Home Department written question – answered at on 8 February 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what use his Department makes of health service data in estimating trends in the level of crime involving injury.
holding answer
Hospital admissions data for assault is published on a regular basis.
A key objective of Phase II of the Tackling Knives and Serious Youth Violence Action Programme (TKAP) is to ensure that key hospitals are sharing data on injuries resulting from serious violence with local Police and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships. The Department of Health's £200,000 'Innovation Fund' is supporting the development of new and existing A&E data sharing in 13 NHS Trusts across England and we have set a target of 100 hospitals sharing data across England and Wales by March 2010.
In addition to the work of TKAP, the Home Office Alcohol Strategy Unit (ASU) also utilises hospital admissions data in assessing levels of violence related to the Night Time Economy and in defining priority areas for profiling and support. It is also involved in the data sharing programme with A&E and is currently preparing a national training programme for CDRP analysts on obtaining and fully utilising A&E data which will contribute to the above work.
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