HC Deb 31 March 2003 vol 402 cc583-4W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been(a) killed and (b) injured by police vehicles in the Greater London area in each of the last three years. [105271]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth

Available information is given in the table. Figures for deaths and injuries refer to police forces not geographical areas and are available only for collisions where the police vehicle was providing an immediate response to an emergency call or in pursuit of another vehicle.

1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Metropolitan Police
Numbers of fatalities 1 6 2
Numbers of serious injuries 39 40 51
Numbers of slight injuries 465 628 607

Number of offences recorded by Kent police per 100,000 population
19971 1998–992 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Violence against the person 478 792 825 827 769
Sexual offences 49 59 55 61 63
Robbery 46 45 53 63 63
Total violent crime 573 897 933 951 895

1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
City of London Police
Numbers of fatalities 0 0 0
Numbers of serious injuries 0 0 1
Numbers of slight injuries 0 2 6
Total
Numbers of fatalities 1 6 2
Numbers of serious injuries 39 40 52
Numbers of slight injuries 465 630 613