Railways: Gender Based Violence
Commons · Question 22273 · Tabled 7 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Kirsty Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a strategy for tackling violence against women and girls on trains after the passage of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 15 Jan 2025
Tackling violence against women and girls is a priority for the Government. We have set the ambitious target to halve this figure in the next decade using every lever available to us. The Department is working closely with the central mission delivery uni...