Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many violent incidents leading to arrests there have been at jobcentres in (a) the UK and (b) Nottinghamshire in the last (i) one, (ii) three and (iii) five years.

The Department for Work and Pensions takes any form of abuse and harassment of its staff by customers and claimants very seriously. Where necessary the police are called to aid in the management of a situation. However, the Department does not routinely record whether this subsequently leads to arrest.