To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of assault there were against members of staff from the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust in 2007; and what the prosecution rates were in these cases. (179626)

Data on reported physical assaults are collected each year for the period 1 April to 31 March.

The number of reported physical assaults against staff at Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS trust for the period 2006-07 was 137.

Information on prosecution rates in these cases is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.