§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for every year from 1945 to the latest quarter of 1978 for which information is available (a) the number of police officers in England and Wales reporting injury as a result of being assaulted while on duty and (b) the number of police officers who, as a result of such injury, have been admitted to hospitals.
§ Dr. Summerskill:This information is not held centrally and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, 825W for all quarters of 1978 for which information is available (a) the number of resignations before retirement from police forces in England and Wales, and from the Metropolitan Police, and (b) the num-
Resignations before retirement Recruitment Quarter ended All forces in England and Wales Metropolitan Police All forces in England and Wales Metropolitan Police 31st March 1978 … … 1,465 294 2,257 325 30th June 1978 … … 1,208 241 1,642 254 30th September 1978 … … 1,109 205 1,827 341 Total … … 3,782 740 5,726 920
§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for every quarter of 1978 for which information is available (a) the number of police officers in the Metropolitan Police reporting injury as a result of being assaulted while on duty, and (b) the number of police officers who, as a result of such injury, have been admitted to hospital.
§ Dr. Summerskill:The information requested is as follows:
Number of officers reporting injury as a result of being assaulted while on duty Admitted to hospital January—March 862 4 April—June 1,072 5 July—September 1,138 7 October—December 883 5 Total 3,955 21
§ Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults, and how many serious assaults, on prison officers were recorded in every year from 1968 to 1978 inclusive.
Dr. Sumerskill:The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, information on the number of prisoners dealt with within the prison system for offences of gross personal violence to an officer is published annually in the publication now entitled "Prison Statistics: England and Wales "—formerly "Report on the Work of the Prison Department: Statistical Tables "and previously in "Report of the Work of Prison Department "—and is to be found in Tables 9.2 to 9.5 of the volume for 1977 (Cmnd. 7286). Information for 1978 is not yet available. 826W ber of recruits to police forces in England and Wales, and to the Metropolitan Police.
§ Dr. Summerskill:The figures are: