Wednesday 22 May 2013
Transparency update
- Region & Route:
- National
Network Rail refreshed and expanded the data available on its website’s transparency portal today: www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency
New categories are Network Rail’s:
- Expenditure on hire cars
- Group expenses
- Level crossings
- Members’ biographies
- Members’ expenses
- Members’ expenses policy
- Organisation chart
- Top 20 suppliers
- Workforce headcount
The updated data includes the following information categories:
- Budget and costs of high-profile projects
- Executive directors’ business expenses
- Expenditure on hotels
- Expenditure on IT
- Expenditure on staff travel
- Non-executive directors’ business expenses
- Payment performance
- Sourcing cycle times
Mark Farrow, Network Rail’s head of transparency said: “Network Rail continues to make more information publically available and these categories will grow. This makes us more accountable and is good for business.
“We remain receptive to any requests for further information that can help individuals or organisations greater understand our business.”
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