HC Deb 23 January 1989 vol 145 cc389-90W
Mrs. Wise

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will arrange for statistics on criminal injuries to include information on the number of such injuries sustained by people during their working time.

Mr. John Patten

Statistics on criminal injuries are held centrally by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board but only in relation to applications made for compensation. The board publishes figures relating to police officers injuries on duty (paragraph 7.1 of their latest annual report, Cm. 536) but has no plans to collect such information for other occupations.