HC Deb 26 May 2004 vol 421 cc1625-6W
Mr. Damian Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many assaults and attacks where knives or firearms were used were committed on London Underground in each year since 1997. [175459]

Mr. McNulty

The British Transport Police (BTP) have advised me that this information is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Damian Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many crimes involving firearms or knives were committed on(a) buses and (b) the railways in each year since 1997. [175462]

Mr. McNulty

The British Transport Police (BTP) have advised me that this information is not readily available for crimes committed on the railways and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost. No data is held centrally regarding the number of crimes on buses since 1997 which have involved firearms or knives.