To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people work in the Rail Directorate of his Department; and what the wages and salaries costs of the directorate were in each of the last five years. (141859)

The current established headcount of the Rail and National Networks Directorate is 325.

The Rail Directorate wages and salaries costs for the last five years were:

The 2005-06 and 2006-07 costs include staff transferred into the Department from the Strategic Rail Authority.