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Great British Railways: Workplace Pensions

Commons · Question 121425 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

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.

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 25 Mar 2026

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...