1 April 1989. The 1989 figures are provisional.In the following numbers of other incidents, acts of violence by a prisoner on a member of staff or another person were reported:

Year	Escape/ attempted escape from escort	Hostage taking	Concerted indiscipline	Miscellaneous other incidents
1984	1	—	—	—
1985	—	—	—	1
1986	1	1	—	—
1987	1	—	—	1
1988	2	—	1	—
1989	—	—	1	2