To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults on immigration officers have occurred in the course of their duties in each year since 1997. (218890)

The figures for the number of immigration officers who have been assaulted while on duty for the last five calendar years and 2008 are shown in the following table. The following data have been obtained from the UKBA Accident Reporting Database which records all accidents and other health and other safety related incidents.

Figures for 2003-07 have been provided previously in response to PQ 193127 which is given above but additionally includes figures from 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration officers were assaulted while on duty in each of the last five years. (193127)

The figures for the number of immigration officers who have been assaulted while on duty for the last five calendar years are shown in the following table. The data have been obtained from the BIA Accident Reporting Database which records all accidents and other health and other safety related incidents.