Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail sector employees are currently receiving salaries exceeding £40,000.

Network Rail publish a breakdown of staff salaries by bands which is available at the following link:

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Staff-salary-breakdown-in-20k-bands-2022.xlsx

It shows that as of 8 February 2022 around 20,000 (47 per cent) of its staff were earning basic salaries of £40,000 or more. Information on train operating companies is not held centrally by the Department.