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Southeastern Trains: Directors

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 134387, tabled on 4 March 2022

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour
Streatham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all members of the Board of Southeastern Trains Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OLR DfT Holdings Ltd, are entitled to (a) free rail travel or (b) rail staff travel facilities.

Answer

Wendy Morton
Conservative
Aldridge-Brownhills
Commons

Answered on

9 March 2022

This answer is a correction from the original answer.

SE Trains Ltd board members are entitled to free rail travel on the SE Trains Ltd network during working hours. The Managing Director of SE Trains Ltd, who is also a board member, is also entitled to free rail travel and rail staff travel facilities at all times. One SE Trains Ltd board member is also entitled to free rail travel and rail staff travel facilities on other services, as a result of employment benefits obtained before assuming their role at SE Trains Ltd.

Original answer

Members of the South East Train’s Board are not entitled to either free rail travel, or rail staff facilities.

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Department for Transport
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