Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce knife crime on public transport.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The Government’s ambition to halve knife crime within a decade is integral to its Safer Streets Mission The Government are working to achieve this by investing in what we know works and will have the greatest impact - focusing relentlessly on where knife crime is most concentrated, with the interventions that work.

My Department is working across government and with partners, including the British Transport Police (BTP), the transport industry and local authorities, to contribute to the knife-crime reduction ambition and help everyone feel and be safe when travelling. The BTP, who are responsible for policing the railway, is a member of the Knife-Enabled Robbery Group which is successfully reducing knife robberies in the areas most affected by knife crime. BTP has played a key role in this work through joint deployments with other forces in knife crime hot spots, such as transport hubs.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of improving levels of public awareness of the potential risk of knife attacks whilst travelling on trains.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The Department have a range of security measures in place across the railway to keep the travelling public and staff safe. Thankfully, knife attacks on trains are very rare and therefore we do not believe a specific public awareness campaign would be proportionate to the risk- we continue to monitor closely. We do however run our very successful ‘See it. Say it. Sorted’ campaign to encourage all passengers to report any suspicious behaviour.

The British Transport Police (BTP), which is responsible for policing the railway, are a member of the Home Office Knife-Enabled Robbery (KER) Group which is successfully reducing knife robberies in the areas most affected by knife crime. BTP have played a key role in this work through joint deployments with other forces in knife crime hot spots, such as transport hubs.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is providing to independent election monitoring of the 2027 Nigerian Presidential Election.

Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We are closely monitoring preparations for Nigeria's 2027 presidential elections. Our High Commission in Abuja will, as in previous elections, deploy observation teams across the country, working alongside international partners and Nigerian civil society organisations.

We will continue to engage with the Independent National Electoral Commission and civil society partners to support initiatives that strengthen a credible, transparent and inclusive electoral process.