Transport written question – answered at on 19 April 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the (a) cost and (b) practicality of implementation of extending security screening arrangements to mainline railway stations.
A trial of a millimetre wave body scanner took place at Paddington station in January and February. This is the first in a series of trials of different screening technologies and techniques on the national railway and London Underground networks that the Secretary of State announced on
The objective of the trials is to assess the capabilities of existing screening technologies and procedures in railway environments where conditions are very different from those in an airport terminal building.
An assessment of the costs and practicalities of the screening technology and procedures trialled at Paddington is under way, and will also be carried out in respect of the forthcoming trials. We will announce our findings once all the trials have been completed later this year.
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