Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 93780

Railways: Industrial Disputes

Tabled: 24 November 2025

Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 19 September 2025, to Question 76656, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of trade unions objections to staff scanning electronic tickets without

Answer

Keir Mather

Train operating companies are responsible for managing industrial relations with their workforces and trade unions. The Department engages regularly with all of its contracted train operating companies regarding their approach to industrial disputes, incl...

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