Question follow-through · 5039
Railways: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what proportion of rail-related criminal investigations CCTV footage was requested but could not be used due to issues including image quality, equipment failure and insufficient coverage.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what proportion of rail-related criminal investigations CCTV footage was requested but could not be used due to issues including image quality, equipment failure and insufficient coverage.
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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12 Jun 2026
Answer published
The British Transport Police made 9,986 requests to rail operators for CCTV in 2025/26 but they are unable to provide a breakdown of whether the footage was usable or not as it would require extensive manual searching of data records and could only be pro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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