HC Deb 15 December 1975 vol 902 cc443-4W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a list of the number of policemen killed and the number seriously injured by guns, bombs and knives, respectively, during each year between 1965 and 1975.

Dr. Summerskill

The following is the available information, which relates to deaths currently recorded as homicide. Information on the numbers of policemen seriously injured by the means specified is not available, nor can a figure for 1975 yet be given.

POLICEMEN ON DUTY WHO WERE VICTIMS OF OFFENCES CURRENTLY RECORDED AS HOMICIDE IN WHICH THE WEAPON WAS A GUN, BOMB, OR KNIFE: ENGLAND AND WALES 1965–75
Number of offences
Year of recording of offence Gun Weapon Bomb Knife
1965 1 1
1966 3 1
1967
1968
1969 1
1970 1
1971 1
1972 1
1973 1
1974 1