questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, the total amount spent on (a) compensation payments and (b) other payments to prison officers due to injury caused by assault by a prisoner in the last two financial years.
answerText: Total payment to staff employed by HM Prison Service in relation to injuries resulting from assault by a prisoner was £2,259,396 in 2024-25 and £1,997,248 in 2025-26. It is not possible to disaggregate these totals to show payments to prisoner officer gra...
heading: Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence