Air Traffic Control: Staff

(asked on 29th June 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Rebecca Smith Portrait
Rebecca Smith
(Conservative - South West Devon)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have (a) applied for, (b) commenced and (c) successfully completed air traffic controller training in each of the last five years.

Answered by
Keir Mather Portrait
Keir Mather
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 7th July 2026

The Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority do not hold data on the number of individuals who applied for, started, or successfully completed air traffic controller training in each of the last five years.

Since 2022-23, the Civil Aviation Authority has published the number of licensed air traffic controllers in its Annual Report & Accounts. This is summarised in the table below.

Licensed Air Traffic Controllers (based on data from published CAA Annual Report)

Year

Source

2209

As at end FY2024/25

CAA Annual Report & Accounts 2024-25

2330

As at end FY2023/24

CAA Annual Report & Accounts 2023-24

2120

As at end FY 2022/23

CAA Annual Report & Accounts 2022-23

2194

As at end FY2021/22

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