HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 cc619-20W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many reported assaults there have been on licensed taxi drivers for each of the last five years in(a) the United Kingdom, and (b) the Basildon area;

(2) how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions were made for assaults on licensed taxi drivers in (i) the United Kingdom, and (ii) the Basildon area for each of the last five years, and if he will express the figures as a percentage of all prosecutions and convictions.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested is not available. It is not possible from the records held centrally to distinguish the occupation of victims of assault.