{"id":49011,"date":"2014-10-21T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T09:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=bbeee6f96d1deaf1d868f7f03ad175b5"},"modified":"2014-10-21T09:06:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T09:06:05","slug":"statement-to-parliament-triennial-review-of-the-british-transport-police-authority-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49011","title":{"rendered":"Statement to Parliament: Triennial review of the British Transport Police Authority: part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>My Noble friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Baroness Kramer), has made the following ministerial statement: <\/p>\n<p>I am today publishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/british-transport-police-authority-triennial-review-part-2-2013-to-2014\">part 2 report<\/a> of the triennial review of the British Transport Police Authority (<abbr title=\"British Transport Police Authority\">BTPA<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"British Transport Police Authority\">BTPA<\/abbr> is the non-departmental public body (<abbr title=\"non-departmental public body\">NDPB<\/abbr>) responsible for ensuring an efficient and effective British Transport Police (<abbr title=\"British Transport Police\">BTP<\/abbr>) force for rail operators, their staff and passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The review has been progressed in 2 parts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/british-transport-police-authority-triennial-review-2013-to-2014\">Part 1 of the review<\/a>, which was published on 14 July, considered the continuing need for the <abbr title=\"British Transport Police Authority\">BTPA<\/abbr>\u2019s functions and the case for it to remain a <abbr title=\"non-departmental public body\">NDPB<\/abbr>, and that it is complying with recognised principles of good corporate governance. Part 2 of the review has considered a wider range of issues raised by the industry about the effectiveness of the <abbr title=\"British Transport Police Authority\">BTPA<\/abbr> in the discharge of its functions and the industry\u2019s ability to influence outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>I am pleased to announce the conclusion of the second part of the review and the publication of the Part 2 report. The Part 2 report explores concerns on the part of the industry in relating the costs incurred to the services delivered by the <abbr title=\"British Transport Police\">BTP<\/abbr>; and what can be done to reduce costs and to create a more harmonious and productive relationship between the force, the authority and its stakeholders. The report reflects the generally positive view of the <abbr title=\"British Transport Police Authority\">BTPA<\/abbr>\u2019s current leadership and an improving trend in its willingness to act collaboratively and to consult. It also makes a number of recommendations for a sensible way forward for the future, a number of which build on the good progress that the <abbr title=\"British Transport Police Authority\">BTPA<\/abbr> has already made.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to thank Peter Murphy again for carrying out the wider review with the same thoroughness and competence with which he carried out the first part of the review. Also, the <abbr title=\"British Transport Police Authority\">BTPA<\/abbr> for their assistance as well as all the other stakeholders who were involved during the course of the review including those who were part of the Challenge Group overseeing the review.<\/p>\n<p>The report is available on GOV.UK and I have placed copies in libraries of both Houses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 2 of the Triennial review of the British Transport Police Authority has been published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}