Public Transport: Crimes of Violence
Commons · Question 95682 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether protections against assaults for retail workers in the Crime and Policing Bill will apply to public transport workers involved in the retail of (a) refreshments and (b) rail products and ticke
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 4 Dec 2025
Assaults against retail workers will be covered by a new offence which we are introducing via the Crime and Policing Bill. Our definition of retail worker captures someone working in or about retail premises for or on behalf of the owner or occupier of th...