Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 53320

British Transport Police: Expenditure

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 27 May 2025

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the total cost to the public purse was of British transport police offices in the last financial year (a) based at rail stations (b) not based at rail stations.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The British Transport Police do not hold data separating the costs for station-based and non-station-based offices. The British Transport Police operate from 141 properties split between railway stations and commercial buildings close to the railway. In t...

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