§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish such information as may be in his possession about the proportion of buses in London which have video cameras installed in order to deter assaults on staff.
§ Mr. PortilloI do not believe that it would be in the interest of crime prevention to publish this information.
Prosecution in respect of Defendant Date of first criminal proceedings Court Outcome Craigentinny, Edinburgh (1) BRB 25 July 1982 Sheriff's Court, Edinburgh (1) Guilty, fined £250 (2) George Walls (2) Guilty, fined £50 Denham Station BRB employee 25 April 1983 Aylesbury Crown Court Not guilty West Cliff Lift Bournemouth BC 24 November 1983 Bournemouth Magistrates Court Guilty, fined £750 plus £500 costs Crofton BRB 23 July 1984 Wakefield Magistrates Court Guilty, fined £300 plus £400 costs Barking Station (1) BRB 3 December 1984 Barking Magistrates Court (1) Guilty, fined £1,000 plus £500 costs (BRB appealed successfully and costs awarded against HSE) (2) Fairbrother (employee) (2) Case against Fairbrother withdrawn Birmingham International BRB employee 10 September 1984 Solihull Magistrates Court Absolute discharge Swann Carr Farm, Bradbury, Stockton on Tees (1) Wm. R. Selwood Ltd. 25 July 1985 Darlington Magistrates Court (1) Guilty, fined £300 plus £50 costs (2) BRB 12 November 1985 (2) Not guilty West Cliff Lift Bournemouth BC 25 January 1985 Bournemouth Magistrates Court Guilty, fined £2,000 plus £500 costs Shields (1) BRB Not known Glasgow Sheriff Court (1) Not guilty (2) Two staff (2) Guilty, fined £ 150 plus £ 125 respectively Leicester North Station BRB 25 June 1985 Leicester Magistrates Court Guilty, fined £500 plus £250 costs Coquet Viaduct A. Monck & Co. Pic 23 September 1985 Alnwick Magistrates Court Guilty, fined £1,250 plus £1,100 costs Bridgnorth Loco Workshops Severn Valley Railway 8 July 1985 Bridgnorth Magistrates Court Guilty, fined £2,000 plus £150 costs Glasgow Central Station Camrex Corrosion Engineers 2 July 1985 Glasgow Sheriff Court Company, which was in liquidation, received an admonition Sunderland Station BRB 8 August 1985 Sunderland Magistrates Court Guilty, fined £1,500 plus £300 costs Liverpool Street Station London & Midland Scaffolding Ltd. Scaffolding Ltd. (Monks) 13 January 1987 Central Criminal Court Guilty, fined £5,000 plus £900 costs Etches Park, Derby BRB employee 24 February 1987 Derby and South Derbyshire Guilty, fined £500 plus £50 costs