§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in respect of 1990 and 1991(a) how many police officers were attacked on duty, (b) how many of their assailants were charged and (c) how many were convicted.
§ Mr. JackInformation collected by Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary shows that in England and Wales 17,568 police officers were assaulted on duty in 1990 and 18,372 in 1991. No information is collected centrally on how many assailants were charged or convicted. A survey covering the second half of 1991 showed that 2,500 offenders were sentenced for assaults against the police during that period. The results of this survey were published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin 3/92, a copy of which is in the Library.