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British Transport Police: Finance

Volume 459: debated on Wednesday 25 April 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much funding the British Transport police received from (a) his Department, (b) the rail industry, broken down by service provider, and (c) Transport for London in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement; (132346)

(2) how much funding he expects the British Transport police to receive in 2007-08 from (a) his Department, (b) the rail industry, broken down by service provider, and (c) Transport for London; and if he will make a statement.

Information held by the Department and relevant to the question is as follows:

£ million

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Rail Industry

97

104

127

146

171

188

Transport for London

26

27

33

44

51

54

DfT Capital (provided by SRA prior to 2005-06)

5.4

5.4

7.2

12.5

10

7.5

DFT Other (including loans)

13

16.6

Total

128.4

136.4

180.2

219.1

232

249.5

A detailed breakdown by operator is not held by the Department for Transport but by the British Transport police who can be contacted at: British Transport police, 25 Camden Road, London NW1 9LN, e-mail:

general.enquiries@btp.pnn.police.uk.