Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 81340

Public Transport: Staff

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Catherine West

LabourHornsey and Friern Barnet

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking increase legal protections against violence and abuse at work for public transport workers.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Government is committed to ensuring that public transport workers feel safe and are safe at work. There is no place for abuse or assault of any worker. The Department for Transport is working with industry and the British Transport Police on the railw...

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