Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 97608
Bicycles: Theft
Tabled: 5 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the British Transport Police’s screening policy, including any value or time-window criteria on (a) cycle-theft reporting rates at railway stations and (b) public c
Answer
Lilian GreenwoodThe British Transport Police (BTP) are operationally independent and how they deploy their resources across the network is for the Chief Constable to decide. Criminal activity, including cycle theft, is not tolerated on the network and BTP are committed t...
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