Review of rail industry employment costs (orr.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>"}
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<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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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>"}
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Information relating to train drivers\u2019 salary is managed and set by the individual Train Operating Companies in line with their annual budgets.<\/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>"}
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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: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14<\/a><\/p>Data from the above statistics states that for \u2018train and tram drivers\u2019, median annual gross pay was:<\/p>
2021 = £59,189<\/p>
2020 = £55,546<\/p>
2019 = £56,102<\/p>
The 80th percentile figures, where the top 20% of employees are paid above this figure, are<\/p>
2021 = £70,352<\/p>
2020 = £67,709<\/p>
2019 = £67,037<\/p>
Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL).<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> <\/p>"}
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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>"}
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A modern and sustainable rail industry will benefit from increased transparency and the ability to compare its practices with similar sectors.<\/p>"}
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