Question follow-through · 75772
British Transport Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding levels for the British Transport Police in Devon.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding levels for the British Transport Police in Devon.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
The British Transport Police’s (BTP) budget is set by the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) which is the executive non-departmental public body that oversees the Force and is their employer. BTPA sets the BTP’s budget annually following proposals ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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