Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the British Transport Police Authority publication entitled British Transport Police Fund Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2023, page 16, published on 14 August 2023, whether the reported figures for (a) sexual offences and (b) crimes involving harassment are each a subset of the total reported figures for violent crimes against women and girls; and whether the reported figures for violent crimes against women and girls used in footnote 3 is a subset of the figures referenced in footnote 2 for violence against the person.

It is correct that the reported figures for (a) sexual offences and (b) crimes involving harassment are each a subset of the total reported figures for violent crimes against women and girls.

In regard to footnote 3, the figures are not a subset of footnote 2. These include violent crimes against women and girls including violence against the person offences, alongside sexual and public order offences, where the victim stated is female.