Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths at railway level crossings.

Railway safety is a priority for this Government and the United Kingdom already has the best level crossing safety record in Europe.

However, the industry must not be complacent and Network Rail has already done a great deal in this area including the closure of over 750 level crossings since 2009. Their response to the Transport Committee's recent report into level crossing safety provided further detail and the Department is supporting this work through a £109 million ring-fenced fund to further reduce risk at level crossings by 2019.