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Personal Sampling
Jim Dowd:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he has issued to police forces on the retention of personal samples of individuals who are arrested but not subsequently charged with any offence. [108434]
Mr. McNulty:
The Association of Chief Police Officers issued guidance to Chief Officers on the consideration of applications for the deletion of DNA samples, fingerprints and a record on the Police National Computer earlier this year, entitled ‘Retention guidelines for nominal records on the Police National Computer’.
The then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham), made a written ministerial statement on the guidance on 16 February 2006 and copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Police
Mr. Vara:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults on police officers there have been in each police force in each year since 1997. [106592]
Mr. McNulty
[holding answer 30 November 2006]: Offences of assault on a constable were added to the recorded crime series on 1 April 1998.
From 1 April 2002 assaults on a constable include only assaults involving no injury (assaults with minor injury are included in less serious woundings) following a change of definition of this offence category.
Information prior to that 1 April 1998 is not available.
Data for the period 1998-99 to 2005-06 are given in the tables.
| Recorded offences of assaults on a constable |
| | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
294
|
305
|
312
|
319
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
180
|
258
|
210
|
241
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
228
|
216
|
238
|
251
|
|
Cheshire
|
599
|
522
|
483
|
554
|
|
Cleveland
|
100
|
93
|
133
|
206
|
|
Cumbria
|
222
|
212
|
145
|
204
|
|
Derbyshire
|
394
|
610
|
571
|
634
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
629
|
628
|
646
|
646
|
|
Dorset
|
190
|
270
|
287
|
403
|
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|
Durham
|
925
|
1,032
|
1,077
|
1,248
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
238
|
266
|
261
|
308
|
|
Essex
|
274
|
410
|
352
|
352
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
181
|
252
|
261
|
206
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
1,510
|
1,891
|
1,905
|
1,972
|
|
Gwent
|
419
|
530
|
641
|
505
|
|
Hampshire
|
480
|
578
|
636
|
688
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
259
|
257
|
304
|
387
|
|
Humberside
|
454
|
523
|
509
|
538
|
|
Kent
|
637
|
722
|
620
|
635
|
|
Lancashire
|
768
|
973
|
1,239
|
1,366
|
|
Leicestershire
|
168
|
213
|
315
|
337
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
268
|
223
|
178
|
218
|
|
London, City of
|
41
|
37
|
30
|
39
|
|
Merseyside
|
826
|
1,237
|
1,429
|
1,361
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
1,595
|
1,401
|
1,367
|
1,269
|
|
Norfolk
|
339
|
457
|
405
|
439
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
337
|
392
|
331
|
305
|
|
Northumbria
|
851
|
1,018
|
1,171
|
1,176
|
|
North Wales
|
226
|
298
|
445
|
434
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
362
|
508
|
426
|
449
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
440
|
433
|
477
|
543
|
|
South Wales
|
708
|
720
|
868
|
893
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
307
|
756
|
923
|
785
|
|
Staffordshire
|
651
|
690
|
748
|
661
|
|
Suffolk
|
176
|
245
|
255
|
297
|
|
Surrey
|
193
|
209
|
266
|
223
|
|
Sussex
|
672
|
760
|
891
|
1,120
|
|
Thames Valley
|
451
|
826
|
802
|
1,254
|
|
Warwickshire
|
228
|
286
|
258
|
259
|
|
West Mercia
|
503
|
640
|
587
|
768
|
|
West Midlands
|
1,818
|
2,606
|
3,234
|
3,811
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
1,165
|
1,388
|
1,488
|
1,503
|
|
Wiltshire
|
204
|
224
|
276
|
288
|
|
England and Wales
|
21,510
|
26,115
|
28,000
|
30,095
|
Note:
The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.
|
| Recorded offences of assaults on a constable (includes British transport police from 2002-03) |
| | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
405
|
534
|
728
|
849
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
343
|
313
|
326
|
288
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
281
|
260
|
354
|
425
|
|
Cheshire
|
617
|
724
|
311
|
359
|
|
Cleveland
|
314
|
236
|
280
|
287
|
|
Cumbria
|
181
|
183
|
214
|
218
|
|
Derbyshire
|
848
|
399
|
131
|
129
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
671
|
430
|
411
|
329
|
|
Dorset
|
494
|
330
|
422
|
292
|
|
Durham
|
1,078
|
181
|
276
|
305
|
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|
Dyfed-Powys
|
344
|
225
|
252
|
210
|
|
Essex
|
498
|
578
|
648
|
673
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
275
|
191
|
247
|
296
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
2,016
|
796
|
1,053
|
1,134
|
|
Gwent
|
595
|
316
|
279
|
239
|
|
Hampshire
|
976
|
1,008
|
1,007
|
919
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
449
|
702
|
589
|
626
|
|
Humberside
|
754
|
439
|
439
|
445
|
|
Kent
|
851
|
755
|
688
|
703
|
|
Lancashire
|
1,536
|
814
|
878
|
765
|
|
Leicestershire
|
447
|
432
|
488
|
464
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
281
|
160
|
178
|
195
|
|
London, City of
|
45
|
34
|
56
|
54
|
|
Merseyside
|
1,651
|
979
|
772
|
682
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
1,908
|
2,796
|
3,399
|
3,000
|
|
Norfolk
|
549
|
444
|
451
|
403
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
353
|
305
|
329
|
272
|
|
Northumbria
|
1,608
|
588
|
576
|
621
|
|
North Wales
|
550
|
246
|
233
|
188
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
582
|
274
|
342
|
424
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
452
|
509
|
582
|
320
|
|
South Wales
|
1,032
|
700
|
706
|
488
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
689
|
434
|
480
|
421
|
|
Staffordshire
|
792
|
525
|
651
|
632
|
|
Suffolk
|
362
|
321
|
400
|
327
|
|
Surrey
|
288
|
413
|
503
|
485
|
|
Sussex
|
1,089
|
625
|
698
|
788
|
|
Thames Valley
|
1,527
|
709
|
821
|
880
|
|
Warwickshire
|
310
|
233
|
240
|
257
|
|
West Mercia
|
845
|
523
|
376
|
298
|
|
West Midlands
|
2,817
|
360
|
365
|
338
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
1,695
|
634
|
840
|
832
|
|
Wiltshire
|
345
|
269
|
248
|
140
|
|
British Transport Police
|
205
|
262
|
340
|
356
|
|
England and Wales
|
33,948
|
22,189
|
23,607
|
22,356
|
Note:
The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
Assaults include only assaults involving no injury. Assaults with minor injury are included in less serious woundings, following a change of definition in April 2002.
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