HC Deb 24 May 2002 vol 386 c617W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many children have been found trespassing on railway lines in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [58339]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 22 May 2002]Information held by the British Transport Police on the number of juvenile trespassers each year since 1997 is contained in the following table:

Year No.
1998–1999 4188
1999–2000 3573
2000–2001 3175
2001–2002 2647

(Juvenile trespassers include those 17 or under.)