§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults there have been on(a) crew and (b) passengers while travelling on public services in Staffordshire in the last 12 months. [43958]
§ Ms KeebleI have been asked to reply.
In returns to the Department, bus operators in Staffordshire reported 12 assaults on bus crew in the year 2000; data are not yet available for 2001. Information concerning assaults on bus passengers in Staffordshire is not available. The British Transport police have advised 606W that in the last 12 months five assaults on staff and seven on passengers were reported on the railways in Staffordshire.