Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 22273

Railways: Gender Based Violence

Tabled: 7 January 2025
Answered: 15 January 2025

Question

Kirsty Blackman

Scottish National PartyAberdeen North

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a strategy for tackling violence against women and girls on trains after the passage of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Tackling violence against women and girls is a priority for the Government. We have set the ambitious target to halve this figure in the next decade using every lever available to us. The Department is working closely with the central mission delivery uni...

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