Lilian Greenwood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2014-03-31.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed by Directly Operated Railways in March (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
Stephen Hammond
The total budgeted staff costs for the years in question are as follows.
|
£000’s |
Salaries |
Other Staff Costs |
Consultants |
Total |
|
2010/11 |
539 |
77 |
412 |
1028 |
|
2011/12 |
476 |
52 |
386 |
914 |
|
2012/13 |
194 |
32 |
853 |
1079 |
|
2013/14 |
378 |
10 |
455 |
843 |
|
2014/15 |
1245 |
61 |
187 |
1493 |
|
2015/16 |
No Budget |
As with all other costs associated with Directly Operated Railways (DOR), these are recovered through a combination of a management charge to their subsidiary (East Coast Main Line Company Ltd), charges to the performance bond which was secured from National Express following the early termination of their franchise in 2009 and fees charged to the Department for Transport for services in connection with the Rail Franchising (Direct Awards) programme.
The total headcount in DOR for the years in question are set out in the table below.
|
Year ending March |
Core DOR |
Direct Award |
|
2010 |
7 |
|
|
2011 |
7 |
|
|
2012 |
7 |
|
|
2013 |
8 |
|
|
2014 |
7 |
6* |
*Prior to the year ending March 2014, DOR’s work in respect of the Direct Award programme was staffed by a combination of the core DOR team and consultants.
