Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2021 to Question 170710 on Railways: Staff, if he will publish that diversity data in accessible formats.

There are no current plans to publish the information currently being provided to the Department by Train Operating Companies (TOC’s) on the diversity of its workforce.

Information from TOC’s under Emergency Recovery Measure Agreements (ERMA) has started to be received by the Department, for initial consideration. Those TOC’s not contracted under an ERMA do not currently have this obligation in place and as such the information currently collated will not be an accurate reflection of the whole rail industry workforce.