Dear Mr Hood,

Thank you for your email of 8 February 2009 where you have requested information about the screening of passengers against immigration, customs and police watch-lists. This falls to be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I have outlined your questions below for ease of reference:

Would you please tell me how many of those arrested had committed:

And of those guilty of assault, what proportion had committed:

I can confirm that this information is not held by the UK Border Agency. Please contact the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) at the following address:

[email address]

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the UK Border Agency sending a substantive reply to your original request and should be addressed to:

Head of Information Access Policy Team

Freedom of Information

UK Border Agency

11^th floor - short corridor

Lunar House

40 Wellesley Road

Croydon

CR9 2BY

During the independent review the department's handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. Should you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Yours sincerely,

S Goddard

Freedom of Information Team

UK Border Agency