§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in each of the last five years how many (i) firemen and (ii) police officers in each region have been injured in the line of duty.
§ Mr. Charles WardleFire brigade casualties for England and Wales for the years 1988–92 are shown in the following table. The cost of extracting the data for each brigade area would be disproportionate.
assaulted on duty in England and Wales since 1989 is shown in the following table. Figures for 1993 are not yet available.
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Total Police Officers assaulted Forces 1989 1990 1991 1992 Avon and Somerset 543 437 522 485 Bedfordshire 155 241 195 152 Cambridge 175 176 115 116 Cheshire 341 651 644 715 City of London 34 27 26 12 Cleveland 274 304 241 183 Cumbria 136 130 154 130 Derbyshire 330 359 370 317 Devon and Cornwall 304 416 490 311 Dorset 133 158 141 138 Durham 274 256 233 227 Dyfed-Powys 84 112 95 76 Essex 141 193 190 209 Gloucestershire 210 189 120 145 Greater Manchester 1,067 1,216 1,126 1,009 Gwent 65 413 347 289 Hampshire 406 343 374 388 Hertfordshire 246 181 180 133 Humberside 560 318 282 217 Kent 320 192 225 207 Lancashire 285 397 439 436 Leicestershire 259 189 179 150 Lincolnshire 176 145 126 106 Merseyside 668 247 231 1,039 Norfolk 240 235 206 223 North Wales 240 193 92 132 North Yorkshire 126 146 149 140 Northamptonshire 163 208 169 136 Northumbria 461 677 872 432 Nottinghamshire 207 354 431 366 South Wales 759 793 688 583 South Yorkshire 334 308 180 197 Staffordshire 474 515 420 401 Suffolk 151 167 186 132 Surrey 145 198 238 239 Sussex 330 356 348 310 Thames Valley 434 427 380 374 Warwickshire 75 88 82 129 West Mercia 303 286 277 241 West Midlands 1,224 1,034 1,347 1,645 West Yorkshire 713 650 682 739 Wiltshire 166 261 195 194 Provincial Total 13,731 14,186 13,987 13,803 Metropolitan Police 3— 12,647 3,960 3,413 England and Wales Total 413,731 16,833 17,947 217,216 1 Excludes other assaults. 2Revised figure from that previously published. Figures not available. 4 Figures excludes Metropolitan Police.