Question follow-through · 53192
British Transport Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the British Transport Police.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 27 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the British Transport Police.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2025
Answer published
The British Transport Police’s (BTP) budget is set by the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA). It is the executive non-departmental public body that oversees the Force and is their employer. BTPA sets the BTP’s budget annually following proposals fr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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