Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 76344

South Western Railway: Personnel Management

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to ensure there is adequate payroll and human resources capacity within the Department to manage the employees of the newly nationalised South Western Railway operating compa

Answer

Simon Lightwood
South Western Railway (SWR) has been responsible for the provision of its own payroll and human resources services both before and after being taken into public ownership. The public ownership programme sees train operating companies transition into the D...
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