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<p>The number of individuals proceeded against and convicted of an assault against
an emergency worker can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>Filter by ‘Offence’ for:</p><p> </p><p>`8.22 Assault against an emergency worker’.</p><p>
</p><p>This link also provides information on the average length of sentence (in months)
given to those convicted of this offence.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to obtain
an estimate of the number of people who have received an increased sentence for an
offence specified as aggravated under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences)
Act 2018. Detailed information may be held on individual court records but to be able
to identify these cases we would have to access these individual court records which
would be of disproportionate cost.</p>
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