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 Lightwood
Facility time arrangements are matters for individual rail employers and the trade unions to agree, in accordance with trade union and labour relations legislation.