Question follow-through · 10330

National Highways and Network Rail: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average age and (b) number of deaths in service was for employees of (i) National Highways and (ii) Network Rail in each of the last ten years.

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Department for Transport
Tabled
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
18 Jun 2026
Answer
23 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average age and (b) number of deaths in service was for employees of (i) National Highways and (ii) Network Rail in each of the last ten years.

  2. 18 Jun 2026

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  3. 23 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The tables below show the average age of all active employees at the start of each year and the number of employees who have died while in service across each year at both National Highways and Network Rail.National Highways (NH)YearAverage age of all NH ...

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