HL Deb 16 December 2002 vol 642 cc80-1WA
Lord Berkeley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many staff are currently employed at the Strategic Rail Authority, broken down into: (a) freight; (b) passenger franchise management; (c) strategy; (d) infrastructure management; (e) finance; (f) human resources; (g) communications; and (h) other; and what changes in structure are planned in the next six months. [HL388]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Macdonald of Tradeston)

The table below gives the current headcount of the Strategic Rail Authority and the projected headcount for 1 April 2003.

Directorate Functions Headcount at 16/10/2002 Projected headcount 01/04/2003
Freight Freight operations and policy, international freight, grants, freight business development 21 29
Operations Franchise management, performance and contracts, rolling stock, passenger and licensing, compliance and enforcement 126 160
Strategic planning Network regulation, economist, planning, policy, business management, sponsorship 36 78
Technical Safety development, European technical, systems/infrastructure, innovation and research 4 10
Finance and commercial IT, procurement, financial control, projects and transactions, programme management 77 115
Human resources Premises and services, rail industry HR, business improvement, internal communications. SRA HR 30 33
Communications Media, press 6 8
Legal Legal counsel, legal services 9 14
Corporate affairs Parliamentary and public communications, stakeholder relations, European affairs 24 25
Chairman's office Chairman's office 4 4
Secretarial and risk assurance Secretariat, risk assurance 5 8
Total 342 484