Monday 30 Nov 2015
Transparency update - November 2015
- Region & Route:
- National
Network Rail has today published new and updated information on its online transparency portal.
Transparency is a key theme within Network Rail’s five-year strategic business plan. We believe that being more open and accessible will make Network Rail more accountable to the travelling public, taxpayers and politicians.
Mark Farrow, head of transparency for Network Rail, said: “We’re continuing to publish more information as part of our commitment to being more open and transparent. Our aim is to make it easier for people to understand what we do, how we do it and why.
“We know that being more transparent will help us improve public understanding of our role in the rail industry, the challenges we face and what we’re doing to meet them. We want to get more people engaged in our work so that they understand us better and can help us improve.
“We recognise that there is always more to be done, so we are committed to making transparency part of everything we do at Network Rail.”
The new categories of information published today include:
- Salary bands in the most senior grades in our organisational structure
- Gender and ethnicity split of candidates in the recruitment process
- A narrative piece about payments made to operators when our planned work disrupts their services
- The payments made to operators when our planned work disrupts their services
- Our transparency publication schedule
- Station staff assault figures
- A breakdown of length of employment across our workforce
- A selection of level crossing risk assessments
- The network explained
We have also refreshed a further 28 existing categories with new data.
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Notes to editors
Network Rail’s transparency portal is: www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency/
On 1 September 2014 Network Rail was reclassified as a public body, and since April 2015 has been subject to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. For more information on how to make a FOI request visit http://www.networkrail.co.uk/FOI/
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