Railways: Strikes

(asked on 12th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much public money has been paid to train operating companies on days where their services have not been able to run to due strike action since 1 January 2022.


Answered by
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 15th December 2022

Operators are compensated for all reasonable costs incurred that are accumulated in accordance with the terms of the contract; these are paid on a rail period basis with no distinction made for costs incurred on a strike day versus those incurred on non-strike days.

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