British Transport Police: Staff
(asked on 12th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 18208 on Railway Stations: British Transport Police, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) police officers, (b) PCSOs and (c) other operational staff that the British Transport Police budget settlement will fund in each financial year from 2025-26 to 2028-29.
The British Transport Police (BTP) is operationally independent from Government, and the Secretary of State has not made any estimate of numbers of police officers, PCSO’s and other operational staff the British Transport Police budget settlement will fund in each financial year from 2025-26 to 2028-29.
However, the British Transport Police has provided the following estimates.
Employee Type | 25/26 | 26/27 | 27/28 | 28/29 |
Officers | 2,962 | 3,215 | 3,317 | 3,317 |
PCSO | 225 | 214 | 214 | 214 |
Staff | 1,613 | 1,652 | 1,668 | 1,640 |
Total | 4,800 | 5,081 | 5,199 | 5,171 |
The table shows budgeted full-time equivalents (FTEs) by employee type as at 31 March for the respective years. Future FTE figures are forecasts and are subject to change. Historical FTE figures may also be revised as a result of reconciliation between systems and retrospective data quality work.