§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the average sentence for assaults on police officers in each of the last five years for each constabulary; and what consideration he has given as to the adequacy of the range of sentences available;
(2) how many assaults on police officers have resulted in successful prosecutions in each of the last five years for each constabulary.
§ Mr. John PattenStatistics on court proceedings for violence against the person do not distinguish the occupation of the victim. We are planning to carry out a survey of the sentences given for assaults against police officers later this year. We shall consider in the light of the results whether any further action is needed.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been assaulted in the course of their duty in each of the last five years, for each constabulary.
§ Mr. John PattenThe available information is for 1990 and is given in the table.
Numbers of police officers assaulted in the course of their duty England and Wales 1990 Police force area Number of officers assaulted Avon and Somerset 437 Bedfordshire 241 Cambridgeshire 176 Cheshire 651 Cleveland ֵ 90W
Caribbean citizens refused leave to enter and removed from the United Kingdom 1979 to 1990 Barbados Guyana Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Year Total refused leave to enter and removed Removal rate1 Total refused leave to enter and removed Removal rate1 Total refused leave to enter and removed Removal rate1 Total refused leave to enter and removed Removal rate1 1979 9 0.1 26 0.3 48 0.1 20 0.1 1980 10 0.1 23 0.3 82 0.3 17 0.1 1981 7 0.1 10 0.1 54 0.2 17 0.1
Police force area Number of officers assaulted Cumbria 130 Derbyshire 359 Devon and Cornwall 416 Dorset 158 Durham 256 Essex 193 Gloucestershire 189 Greater Manchester 1,216 Hampshire 343 Hertfordshire 181 Humberside 320 Kent 192 Lancashire 397 Leicestershire 189 Lincolnshire 145 London, City of 27 Merseyside 971 Metropolitan Police District 4,172 Norfolk 235 Northamptonshire 208 Northumbria 677 North Yorkshire 146 Nottinghamshire 354 South Yorkshire 308 Staffordshire 515 Suffolk 167 Surrey 198 Sussex 356 Thames Valley 427 Warwickshire 88 West Mercia 286 West Midlands 1,034 West Yorkshire 650 Wiltshire 261 Dyfed-Powys 112 Gwent 413 North Wales 193 South Wales 793 ENGLAND AND WALES 18,780 ֵ Not available.