PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: North of England (20 February 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps in the invitation to tender for the Northern Rail and TransPennine Express franchises to ensure that there is always a second person on the train in addition to the driver.

Asked by:
Karl Turner (Labour)

The Department does not specify the numbers of staff or how they should be deployed, as this is something that the operators are much better placed to understand and manage than we are.

Train operating companies have to abide by all appropriate health and safety requirements.

Answered by:
Claire Perry (Conservative)
26 February 2015