Office of Rail and Road: Pay

(asked on 4th September 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to bring the setting of the (a) salary of the Chief Executive of the Office of Road and Rail Regulation (ORR) and (b) fees of the current Chairman of ORR within his responsibility; and if he will bring forward proposals to place the benefits received by the (i) executive board members, (ii) non-executive board members, (iii) senior management, (iv) Chief Executive and (v) Chairman of ORR within his responsibility.


Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 11th September 2015

My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State has no plans to bring forward proposals to change the current arrangements on the matters my honourable friend refers to given that such arrangements are already subject to appropriate scrutiny by Ministers.

The Secretary of State is already responsible for setting the salary and fees of the Chair and other non-executive board members of the ORR and determining their terms and conditions of appointment within the framework of relevant guidance published by the Cabinet Office.

The ORR is responsible for setting the salary, and terms and conditions of appointment of its Chief Executive. However, before making an appointment of a Chief Executive, the ORR is required to obtain approval from HM Treasury in relation to the Chief Executive’s terms and conditions of appointment.

The ORR’s senior managers, including executive directors (other than the Chief Executive as referred to above), receive benefits consistent with their employment in the Senior Civil Service. These benefits must accord with the remuneration parameters and approvals process set out for the Senior Civil Service by the Cabinet Office.

More generally, in relation to each of the categories of employees and non-executives referred to in my honourable friend’s question, all remuneration packages over £142,500 must be approved by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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