Written questions

Bicycles: Theft

Commons · Question 97608 · Tabled 5 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 15 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the British Transport Police’s screening policy, including any value or time-window criteria on (a) cycle-theft reporting rates at railway stations and (b) public c

Answer

Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 15 Dec 2025

The British Transport Police (BTP) are operationally independent and how they deploy their resources across the network is for the Chief Constable to decide. Criminal activity, including cycle theft, is not tolerated on the network and BTP are committed t...