Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 29276
Railways: Anti-social Behaviour
Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 14 February 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the powers of train conductors to tackle avoidable disruptive behaviour on trains.
Answer
Simon LightwoodTrain Operating Companies are already able to seek additional powers for their staff, to tackle incidents such as anti-social behaviour, via the Rail Safety Accreditation Scheme operated by the British Transport Police. The Department does not have any pl...
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