Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76048

Train Operating Companies: Conditions of Employment and Trade Unions

Tabled: 9 September 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September to Question 71269 on Train Operating Companies: Conditions of Employment and Trade Unions, whether this information is held by DfT Operator Limited.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

DFTO currently has oversight of six Train Operating Companies (TOCs). The TOCs are subsidiaries of DFTO and trade union agreements are negotiated, held and managed at the subsidiary level rather than by DFTO itself. Similarly operating practices on emplo...

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