§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported attacks there have been on passengers on London transport(a) buses and (h) Underground trains in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. PortilloAssaults on passengers on buses in London are dealt with by the Metropolitan police. London Regional Transport does not maintain a central statistical record of such assaults. The numbers of recorded assaults on passengers on London Underground in each of the four years were:
Year Numbers 1985 467 1986 646 1987 635 1988 777 Passenger assaults in the first quarter of 1989 were 185 which represented an 11 per cent. reduction on the figure of 207 for the same period last year. A figure for 1984 is not available.