Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to require rail operators to have CCTV on all (a) train carriages and (b) station platforms.
There are no current plans to make CCTV a policy requirement for rail operators.
The National Rail Security Programme (NRSP) notes that CCTV should be installed where there is an operational requirement for it, as driven by local needs and circumstances.
The NRSP is a comprehensive programme that clearly sets out security standards, how these should be upheld and who is responsible for ensuring the standards are correctly implemented across our trains, stations, freight and operator staff and rail infrastructure including buildings.