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1658765

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date	06/09/2023
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, whether his Department is seeking to negotiate reforms to the rail network as part of its pay negotiations with train drivers' unions.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	198075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>As the Department is not the employer, negotiations are between the industry and the trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>The Rail Delivery Group, on behalf of the train operators, has presented a fair and reasonable offer to the rail trade unions including ASLEF, which included urgent reform to ensure our railways are financially and operationally sustainable for the benefit of passengers, rail workers and the taxpayer as well as delivering a pay rise.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 13/09/2023 13:56:38 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

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

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