East Midlands Rail Franchise: Pensions

(asked on 1st May 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2019 to Question 245609 on Railways: Franchises, whether the recent bidders for the East Midlands Trains franchise were subject to different requirements from those of previous bidders in respect of their responsibilities for pension contributions (a) now and (b) at a later date.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 8th May 2019

No. Since privatisation, train operators have always been, and will continue to be, responsible for paying employer pension contributions required under the schedule of contributions applicable during their franchise term. There are no plans to change this arrangement.

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