Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 127229

British Transport Police: Finance

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

ConservativeBasildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 123167 on British Transport Police: Finance, whether the cost of the British Transport Police has been included in the Government’s cost estimates for rail na

Answer

Keir Mather
The British Transport Police’s budget is set by the British Transport Police Authority, who are the executive non-departmental public body that oversees the Force and is their employer. They have already agreed a budget settlement with the Force up to 202...

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