Question follow-through · 689
Railways: Trespass
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger rail delay minutes were attributed to trespassers in each year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger rail delay minutes were attributed to trespassers in each year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2026
Answer published
The British Transport Police work in collaboration with the rail industry to minimise disruption to the network following a trespass incident. Their activity includes innovative new tactics such as the deployment of Beyond Visual Line of Sight drones, whi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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