Information on the numbers ofpetty assaults recorded by the police in Strathclyde is published for each yearin table 4A of the relevant statistical bulletins Recorded Crime in Scotland,copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. numbers7079, 13119, 20798, 27678 and 33018).All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.The statistics available centrallyon crimes of assault recorded by the police do not distinguish the circumstances of the assault, such as the type ofany weapon involved.