Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by the trade union, ASLEF, Dignity for Drivers, including the claim that train drivers do not always have access to safe, clean and dignified toilet facilities, or adequate time to use them, during the course of their working day of up to eight hours; what its position is on whether a lack of such facilities could establish a barrier to recruiting a more diverse workforce by having a disproportionate impact on people who (a) have chronic health conditions, (b) are female, (c) are older and (d) have protected characteristics, and whether it will undertake an urgent review of toilet facilities for drivers across the rail network.
The Scottish Government notes the report commissioned by ASLEF and its findings. Every worker should be able to work with dignity and this includes having an access to toilet facilities. The report findings are for train operating companies, as employers to consider.