Paul Kohler MP: written questions

Written questions

• British Transport Police: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68673More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether has had discussions with British Transport Police on the adequacy of the training available to help officers (a) identify and (b) respond to county lines exploitation.

  Answer: The British Transport Police (BTP) have a comprehensive training programme in place. All new police officers and police community support officers receive input from the County Lines Taskforce safeguarding team in their initial training and the team provi...

  Answered 24 Jul 2025

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• Drugs: Organised CrimeDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68671More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the British Transport Police on tackling county lines.

  Answer: Ministers and officials at the Department meet with the British Transport Police on a regular basis to discuss the work the force are doing to ensure the railway remains a safe environment for the public and rail staff. The BTP’s County Lines taskforce ar...

  Answered 24 Jul 2025

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• Transport: TechnologyDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68613More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) insurers, (b) technology developers, (c) investigators and (d) other key stakeholders can access essential AV data for (a) real-world performance monitoring and (b) p

  Answer: The Department for Transport is working to implement the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act 2024, which includes provisions to enable appropriate access to AV data. As part of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles’ AV Act Implementation Programme, wor...

  Answered 22 Jul 2025

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