HC Deb 19 February 1998 vol 306 cc769-70W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many Prosecutions have been brought and convictions secured for assaults committed on trains in each year since 1990. [29861]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The numbers of Prosecutions for assault on railway property, including trains, for the years 1991 to 1997 are provided in the table. I am unable to provide the number of convictions as the British Transport Police do not hold the figures in this form.

Year Prosecutions
1991 903
1992 1,428
1993 459
1994 599
1995 616
1996 618
1997 543