Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 21229

British Transport Police: Finance

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 10 January 2025

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for British Transport Police.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The British Transport Police’s (BTP) budget is set by the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA). It is the executive non-departmental public body that oversees the Force and is their employer. BTPA sets the BTP’s budget annually following proposals fr...

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