Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 97814

British Transport Police: Industrial Disputes

Tabled: 8 December 2025

Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 86754 on Railways: Industrial Disputes and 2 December 2025 to Question 93782 on British Transport Police: Industrial Disputes, if she will make an assessmen

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

Section 280 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is applicable to the British Transport Police as it is for a Home Office force. The effect of section 280(1) is to remove police officers from the statutory protections set out i...

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