Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 95386

British Transport Police: Finance

Tabled: 28 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the funding uplift necessary to restore the number of British Transport Police police officers to 2009/10 levels.

Answer

Keir Mather
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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