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date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Graffiti
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle illegal graffiti on and around railway lines.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	259334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department regularly works with Network Rail, the British Transport Police and Train Operating Companies to tackle instances of vandalism on the UK rail network. Earlier this year we jointly launched a new campaign - ‘You Vs Train’. The campaign raises awareness about the dangers of trespassing, with the intention reducing instances of future trespassing and acts of vandalism.</p><p> </p><p>At a local level Community Rail Partnerships and station adoption groups work with local communities and the rail industry to improve stations and deal with less safety critical instances of vandalism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2019 14:08:29 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

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registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Graffiti
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to work with (a) Network Rail, (b) train operating companies and (c) the police to tackle graffiti along railway lines.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	259335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>On an annual basis Network Rail spends more than £3.5m yearly removing graffiti. Network Rail must prioritise its expenditure on safety critical matters and those affecting the operation of the railway. For those cases that involve offensive graffiti, Network Rail will do all it can to remove this as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2017 the Department launched the refreshed Secure Stations Scheme. The scheme provides an opportunity for Train Operating Companies to demonstrate how they are working with the British Transport Police to reduce crime including issues such as vandalism and graffiti at stations.</p><p> </p><p>The British Transport Police has formed a National Working Group to tackle graffiti and meet with Train Operating Companies monthly. It’s Crime Reduction Advisors work with railway businesses companies on security for sidings and sheds, stations and trains. Train operating companies and the British Transport Police also work with Community Rail Partnerships and station adoption groups on local measures to remove and deter graffiti.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2019 14:24:05 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft