Question follow-through · 57829
Public Transport: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) school-aged girls and (b) young women can access help on public transport if they are concerned for their safety.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) school-aged girls and (b) young women can access help on public transport if they are concerned for their safety.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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12 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department is committed to ensuring everyone, including women and girls, is safe on the transport network. As part of our aim to reduce Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) by half over the next decade, we have an ambitious, evidence-based programm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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