Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for aggravated assault there have been in the last 12 months.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of convictions for criminal offences, including various assault offences, covering the time period requested. The latest data available, until year ending June 2023, can be obtained in the following published tool: Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023.

Information relating to aggravating factors for assault offences is only available centrally where this forms a specific offence in legislation, including those listed below. Information on other aggravating factors may be held on court records but to examine individual court records to identify all aggravated assaults would be of disproportionate costs.

• 8.06 Racially or religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm
• 8.07 Racially or religiously aggravated common assault or beating