Written Question·Home Office·UIN 95682

Public Transport: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 1 December 2025

Answered: 4 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether protections against assaults for retail workers in the Crime and Policing Bill will apply to public transport workers involved in the retail of (a) refreshments and (b) rail products and ticke

Answer

Sarah Jones

Assaults against retail workers will be covered by a new offence which we are introducing via the Crime and Policing Bill. Our definition of retail worker captures someone working in or about retail premises for or on behalf of the owner or occupier of th...

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