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Great British Railways: Workplace Pensions

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.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
19 Mar 2026
Answer
25 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 19 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    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 t...

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