HC Deb 02 June 1992 vol 208 cc404-5W
Mr. Richards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officers of the North Wales constabulary have been victims of assault whilst on duty for each of the last 12 months.

Mr. Jack

The available information has been provided by the North Wales police force and is contained in the table.

convictions for assaults where the victim was a police officer. The study was published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin 3/92, a copy of which is in the Library. Table 9 of this bulletin shows that there were 45 such convictions recorded in North Wales/Dyfed-Powys during this six-month period.

All offences Indictable offences1
Total sentenced Number per 100,000 population Percentage use of custody Total sentenced Number per 100,000 population Percentage use of custody
Humberside 36 5 8 2 — 2100
Kent 55 4 18 9 1 244
Lancashire/Cumbria 86 5 14 31 2 28
Leicester/Northampton 100 8 20 27 2 37
Inner London 245 12 24 41 2 51
North London 31 1 19 11 — 245
South London/Surrey 119 5 22 41 2 35
Merseyside 132 11 10 10 1 250
Norfolk/Suffolk 48 4 23 23 2 243
Northumbria/Durham 54 3 11 7 — 229
North Wales/Dyfed Powys 45 5 7 10 1 220
Nottingham 94 11 30 36 4 50
South Wales/Gwent 235 15 12 25 1 223
South Yorkshire 143 13 14 36 3 17
Stafford/Warwick 55 4 5 13 1 28
Sussex 22 2 245 9 1 267
Thames Valley 18 1 2— 2 — 2—
West Mercia 49 5 20 11 1 236
West Midlands 149 7 20 56 2 32
West Yorkshire 68 4 18 24 1 233
1 Excludes common assault (S.39) and assault on a constable.
2 Less than 25 offenders sentenced.

Mr. Richards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officers of the North Wales constabulary were assaulted with a weapon whilst on duty for each of the last 12 months.

Mr. Michael Jack

The North Wales police force's computer records indicate that three officers in the force were assaulted with a weapon between May 1991 and April 1992.