§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a table listing the dates, details and sentences of court hearings for acts of vandalism on rail lines during each of the last three years.
§ Mr. FreemanI have been asked to reply.
The information in the form requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, for the period concerned the number of prosecutions for vandalism on rail lines is as follows:
England and Wales Scotland Total 1991 582 48 630 1992 531 59 590 11993 106 11 117 1 1 January 1993 to 11 May 1993. 614W
Notifiable offences recorded by offence and Local authority, borough or district Metropolitan police district Borough/district Theft from a vehicle Theft of a motor vehicle 1989 1991 19921 1989 1991 19921 Barking 2,278 3,204 2,927 1,830 2,269 2,187 Barnet 3,142 4,362 4,723 1,345 2,012 2,019 Bexley 1,809 2,561 3,092 1,715 2,051 2,290 Brent 3,517 4,305 4,094 1,913 2,298 2,169 Bromley 3,306 4,574 5,090 1,762 2,674 3,032 Camden 6,395 6,929 7,624 1,938 2,255 2,144 Croydon 4,748 5,670 5,735 2,551 3,510 3,420 Ealing 3,689 4,462 5,089 2,280 2,714 2,723 Enfield 4,201 4,475 4,078 2,154 2,384 2,342 These figures include summary and indictable prosecutions and sentences ranged from four years imprisonment to conditional discharges, depending on the severity of each individual incident.