To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal offences involving violence were carried out on public transport in each year since 1997, broken down by mode; and if he will make a statement. (111782)

Violent crime data for each year since 1997 can be found in Home Office Statistical Bulletin No. 12/06 available online at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbpubs1.html

From the information collected centrally it is not possible to identify where the violence occurred or the individual circumstances of the offence.