Network Rail: Staff

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 12 June 2023.

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Photo of Rachael Maskell Rachael Maskell Labour/Co-operative, York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of rail infrastructure workers not employed by Network Rail who hold personal track safety certificates.

Photo of Rachael Maskell Rachael Maskell Labour/Co-operative, York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on recorded safety incidents occurring on the rail network involving subcontracted workers during control period 6.

Photo of Rachael Maskell Rachael Maskell Labour/Co-operative, York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on recorded safety incidents involving rail infrastructure workers who hold personal track safety certificates who are not employed by Network Rail during control period 6.

Photo of Huw Merriman Huw Merriman Minister of State (Department for Transport)

My Department does not gather or hold data on safety incidents that have occurred on the rail network involving sub-contracted workers. The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) record this data for the mainline railway in Great Britain via its Safety Management Intelligence System.

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