Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to tackle antisocial behaviour in train stations (a) nationally and (b) in Romford constituency.

a) The Government published its ASB Action Plan in March 2023, which included a pilot to extend Transport Safety Officers to outside the West Midlands. In addition, the British Transport Police’s Integrated Security and Policing pilot ran from April 2022-23 focussing on harnessing the collective energy of policing and non-policing partners in tackling crime and disorder, vulnerability, and disruption on the network.

b) We have contacted the British Transport Police for information specific to Romford and will reply once this has been received.