Safety Policy Group
The Safety Policy Group (SPG) was established by RSSB in 2005 to provide strategic advice in respect of:
- The Strategic Safety Plan, and the related items of
- Proposals for legislation with the potential to impact on the safety of the railway and / or the costs of securing safe operation
- The Safety Decisions Programme
- Safety management systems' issues
- Data gathering, analysis and the reporting of safety performance
- Risk analysis and risk management
- Strategic management issues arising from accident investigations
- Safety policy issues.
The Safety Policy Group also has the following roles:
- to act as the senior client group for research and development in respect of the above activities.
- to act as a forum to formulate ideas for input to Government processes developing the High Level Output Specifications (HLOS)
- to oversee the coordination of industry input to the safety workstreams of the European Rail Agency
SPG consists of a member nominated by each industry constituency, RSSB, plus observers from the Department for Transport, Office of Rail Regulation, and Channel Tunnel Rail Link. The group meets at least quarterly, and reports its activities on a regular basis to the RSSB Board.
