Jobcentre Plus
(asked on 30th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many violent incidents have occurred in UK jobcentres in each year since January 2011.
This question was answered on 7th November 2014
A new web based reporting database was introduced in September 2011 enabling incidents to be reported immediately and more easily.
Violent incidents are recorded as Actual (Physical) Assault incidents. As such, the following Actual Assault incidents recorded each year since January 2011 were:
2011 - 392
2012 – 646
2013 – 628
2014 to September - 372