Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 71253
Railways: Facilities Agreements
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance (a) Network Rail, (b) her Department and its agencies and (c) Great British Railways have produced on trade union facility time for railways staff.
Answer
Simon LightwoodFacility time arrangements are matters for individual rail employers and the trade unions to agree, in accordance with trade union and labour relations legislation.