Question follow-through · 97607

Bicycles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the British Transport Police's crime-screening policy introduced in August 2024, if she will publish the formal guidance for pedal-cycle theft (J13) and the operational factors used to determi

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 5 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 9 Dec 2025
Answer: 15 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the British Transport Police's crime-screening policy introduced in August 2024, if she will publish the formal guidance for pedal-cycle theft (J13) and the operational factors used to determi
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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15 Dec 2025
Answer published
The British Transport Police (BTP), like their Home Office force counterparts, are operationally independent and decisions on whether to release guidance are for the Chief Constable to make. Crime figures for the BTP are collated by the Home Office and pu...

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Driving Tests

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Driving Tests: Staff

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Driving Licences

23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of holders of Category C1 driving licence entitlement in each age cohort; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact on workforce availability.

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Driving Licences

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Driving Licences

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