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9 Oct 2006 : Column 514W—continued
Police
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2006, Official Report, columns 135-6W, on police; how many assaults per head of population there were on (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers in each constabulary in 2004-05; what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of assaults on police officers since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [91218]
Mr. McNulty [holding answer 18 September 2006]: Assaults on police community support officers are not identified separately by the Home Office in the recorded crime data. They are recorded under the more general category of common assault if no injury results. If injury is involved they are recorded under the appropriate section of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.
Statistics of assaults on a constable and common assault (no injury) per 100,000 population by police force area for 2004-05 are given in the table.
Changes in the counting rules and recording practices have affected the numbers of assaults on a constable recorded by the police. From 2002-03 assaults resulting in injury were recorded under the relevant section of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. At the same time the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) was introduced. The net effect saw an increase in assaults on a constable in 2002-03. Further changes in the counting rules occurred in 2003-04. Two offences not involving violence were
removed from the coverage of assault on a constable. This reduced the number recorded for this particular offence. Numbers since have remained fairly steady with a small increase in 2004-05 and a similar decrease in 2005-06.
| Recorded offences of assault on a constable and common assault per 100,000 population by police force area—2004-05 | ||
| (104) Assault on a constable per 100,000 population | (105A+105B) Common assault per 100,000 population | |
| ((1)) Includes City of London | ||
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average band D police precept was in (a) England and (b) England and Wales in each year since 1997-98. [89795]
Mr. McNulty: The information is set out in the following table.
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