Question follow-through · 117727
Train Operating Companies: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has directed DFT Operator of Last Resort to adopt a standard process for recognition of trade unions and provision of trade union facility time at the end of each train operating company franchise a
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has directed DFT Operator of Last Resort to adopt a standard process for recognition of trade unions and provision of trade union facility time at the end of each train operating company franchise a
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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13 Mar 2026
Answer published
Recognition of trade unions and provision of facility time is a matter for train operating companies as employers.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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