Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 117726

Train Operating Companies: Trade Unions

Tabled: 4 March 2026

Answered: 13 March 2026

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the extent of recognition of trade unions and provision of trade union facility time at management grades in each train operating company.

Answer

Keir Mather

Recognition of trade unions and provision of facility time is a matter for train operating companies as employers.