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	answer has question	LxY8UelU
	answer has answering person	Huw William Merriman
	answer text	<p>The British Transport Police (BTP) recorded 214 incidents of live cable theft in 2022-2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the disruption that can be caused by cable theft and strongly supports BTP’s engagement with the rail industry, and operational activities to tackle it. The BTP-led National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership works to problem solve, disrupt and reduce all aspects of metal and infrastructure crime across the UK. BTP also have dedicated disruption teams which proactively target metal crime hotspots. The Force conducts a national training programme to upskill police forces and partners across the UK to tackle metal crime.</p><p> </p>
	answer given date	2023-05-22
	answer has answering body	Department for Transport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Transport
Department for Transport	answering body has written answer	YFKc8otg
Department for Transport	answering body has answer	YFKc8otg
LxY8UelU	question has answer	YFKc8otg
Huw William Merriman	answering person has answer	YFKc8otg