§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there were for poaching in 1988 and 1989; and how many of those convictions were associated with assault.
§ Mr. John PattenIn 1988, there were 980 convictions for the offence of poaching. The 1989 data will not be available until the autumn. It is not possible from the information held centrally to identify the number of poaching convictions which are also associated with offences of assault.