United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 92153
Railways: Standards
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18 November 2025
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26 November 2025 · Answer
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26 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains were cancelled due to staff shortages in each year since 2015; and whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of those cancellations.
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18 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains were cancelled due to staff shortages in each year since 2015; and whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of those cancellations.
Source: Commons
26 November 2025
Answer
The Department does not hold a complete historical dataset of cancellations specifically attributed to staff shortages dating back to 2015. However, Network Rail collects management information on the percentage of trains cancelled due to traincrew issues...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-18/92153
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1853858
- uk · wq-1853858 · source updated 26 November 2025