{"value":{"id":1754032,"askingMemberId":5062,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-09T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-13T00:00:00","uin":"23023","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what industrial disputes are ongoing within (a) their Department and (b) each of the arm’s length bodies connected to their Department; how many (i) staff and (ii) contractors are involved in each dispute; what the form of industrial action is in each dispute; which recognised trade union is involved in each dispute; what the substantive matter is that is being disputed in each case; and what steps he plans to take to end each dispute.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4316,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-17T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>No recognised trade union currently holds a mandate to call industrial action in the Department for Transport or its Executive Agencies.</p><p>Members of PCS and Prospect unions in the Civil Aviation Authority have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over pay. The CAA is a statutory corporation and a public corporation of the Department for Transport. The number of staff potentially involved in the dispute is approximately 1,600, although it is estimated that 22% of staff are members of these unions.</p><p>PCS has called for a two-day strike commencing on 16 January followed by an overtime ban and work to rule.</p><p>Prospect has called for an overtime ban and work to rule commencing on 20 January.</p><p>Ministers look forward to a speedy resolution of this dispute and note that discussions between CAA management and unions are continuing. The pay of employees of the CAA is wholly a matter for the organisation itself.</p><p> </p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Transport: Industrial Disputes","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1754032","method":"GET"}]}