Request ID: FOI-0136-2324 Date published: 09 May 2023
You asked
1. The total number of people holding free travel passes from the TFL (excluding pensioner passes).
2. The number of free travel passes broken down as a. TFL Employees b. Employee Nominees c. TFL Retired Employees d. Retired Employees Nominees 3. The value of revenue that would have been generated in the last financial year, if all free travel undertaken had been paid for at your published tariffs.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-0136-2324
Thank you for your request received on 11 April 2023 asking for information about free travel for Transport for London (TfL) employees.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require.
Staff and Nominee passes are discretionary benefits. They are a key recruitment and retention tool and come as part of job employment packs. Their provision has been a long-standing part of the overall reward package given to both TfL employees and third parties such as bus operators since before TfL was formed in 2000.
You asked for:
1. The total number of people holding free travel passes from the TFL (excluding pensioner passes) 2. The number of free travel passes broken down as: a. TFL Employees b. Employee Nominees c. TFL Retired Employees d. Retired Employees Nominees
The information you have requested has recently been provided in response to a separate FOI request:
3. The value of revenue that would have been generated in the last financial year, if all free travel undertaken had been paid for at your published tariffs
We do not hold this information as we cannot record what journeys might have been taken if the journeys had been paid for.
Additionally, there is no cost to TfL because the number of journeys made is a tiny proportion of the 13m journeys made every day on TfL-run transport, meaning no additional services need to be operated. All TfL employees and their nominees are expected to act as ambassadors for TfL, helping ensure the security of the system and helping assist our customers where necessary.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob Senior FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
