HC Deb 30 January 1996 vol 270 c622W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was(a) the total number of assaults and (b) the number of assaults on women at rail stations in each year since 1990 by local authority area. [10522]

Mr. Watts

The information requested is not available in the format requested. However, the table details the number of notifiable assaults and assaults by gender at rail stations for 1994 and 1995, broken down by British Transport police areas. Similar information for previous years could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Recorded assaults 1994 and 1995
BTP area 1994 1995
Male Female Total Male Female Total
London north 192 36 228 165 25 190
North-east 54 16 70 28 12 40
Scotland 184 41 225 185 49 234
North-west 120 28 148 85 21 106
Midlands 43 12 55 35 2 37
South-west 44 10 54 29 14 43
London south 233 57 290 230 40 270
London Underground 394 119 513 261 65 326
Force total 1,264 319 1,583 1,018 228 1,246