Increase driver briefing frequency with safety as primary agenda item

LADB-12 Response Historic

Increase driver briefing frequency with safety as primary agenda item

Recommendation

Thames Trains should increase the frequency of the briefing of drivers with a view to ensuring that each driver has a face to face meeting with his or her driver standards manager at least monthly, if not more often, and safety should be the first item on the agenda of these meetings (para 9.29).

Published Evidence Summary

The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:

No specific publicly available evidence has been identified detailing an increase in the frequency of driver briefings by Thames Trains or successor companies, with safety as the primary agenda item, as a direct response to the Ladbroke Grove Inquiry recommendation. Generic searches on gov.uk for 'increase driver briefing' do not provide specific details related to this inquiry.

How was this assessed?

Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 24 Mar 2026

Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)

External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk

Jurisdiction

UK-wide