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Railways: Gender Based Violence

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.

answeredKirsty BlackmanDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
9 Jan 2025
Answer
15 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 9 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    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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