| Heading: |
British Transport Police: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1804594 |
| UIN: |
53670 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4864 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Olivia Blake
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| Asking Member handle: |
_oliviablake
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@_oliviablake
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the British Transport Police. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-29 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The British Transport Police’s (BTP) budget is set by the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA). It is the executive non-departmental public body that oversees the Force and is their employer. BTPA sets the BTP’s budget annually following proposals fr... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |