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Great British Railways: Workplace Pensions

Asked by Kim JohnsonLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 25 March 2026UIN 121425

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including provisions for the protection of transport workers’ pensions during the transition to Great British Railways in the Railways Bill.

Answered by Keir Mather

After the transition to Great British Railways, we plan for the Railways Pension Scheme to continue to be the primary vehicle through which rail employees build up their pension provision. The protections within the 1993 Railways Act remain unchanged by the Railways Bill and consequentially pensions are not mentioned in the Bill.

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