To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many instances of work-related violence there were in (a) Jarrow Constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) North East and (d) UK in each year since 1997. [103561]
The number of instances of work-related violence reported to the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities under the Reporting of Injuries, Dangerous Diseases and Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 for South Tyneside, the North East and Great Britain, since 1997 is set out as follows. Figures are not available for Jarrow as the constituency is not identifiable in HSE and local authority systems.
Location/year
| Fatal
| Major
| Over three days 1
| Total
|
North East
| ||||
| 1996–97 | — | 21 | 115 | 136 |
| 1997–98 | — | 21 | 103 | 124 |
| 1998–99 | — | 18 | 157 | 175 |
| 1999–2000 | — | 33 | 213 | 246 |
| 2000–01 | — | 40 | 209 | 249 |
| 2001–022 | — | 37 | 218 | 255 |
South Tyneside
| ||||
| 1996–97 | — | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 1997–98 | — | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 1998–99 | — | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 1999–2000 | — | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2000–01 | — | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2001–022 | — | — | 7 | 7 |
Great Britain
| ||||
| 1996–97 | 2 | 712 | 4,131 | 4,845 |
| 1997–98 | — | 682 | 4,422 | 5,104 |
| 1998–99 | 1 | 644 | 4,662 | 5,307 |
| 1999–2000 | — | 719 | 5,333 | 6,052 |
| 2000–01 | 3 | 823 | 5,635 | 6,461 |
| 2001–022 | 4 | 779 | 5,116 | 5,899 |
1 These incidents result in an absence from work of more than three days | ||||
2 Provisional | ||||