The number of violent incidents/threats on staff within the Government: FOI release

Information requested

For the time period 31st March 2021 to 31st March 2022 please provide the following:

• total number of violent incidents on your staff broken down by job title/category of worker
• a breakdown of the nature of the violent incident e.g., verbal, physical, threatening behaviour
• how many violent incidents have been reported under RIDDOR Regulations, with a breakdown by job title/category of worker

Response

The answer to your question is provided in the table below. There were three reported incidents.

Date	Job title / category of worker	Nature of incident	RIDDOR report
10/02/2021	Security Reception Officer	Verbal, physical, threatening	No
08/12/2021	Fishery Officer	Verbal	No
21/01/2022	Senior Fishery Officer	Verbal	No

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