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1329437

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the policy paper entitled Great British Railways: Williams-Shapps plan for rail, published by his Department on 20 May 2021, proposes that the Office of Rail and Road will publish data on rail workers salaries.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	10584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>A modern and sustainable rail industry will benefit from increased transparency and the ability to compare its practices with similar sectors.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 10585 10586 question first answered 09/06/2021 13:11:46 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1564855

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail sector employees are currently receiving salaries exceeding £40,000.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	118957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Network Rail publish a breakdown of staff salaries by bands which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Staff-salary-breakdown-in-20k-bands-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Staff-salary-breakdown-in-20k-bands-2022.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>It shows that as of 8 February 2022 around 20,000 (47 per cent) of its staff were earning basic salaries of £40,000 or more. Information on train operating companies is not held centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 17/01/2023 17:10:35 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1472245

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the average salary of (a) train guards, (b) train drivers and (c) signalling staff as of 21 June 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	uin	22384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Rail staff salaries are managed and set by the individual Train Operating Companies and Network Rail in line with their annual budgets.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) report that in 2021 median gross annual pay for train and tram drivers in the UK was approximately £59,000. The ONS does not specifically report on the pay of train guards and signalling staff but do publish pay estimates of wider groupings of which they are a part. Rail Travel Assistants (including train guards) had average gross median pay of circa £33,000 in 2021. The equivalent for Rail Transport Operatives (including signalling staff) was circa £49,000.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 27/06/2022 13:47:27 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1000305

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2018 to Question 178322 on Train Operating Companies: Pay, whether he has asked the Rail Delivery Group to include executive pay in the development of a pay award system that uses CPI as the inflation measure for future pay deals.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	187388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The rail industry has been shifting away from RPI over time and most rail industry costs now are not linked to RPI, with the primary exception of wages. The Secretary of State for Transport has asked the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to develop an approach for how earnings growth for all employees could be more closely aligned with CPI, with the aim of ensuring that the railway is affordable for the fare paying and tax paying public. He has not made any reference to a ‘pay award system’ for any groups of staff.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Pay negotiations and the settlements reached by individual employers and trade unions remain a matter for local collective bargaining.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 13:42:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

985710

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice he provided to train operating companies on the measure of inflation to be used for future pay negotiations.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	178322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has asked the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to support the industry in developing an approach to move towards adopting CPI as the inflation measure for future pay deals. We have made a similar request of the trades unions, with the aim of ensuring that the railway is affordable for the fare paying and tax paying public for decades to come.</p><p> </p><p>It may be appropriate to have above inflation pay where there are productivity or similar improvements.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2018 10:01:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

987758

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative risk assessment he has made of (a) imposing and (b) negotiating changes to the measure of inflation used for rail industry pay negotiations.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	179231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>In August, the Secretary of State for Transport wrote to the Rail Delivery Group and to the trades unions, asking them to adopt CPI, and not RPI, as the basis for inflation when negotiating wage deals. As you know, CPI is the more widely used and reliable measure of inflation.</p><p> </p><p>This would be a significant step in ensuring that costs in the rail industry do not rise faster than ticket prices. It will help to ensure that the railway is affordable for the fare paying and tax paying public for decades to come, while making sure that those who work on the railway continue to receive fair reward. Of course, pay negotiations and the settlements reached by individual employers and trade unions remain a matter for local collective bargaining.</p><p> </p><p>In his letter to the trades unions the Secretary of State invited them to meet with the Rail minister so this might be discussed further.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/10/2018 14:55:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1471451

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average annual remuneration of train drivers in 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	Brendan Clarke-Smith
	uin	20307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Information relating to train drivers’ salary is managed and set by the individual Train Operating Companies in line with their annual budgets.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics report that median gross annual pay for all train and tram drivers in the UK was approximately £59,000 in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 20308 20309 20310 20311 question first answered 22/06/2022 13:50:48 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4756 label Biography information for Brendan Clarke-Smith

1653346

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's negotiating priorities are during pay negotiations with train drivers' unions.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	194366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s priorities are to resolve the dispute and work with the industry to deliver crucial reform to our railways. The Government has no formal role in the negotiations but has facilitated meetings between Trade Unions and their employers in seeking to bring the disputes to an end. It has always been the role of employers to negotiate with unions, as the pay offers are put forward by the train operators.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 04/09/2023 12:29:41 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1465399

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the (a) average starting salary, (b) average salary (including bonuses and overtime), (c) highest salary (including bonuses and overtime) paid to a (i) train driver and (ii) tube driver in the UK in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	8210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Information relating to salary is managed and set by the individual Train Operating Companies in line with their annual budgets. The Office for National Statistics publishes detailed statistics on pay by occupation at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Femploymentandlabourmarket%2Fpeopleinwork%2Fearningsandworkinghours%2Fdatasets%2Foccupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPaul.Cox%40dft.gov.uk%7C4e6237b7d2104905817f08da3e63965b%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C637890894688946949%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GRzVHwR8AoU5h86EORUDJMFnX1oXg0%2BTZBD%2FbpeO6eM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14</a></p><p>Data from the above statistics states that for ‘train and tram drivers’, median annual gross pay was:</p><p>2021 = £59,189</p><p>2020 = £55,546</p><p>2019 = £56,102</p><p>The 80th percentile figures, where the top 20% of employees are paid above this figure, are</p><p>2021 = £70,352</p><p>2020 = £67,709</p><p>2019 = £67,037</p><p>Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/06/2022 10:06:36 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1037956

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with train operating companies and Network Rail to discuss the transfer of the link between rail pay settlements from the retail prices index to the consumer prices index; and if he will publish the minutes and agreed outcomes of those meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	206376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has regular meetings with the rail industry where a wide range of issues, including workforce questions, are discussed. Minutes of Ministerial meetings are not routinely published in order to ensure participants can exchange views in confidence and with trust, as well as to protect commercially sensitive information. There are no plans to publish the minutes of these meetings.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/01/2019 11:37:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald