Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 22273
Railways: Gender Based Violence
Tabled: 7 January 2025
Answered: 15 January 2025
Question
Kirsty Blackman
Scottish National Party — Aberdeen 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 LightwoodTackling 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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