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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

1524625

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
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, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of pay levels for staff working across the railway network.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	68023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>According to data from the Office for National Statistics, in 2021 the median gross salary of all rail workers was £44,000. This is around 70% above the national median of £26,000.</p><p>A report, published on 6 October 2022 by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), benchmarked rail employment cost data for both Network Rail and for the first time Train Operating Companies with comparative roles. The report found aggregate industry level pay was broadly in line with (but towards the upper end of) that for comparable roles employed elsewhere in the UK economy.</p><p>The report can be found here: <a href="https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-10/review-of-rail-industry-employment-costs-06-10-2022_1.pdf" target="_blank">Review of rail industry employment costs (orr.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:27:40 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1491648

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for a deal between the train operating companies and trade unions on wage increases for rail workers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	42173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>There are regular discussions between the Chancellor and the Secretary of State, including on railway budgetary matters.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/09/2022 10:41:14 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

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

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

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

1361238

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
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, with reference to the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s franchise, what steps his Department is taking to review the wider use of executive bonuses and company dividends in the rail sector.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	58966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department will consider any lessons regarding the use of executive bonuses and company dividends as part of its review into Southeastern. Any lessons learned will be used to inform future contracts both on Southeastern and other TOCs.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/10/2021 14:39:11 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

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

1329438

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, whether the proposal that the Office of Rail and Road will publish data on rail workers salaries in the policy paper entitled Great British Railways: Williams-Shapps plan for rail, published by his Department on 20 May 2021, whether that data will include salaries of (a) employees of Great British Railways, (b) employees of operators of Passenger Service Contracts, (c) subcontracted staff on passenger service contracts, (d) employees of railway infrastructure sub-contractors, (e) workers on zero hours contracts, (f) railway infrastructure workers who are classified as self-employed, (g) agency railway workers, (h) workers on zero hours contracts and (i) employees of open access operators.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	10585
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 10584 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

1329439

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, with reference to the policy paper entitled Great British Railways: Williams-Shapps plan for rail, published by his Department on 20 May 2021, whether trade unions have been consulted on the proposal for the Office of Rail and Road to publish data on rail workers salaries.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	10586
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 10584 10585 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