Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the potential effect on gateline staffing levels at (a) Birmingham New Street, (b) Coventry and (c) all stations on the London Midland line of London Midland’s proposals to reduce the number of revenue protection staff.

Stephen Hammond

Staffing levels and to which role staff are allocated are matters for the train operator, as long as they continue to deliver the services that meet the requirements of the Franchise Agreement.