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Written Question
British Transport Police: Finance
Tuesday 21st May 2019

Asked by: Greg Hands (Conservative - Chelsea and Fulham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what has been Transport for London's budget for the British Transport Police (a) each year since 2015 and (b) what that budget proposal is for (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2021-22.

Answered by Andrew Jones

Transport for London’s budget for the British Transport Police is a matter for the Mayor of London to determine and the Department does not hold this data.


Written Question
British Transport Police
Tuesday 21st May 2019

Asked by: Greg Hands (Conservative - Chelsea and Fulham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers there have been on the Transport for London network in each of the last five years; and how many of those officers are planned to work on the Transport for London network in (a) 2019 and (b) each of the next three years.

Answered by Andrew Jones

The table below shows the budgeted number of British Transport Police (BTP) police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) funded by TfL for the TfL network. BTP reimburse TfL with funding for vacant posts throughout the year.

Year

Police Officer budgeted TfL establishment

PCSO budgeted TfL establishment

2015/16

775

141

2016/17

813

128

2017/18

808

126

2018/19

760

100

2019/20

759.5

100

The above data is at 1 April of each year. The data for the current year is subject to review.

The policing resource for future years is subject to negotiation between TfL, BTP and the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA).