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Railways: Trespass

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 15 April 2026UIN 125761

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the sum of penalties for railway trespass has been in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Keir Mather

Information on the number of financial penalties imposed by the courts is held by the Ministry of Justice, from sentencing data recorded by HM Courts & Tribunals Service. The Department for Transport does not record the sum of penalties for railway trespass.

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