Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information (a) he and (b) Network Rail holds on the number of staff on zero hours contracts working on railway infrastructure contracts let by Network Rail.

Network Rail does not hold this information as it is a commercial matter for suppliers as to how they recruit their workers. Network Rail has put in place a Code of Conduct for its supply chain that does not preclude the use of zero hours contracts, but outlines key requirements in terms of safety, driving, health & wellbeing, competency & training, tools & equipment, behaviours and ethics for workers deployed on Network Rail contracts. The Code of Conduct is a requirement in all new contracts.