Soames insisted the visit was “essential for this small and remote community”, and did not breach Scottish Government guidelines “as it involves travel to and from a place of work, and could not have been conducted from home”. Soames, a grandson of Winston Churchill, made £4.5million last year, including a £255,000 pension contribution, for his role as Serco chief executive. Transport Scotland, the Scottish Government agency which Serco is answerable to, said: “We were not aware this visit was happening.” Labour’s Colin Smyth said: “There is a big difference between the role a train driver plays ensuring fellow key workers get to work and a chief executive touring the country. “The message in Scotland remains ‘stay at home except for essential purposes,’ and few will see Soames’s tour as essential.” Soames made visits in recent weeks to Serco’s operations, including an immigration centre in Bedfordshire and prisons in London, Staffordshire and Doncaster.
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