Train Operating Companies: Sick Leave
(asked on 20th May 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many working days were lost to sickness per train operating company in Government ownership, in each month since January 2024.
Each train operating company currently records this information in a different way – some by days lost and some by percentage absence rate. The figures below have been collated by DFT Operator. Figures cover periods in public ownership only.
Table 1:
Absences by days lost, presented by Rail Period
(Northern, TransPennine Trains, South Western Railway)
| NORTHERN | TPT | SWR |
P11 2023 (broadly Jan 24) | 7496 | 1881 |
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P12 2023 (Feb 24) | 7759 | 1785 |
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P13 2023 (Mar 24) | 7532 | 1548 |
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P1 2024 (Apr 24) | 7291 | 1597 |
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P2 2024 (Apr / May 24) | 7569 | 1724 |
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P3 2024 (May / Jun 24) | 7954 | 1602 |
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P4 2024 (Jun / Jul 24) | 8506 | 1769 |
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P5 2024 (Jul / Aug 24) | 8243 | 1673 |
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P6 2024 (Aug / Sep 24) | 7778 | 1669 |
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P7 2024 (Sep / Oct 24) | 8196 | 1646 |
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P8 2024 (Oct / Nov 24) | 8394 | 1571 |
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P9 2024 (Nov / Dec 24) | 8472 | 1524 |
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P10 2024 (Dec 24 / Jan 25) | 8827 | 1756 |
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P11 2024 (Jan 25) | 8152 | 1611 |
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P12 2024 (Feb 25) | 7797 | 1410 |
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P13 2024 (Mar 25) | 7345 | 1451 |
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P1 2025 (Apr 25) | 7030 | 1541 |
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P2 2025 (Apr / May 25) | 7443 | 1546 |
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P3 2025 (May / Jun 25) | 7420 | 1576 | 1055 |
P4 2025 (Jun / Jul 25) | 7578 | 1557 | 5175 |
P5 2025 (Jul / Aug 25) | 7976 | 1937 | 5727 |
P6 2025 (Aug / Sep 25) | 8097 | 1937 | 5916 |
P7 2025 (Sep / Oct 25) | 8033 | 2045 | 5130 |
P8 2025 (Oct / Nov 25) | 8113 | 2226 | 5453 |
P9 2025 (Nov 25 / Dec 25) | 8663 | 2122 | 4997 |
P10 2025 (Dec 25 / Jan 26) | 8986 | 2034 | 5471 |
P11 2025 (Jan 26) | 8578 | 1944 | 5416 |
P12 2025 (Feb 26) | 8281 | 1767 | 4741 |
P13 2025 (Mar 26) | 7824 | 1665 | 5091 |
P1 2026 (Apr 26) | 8056 | 1744 | 4533 |
Table 2:
Absences by days lost, presented by calendar month
(Southeastern)
| SOUTHEASTERN |
Feb-24 | 5692 |
Mar-24 | 5369 |
Apr-24 | 5205 |
May-24 | 5330 |
Jun-24 | 4700 |
Jul-24 | 5783 |
Aug-24 | 5418 |
Sep-24 | 5482 |
Oct-24 | 6279 |
Nov-24 | 5510 |
Dec-24 | 6302 |
Jan-25 | 6678 |
Feb-25 | 5594 |
Mar-25 | 5309 |
Apr-25 | 5368 |
May-25 | 5144 |
Jun-25 | 5064 |
Jul-25 | 5714 |
Aug-25 | 5029 |
Sep-25 | 5717 |
Oct-25 | 5903 |
Nov-25 | 5341 |
Dec-25 | 6531 |
Jan-26 | 5879 |
Feb-26 | 4756 |
Mar-26 | 5533 |
Apr-26 | 5374 |
Table 3:
Absences by percentage, presented by Rail Period
(LNER, c2c, Greater Anglia, West Midlands Trains)
| LNER | c2c | GA | WMT |
P11 2023 (broadly Jan 24) | 6.46% |
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P12 2023 (Feb 24) | 5.91% |
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P13 2023 (Mar 24) | 5.25% |
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P1 2024 (Apr 24) | 5.35% |
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P2 2024 (Apr / May 24) | 5.56% |
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P3 2024 (May / Jun 24) | 5.34% |
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P4 2024 (Jun / Jul 24) | 5.25% |
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P5 2024 (Jul / Aug 24) | 6.06% |
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P6 2024 (Aug / Sep 24) | 5.96% |
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P7 2024 (Sep / Oct 24) | 5.66% |
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P8 2024 (Oct / Nov 24) | 6.33% |
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P9 2024 (Nov / Dec 24) | 6.48% |
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P10 2024 (Dec 24 / Jan 25) | 7.34% |
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P11 2024 (Jan 25) | 7.05% |
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P12 2024 (Feb 25) | 5.86% |
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P13 2024 (Mar 25) | 5.43% |
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P1 2025 (Apr 25) | 5.15% |
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P2 2025 (Apr / May 25) | 5.15% |
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P3 2025 (May / Jun 25) | 5.08% |
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P4 2025 (Jun / Jul 25) | 5.31% |
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P5 2025 (Jul / Aug 25) | 5.75% | 5.49% |
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P6 2025 (Aug / Sep 25) | 5.84% | 6.45% |
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P7 2025 (Sep / Oct 25) | 5.97% | 5.56% | 4.68% |
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P8 2025 (Oct / Nov 25) | 5.88% | 4.74% | 4.39% |
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P9 2025 (Nov 25 / Dec 25) | 6.24% | 3.73% | 5.06% |
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P10 2025 (Dec 25 / Jan 26) | 7.08% | 4.34% | 5.09% |
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P11 2025 (Jan 26) | 7.36% | 3.93% | 5.04% |
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P12 2025 (Feb 26) | 7.36% | 3.18% | 4.71% | 6.72% |
P13 2025 (Mar 26) | 6.94% | 3.24% | 4.82% | 7.09% |
P1 2026 (Apr 26) | 6.35% | 4.68% | 4.78% | 5.09% |