Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Civil Aviation (Working Time) Regulations 2004 to ensure that workers in civil aviation are awarded the national average annual leave entitlement.

Department for Transport officials are liaising with colleagues in the Civil Aviation Authority to understand and review the historic rationale for the divergence in annual leave entitlements between the Civil Aviation (Working Time) Regulations and other legislation. Should the Department determine that amendments are appropriate, it would then look to consult with the sector to help inform any assessment.