Question follow-through · 91816

Railways: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the number of railway strike days, broken down by year; and what is the first year for which such records are held.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
20 Nov 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the number of railway strike days, broken down by year; and what is the first year for which such records are held.

  2. 20 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Published Office of Rail and Road data reports that there were 52 national strike days between April 2022 and March 2024.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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