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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 2 June (HL335), how many rail trespass incidents were recorded in each of the last 30 years; and what estimate they have made of the long-term revenue loss arising from those incidents in each...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 2 June (HL335), how many rail trespass incidents were recorded in each of the last 30 years; and what estimate they have made of the long-term revenue loss arising from those incidents in each...
Data supplied by Network Rail indicates that the volume of trespass incidents increased from 6,415 in 2014/15 to 13,921 in 2025/26 (an increase of 117 per cent).
Over the same time, when adjusted for inflation, the estimated cost of delays associated with trespass incidents rose from £46.7 million to £85.5 million (an increase of 83 per cent).
When adjusted for inflation, the average estimated cost per trespass incident has reduced over time, from approximately £7,300 in 2014/15 to around £6,100 in 2025/26.
Volume of trespass related incidents and estimated costs of associated delays, annual, Great Britain, 2014/15 to 2025/26
Financial year | Volume of incidents1,2,4 | Costs3,5 (£million, current prices) | Costs (£million, 2025/26 prices) | Average cost per incident |
2014/15 | 6,415 | 33.6 | 46.7 | £ 7,300 |
2015/16 | 7,488 | 34.4 | 47.5 | £ 6,300 |
2016/17 | 8,336 | 44.0 | 59.7 | £ 7,200 |
2017/18 | 9,576 | 54.1 | 72.3 | £ 7,500 |
2018/19 | 9,798 | 61.2 | 80.2 | £ 8,200 |
2019/20 | 10,127 | 66.6 | 85.2 | £ 8,400 |
2020/21 | 9,410 | 35.7 | 43.5 | £ 4,600 |
2021/22 | 11,559 | 50.2 | 60.8 | £ 5,300 |
2022/23 | 11,583 | 64.9 | 74.4 | £ 6,400 |
2023/24 | 12,726 | 84.0 | 90.5 | £ 7,100 |
2024/25 | 13,611 | 86.5 | 89.8 | £ 6,600 |
2025/26 | 13,921 | 85.5 | 85.5 | £ 6,100 |
Notes:
1. Incidents are delay causing incidents attributed to XA,VA reason codes
2. An incident can appear in more than one rail period if delay was suffered in more than one period
3. Costs are an internal Network Rail estimate of the long-term revenue loss due to those incidents (based on the economics behind the Schedule 8 performance regime)
Source: Network Rail
4. Delay & Cancellation metric dashboard
5. Process for Performance Improvement (PfPI) Costs are from the Performance System database Business Objects attribution universe
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 19 June (HL718), what was the total value of Schedule 8 compensation payments made by Network Rail to Train Operating Companies resulting from rail trespass incidents in each of the last 30 years.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 19 June (HL718), what was the total value of Schedule 8 compensation payments made by Network Rail to Train Operating Companies resulting from rail trespass incidents in each of the last 30 years.
Network Rail holds data on the estimated Schedule 8 costs arising from rail trespass incidents from 1 April 2014 onwards. The total value of the payments during this time can be found in the following table:
Volume of trespass related incidents and estimated costs of associated delays, annual, Great Britain, 2014/15 to 2025/26
Financial year | Volume of incidents1,2,4 | Costs3,5 (£million, current prices) | Costs (£million, 2025/26 prices) | Average cost per incident |
2014/15 | 6,415 | 33.6 | 46.7 | £ 7,300 |
2015/16 | 7,488 | 34.4 | 47.5 | £ 6,300 |
2016/17 | 8,336 | 44.0 | 59.7 | £ 7,200 |
2017/18 | 9,576 | 54.1 | 72.3 | £ 7,500 |
2018/19 | 9,798 | 61.2 | 80.2 | £ 8,200 |
2019/20 | 10,127 | 66.6 | 85.2 | £ 8,400 |
2020/21 | 9,410 | 35.7 | 43.5 | £ 4,600 |
2021/22 | 11,559 | 50.2 | 60.8 | £ 5,300 |
2022/23 | 11,583 | 64.9 | 74.4 | £ 6,400 |
2023/24 | 12,726 | 84.0 | 90.5 | £ 7,100 |
2024/25 | 13,611 | 86.5 | 89.8 | £ 6,600 |
2025/26 | 13,921 | 85.5 | 85.5 | £ 6,100 |
Notes:
1. Incidents are delay causing incidents attributed to XA,VA reason codes
2. An incident can appear in more than one rail period if delay was suffered in more than one period
3. Costs are an internal Network Rail estimate of the long-term revenue loss due to those incidents (based on the economics behind the Schedule 8 performance regime)
Source: Network Rail
4. Delay & Cancellation metric dashboard
5. Process for Performance Improvement (PfPI) Costs are from the Performance System database Business Objects attribution universe
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of passengers delayed as a result of rail trespass incidents in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of passengers delayed as a result of rail trespass incidents in each of the last five years.
There were 65,540 trespass incidents recorded by the British Transport Police in the last five years (2021/22 to 2025/26); we do not have an assessment of the number of passengers delayed by these incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of rail trespass were recorded in each of the last five years; what the five locations were with the highest number of recorded rail trespass incidents in each of those years; and how many offences occurred in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of rail trespass were recorded in each of the last five years; what the five locations were with the highest number of recorded rail trespass incidents in each of those years; and how many offences occurred in each of...
The British Transport Police have provided the following information:
Trespass incidents by year:
2021/22 - 12,101
2022/23 - 12,033
2023/24 - 13,046
2024/25 - 14,067
2025/26 - 14,293
The locations with the most trespass incidents recorded were:
Location | 2025/26 |
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Northallerton | 29 |
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Cosham | 28 |
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Pokesdown | 25 |
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Ilford | 23 |
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Woking | 22 |
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Rochdale | 22 |
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Kirkcaldy | 22 |
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East Croydon | 22 |
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Bridgwater | 22 |
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Location | 2024/25 | |||
Stockton | 26 | |||
Nuneaton | 26 | |||
Oxford | 24 | |||
Cardiff Central | 24 | |||
East Croydon | 23 | |||
Location | 2023/24 |
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East Croydon | 39 |
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Layton | 28 |
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Bridgwater | 27 |
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Birmingham New Street | 25 |
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Gillingham (Kent) | 22 |
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Location | 2022/23 |
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Birmingham New Street | 34 |
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East Croydon | 26 |
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Layton | 24 |
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Woking | 22 |
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St Pancras (East Midlands) | 21 |
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Location | 2021/22 |
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Cherry Hinton Bypass Level Crossing | 22 |
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Stapleton Road | 21 |
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Slough | 21 |
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Reading West | 21 |
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Birmingham New Street | 21 |
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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 2 June (HL335), what was the total value of Schedule 8 compensation payments made by Network Rail to Train Operating Companies resulting from rail trespass incidents in (1) 2024, (2) 2025, and (3)...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 2 June (HL335), what was the total value of Schedule 8 compensation payments made by Network Rail to Train Operating Companies resulting from rail trespass incidents in (1) 2024, (2) 2025, and (3)...
The Network Rail / British Transport Police’s National Disruption Fusion Unit can supply Schedule 8 (delay report) costs for external (XA) trespass for the following:
The combined figure is £218,374,921.
The annual (by financial year) breakdown is as follows:
2023/24 | £ 71,856,452 |
2024/25 | £ 73,165,870 |
2025/26 | £ 73,352,599 |
To ask His Majesty's Government what are Network Rail's estimates of long-term revenue loss due to rail trespass incidents for (1) 2024, (2) 2025, and (3) 2026.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are Network Rail's estimates of long-term revenue loss due to rail trespass incidents for (1) 2024, (2) 2025, and (3) 2026.
The combined figure is £218,374,921.
The annual (by financial year) breakdown is as follows:
2023/24 | £ 71,856,452 |
2024/25 | £ 73,165,870 |
2025/26 | £ 73,352,599 |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps Network Rail is taking to collect direct cost data, including Delay Repay and damage repair costs, relating to rail trespass incidents.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps Network Rail is taking to collect direct cost data, including Delay Repay and damage repair costs, relating to rail trespass incidents.
Network Rail does not hold data on the cost of damage repair costs relating to rail trespass incidents.
Rail industry stakeholders work together – including across Network Rail, this Department, the Office of Rail and Road and the train operators – to share information and data to support efforts to combat rail trespass. This includes the Office of Rail and Road’s data on delay compensation claims and the Department’s data on rail passenger compensation paid by train companies. Network Rail is currently running the No Second Chances campaign, to address safety incidents at level crossings and trespass.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which 10 (a) railway lines and (b) station sections recorded the highest number of trespass incidents in 2025; and what physical security measures are being deployed at those hotspots.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which 10 (a) railway lines and (b) station sections recorded the highest number of trespass incidents in 2025; and what physical security measures are being deployed at those hotspots.
The 10 ‘Network Rail Sections’ that recorded the highest number of trespass incidents which caused delay in the financial year 2025/26 are set out in the table below.
Network Rail Section Name |
Bournemouth to Brockenhurst |
Galton Jn to Wolverhampton |
Blackburn to Gannow Jn |
Rhyl to Shotton |
Brimsdown to Cheshunt |
Brimsdown to Coppermill Junction |
Deansgate to Glazebrook East Junction and Sidings |
Apperley Jn to Armley Junction |
Bishops Stortford to Harlow Town |
St Albans City to West Hampstead Thameslink |
Data is not held in a form that identifies “station sections” as a separate category. However, the following locations had the highest number of trespass incidents on or near national rail infrastructure (e.g. tracks, rail bridges, signals) which caused delay on the network in the financial year 2025/26.
Trespass Location |
Northallerton |
Cosham |
Pokesdown |
Ilford |
Woking |
Rochdale |
Kirkcaldy |
East Croydon |
Bridgwater |
Bache |
Network Rail and industry partners deploy a range of measures to tackle trespass at higher-risk locations. These include physical measures to restrict or deter access where appropriate, alongside CCTV, targeted patrols, security and welfare teams and public safety campaigns.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many rail trespass incidents have occurred in each month since January 2024; and whether they have assessed the financial impact of those incidents for (1) 2024, (2) 2025, and (3) 2026.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many rail trespass incidents have occurred in each month since January 2024; and whether they have assessed the financial impact of those incidents for (1) 2024, (2) 2025, and (3) 2026.
The number of rail trespass incidents is presented in the following table:
Rail Period | Start Date | End Date | Incidents |
2023/24_P10 | 10 December 2023 | 06 January 2024 | 668 |
2023/24_P11 | 07 January 2024 | 03 February 2024 | 771 |
2023/24_P12 | 04 February 2024 | 02 March 2024 | 902 |
2023/24_P13 | 03 March 2024 | 31 March 2024 | 1030 |
2024/25_P01 | 01 April 2024 | 27 April 2024 | 1040 |
2024/25_P02 | 28 April 2024 | 25 May 2024 | 1212 |
2024/25_P03 | 26 May 2024 | 22 June 2024 | 1247 |
2024/25_P04 | 23 June 2024 | 20 July 2024 | 1285 |
2024/25_P05 | 21 July 2024 | 17 August 2024 | 1272 |
2024/25_P06 | 18 August 2024 | 14 September 2024 | 1163 |
2024/25_P07 | 15 September 2024 | 12 October 2024 | 1022 |
2024/25_P08 | 13 October 2024 | 09 November 2024 | 984 |
2024/25_P09 | 10 November 2024 | 07 December 2024 | 780 |
2024/25_P10 | 08 December 2024 | 04 January 2025 | 701 |
2024/25_P11 | 05 January 2025 | 01 February 2025 | 784 |
2024/25_P12 | 02 February 2025 | 01 March 2025 | 905 |
2024/25_P13 | 02 March 2025 | 31 March 2025 | 1216 |
2025/26_P01 | 01 April 2025 | 26 April 2025 | 1240 |
2025/26_P02 | 27 April 2025 | 24 May 2025 | 1243 |
2025/26_P03 | 25 May 2025 | 21 June 2025 | 1279 |
2025/26_P04 | 22 June 2025 | 19 July 2025 | 1318 |
2025/26_P05 | 20 July 2025 | 16 August 2025 | 1221 |
2025/26_P06 | 17 August 2025 | 13 September 2025 | 1125 |
2025/26_P07 | 14 September 2025 | 11 October 2025 | 1067 |
2025/26_P08 | 12 October 2025 | 08 November 2025 | 969 |
2025/26_P09 | 09 November 2025 | 06 December 2025 | 740 |
2025/26_P10 | 07 December 2025 | 03 January 2026 | 735 |
2025/26_P11 | 04 January 2026 | 31 January 2026 | 743 |
2025/26_P12 | 01 February 2026 | 28 February 2026 | 925 |
2025/26_P13 | 01 March 2026 | 31 March 2026 | 1316 |
The above information has been provided by Network Rail. Information is collated by rail periods (as shown) rather than on a monthly basis.
Network Rail estimates the long-term revenue loss due to those incidents. Network Rail does not hold direct cost information (in terms of Delay Repay costs, damage repair, etc) relating to an incident.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of unauthorised traveller development taking place on (a) weekends and (b) bank holiday weekends, when local authority planning departments are closed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of unauthorised traveller development taking place on (a) weekends and (b) bank holiday weekends, when local authority planning departments are closed.
My Department has made no specific assessment of the potential implications for national policy of unauthorised traveller development taking place on weekends, including bank holiday weekends, when local authority planning departments are closed.
The government expects local planning authorities to work proactively and collaboratively with other agencies to respond to unauthorised encampments and development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve coordination between local authorities and the police in relation to (a) unauthorised traveller encampments and (b) unauthorised traveller development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve coordination between local authorities and the police in relation to (a) unauthorised traveller encampments and (b) unauthorised traveller development.
My Department has made no specific assessment of the potential implications for national policy of unauthorised traveller development taking place on weekends, including bank holiday weekends, when local authority planning departments are closed.
The government expects local planning authorities to work proactively and collaboratively with other agencies to respond to unauthorised encampments and development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce new powers to allow local authorities to address illegal Traveller encampments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce new powers to allow local authorities to address illegal Traveller encampments.
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The consultation on the revised Framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, included proposals relating to traveller sites and enforcement.
We are currently analysing the feedback received and will publish our response in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger rail delay minutes were attributed to trespassers in each year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger rail delay minutes were attributed to trespassers in each year from 2020/21 to 2025/26.
The British Transport Police work in collaboration with the rail industry to minimise disruption to the network following a trespass incident. Their activity includes innovative new tactics such as the deployment of Beyond Visual Line of Sight drones, which provide early situational awareness to support officers on the ground and inform decision-making at live incidents so the railway can reopen as quickly as possible.
The table below summarises delay minutes attributed to trespass (excluding fatalities) in the years 2020/21 to 2025/26.
Table: delay minutes and incidents attributed to trespass, total delay minutes and trespass delay minutes as a share of total delay minutes, Great Britain, 2020/21 to 2025/26
Financial Year | Trespass delay Minutes1 | Incident Count1 | Total Network delay minutes2 | Trespass delay minutes as a share of total delay minutes2 |
2020/21 | 388,444 | 9,409 | 6,744,325 | 6% |
2021/22 | 561,702 | 11,547 | 10,484,576 | 5% |
2022/23 | 718,916 | 11,574 | 13,730,898 | 5% |
2023/24 | 864,867 | 12,712 | 15,496,138 | 6% |
2024/25 | 1,120,521 | 13,588 | 15,989,802 | 7% |
2025/26 | 1,148,914 | 13,902 | 16,756,962 | 7% |
Notes: 2020/21 to 2022/23 were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Source:
1 Network Rail
2 ORR Table 3184 - Delay minutes by operator and cause (periodic) | ORR Data Portal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on trespassing incidents in waterways in quarries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on trespassing incidents in waterways in quarries.
Defra holds no data on trespassing in waterways in quarries, but the Mining Remediation Authority may hold some information on this matter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 23 March 2026, to Question 120664, on Travellers: Caravan sites, how the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework on traveller sites are a material consideration in the application for a possession order...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 23 March 2026, to Question 120664, on Travellers: Caravan sites, how the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework on traveller sites are a material consideration in the application for a possession order...
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The consultation on the revised Framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, included proposals to incorporate policies relating to traveller sites, currently set out in Planning Policy for Traveller Sites, within relevant chapters of the draft NPPF.
The consultation also included a proposed policy on retrospective planning applications and unauthorised development which sets out that if it is concluded, based on evidence, that the unauthorised development was intentional, that fact should be given substantial weight in considering whether to grant planning permission.
We are currently analysing the feedback received and will publish our response in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2026, to Question 119661, on Agriculture: Land, whether his department has received representations from (a) local authorities and (b) Hon Members, in relation to planning enforcement of unauthorised traveller encampments and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2026, to Question 119661, on Agriculture: Land, whether his department has received representations from (a) local authorities and (b) Hon Members, in relation to planning enforcement of unauthorised traveller encampments and...
My Department has received no representations regarding enforcement against unauthorised development undertaken by travellers being frustrated by the subdivision of land into multiple small plots.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2026 to Question 125758, and with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2019 to Question 2677, what information the British Transport Police hold on the number of (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for railway...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2026 to Question 125758, and with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2019 to Question 2677, what information the British Transport Police hold on the number of (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for railway...
The British Transport Police (BTP) record this data, however due to data recording methods and the extended time period the request applies to, they have not been able to extract the information within the timeframe. I have asked the Rail Minister to write to the Honourable Member with the data requested by the end of the month of April 2026.
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.
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.
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.