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registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of police officers make up the British Transport Police.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	8000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>As of January 2024, there are 5253 BTP staff. This is made up of 3118 police officers, 1692 police staff, 199 Police Community Support Officers and 244 special constables. This means that 59.3% of all police staff are officers.</p><p> </p><p>Police workforce data is published annually by the Home Office and is available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 09/01/2024 14:19:32 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1330604

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers there are; and how many he estimates there will be in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, (c) 2024, (d) 2025 and (e) 2026.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	12265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>At the end of May 2021, the British Transport Police (BTP) had 3,105 officers. It is not possible to confidently estimate future numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 14/06/2021 14:03:20 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1196185

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent meetings Ministers of his Department have had with (a) representatives of British Transport Police and (b) the Home office on the British Transport Police; and what the outcome was of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	47261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>There were conference telephone calls on Monday 4<sup>th</sup> May and Wednesday 6<sup>th</sup> May, between the Rail Minister, Chris Heaton-Harris MP and Paul Crowther, the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police. No other Ministers have met with BTP representatives recently. There was also a phone conference between the Rail Minister and the Chair and Chief Executive of the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) on Thursday 7th May.</p><p> </p><p>There have not been any recent ministerial meetings with the Home Office regarding BTP.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes</p><p> </p><p>At the 4th May meeting, the Minister and the Chief Constable agreed that BTP and the Department would continue to work closely together to manage the impacts of COVID-19 on the rail network. During the discussion on the 6th May, the Chief Constable was able to give an update on BTP’s activities and the Minister did likewise regarding work within the Department.</p><p> </p><p>During the discussion between the Rail Minister and BTPA, the BTPA representatives provided an update on the Authority’s work in supporting BTP activity and agreed to keep the Minister updated regarding future developments.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 20/05/2020 12:04:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

1135079

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is (1) the role, and (2) the total complement, of the British Transport Police.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL16706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The British Transport Police (BTP) is responsible for policing the rail network across England, Scotland and Wales, providing a service to rail operators, their staff and passengers. It also polices the London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, the Midland Metro tram system, Croydon Tramlink, Tyne and Wear Metro, Glasgow Subway and Emirates AirLine. The BTP has 3107 police officers, 303 police community support officers, 311 special officers and 1567 police staff (as at 31 March 2019).</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 03/07/2019 13:01:23 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1135080

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is (1) accountable for the British Transport Police, and (2) responsible for making operational decisions regarding the deployment of British Transport Police officers on passenger trains across the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL16707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>The British Transport Police Authority (BTPA), an arm’s length body of the Department, is responsible for setting the BTP’s strategy, policing plans and budget, holding the BTP force to account, and ensuring its effectiveness and efficiency. The Chief Constable of the BTP is responsible for making operational decisions on the deployment of BTP officers on the rail network across England, Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 05/07/2019 10:52:54 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1126247

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers there have been on the Transport for London network in each of the last five years; and how many of those officers are planned to work on the Transport for London network in (a) 2019 and (b) each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Chelsea and Fulham
tabling member printed	Greg Hands
uin	253534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the budgeted number of British Transport Police (BTP) police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) funded by TfL for the TfL network. BTP reimburse TfL with funding for vacant posts throughout the year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Police Officer budgeted TfL establishment</p></td><td><p>PCSO budgeted TfL establishment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>813</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>808</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>759.5</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above data is at 1 April of each year. The data for the current year is subject to review.</p><p> </p><p>The policing resource for future years is subject to negotiation between TfL, BTP and the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/05/2019 12:45:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands

1086337

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why it has been proposed that the British Transport Police control room in Birmingham should be closed down and all control rooms replaced by one control room in Camden.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL14376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for the resourcing and organisation of the British Transport Police (BTP) lies with the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) rather than with HM Government.</p><p> </p><p>The BTP currently operates two control rooms; one in London and one in Birmingham. Whilst this model has served the Force effectively, BTP considers that it is timely to re-examine this structure and deliver its command and control taking account of current and predicted demand. A number of Home Office forces and other organisations operate successfully with a single site control room.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 19/03/2019 16:39:21 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean