I submitted an FOI ref FOI-3135-1819. I received a response stating that "If an employee has left on medical grounds and does not have more than 20 years service they would need to be granted an immediate enhanced medical pension in order for the credit to be added. Up to 5 years can be added to the total service of the employee in relation to retaining staff travel benefits. For example, if an employee left on medical grounds with 16 years service but had an approved pension enhancement, the total service would be added together and equal 21 years of service. TfL’s Staff Travel would need confirmation from the Pensions team that an enhancement has been approved." Would you be able to provide the copy of the document/policy which states the above or similar information please?

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TfL Ref: 0154-1920

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 12 April 2019 asking for a copy of the document/policy which describes the staff pension / staff travel policy around enhanced medical pensions.

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.

Attached is the Pass Retention Matrix which shows the leavers eligibility for staff travel. There is some information available on the staff travel page on our website – the extract below refers.  

Please note:

• If you left service through voluntary severance, the criteria for travel facilities are different from those detailed below. Please contact Staff Travel on 0800 0155 073 between 08:30 and 17:30 (Monday to Friday) for further details

   

• If you were dismissed from TfL, you are not eligible for travel facilities

   

• If you were granted an immediate enhanced ill-health pension, you may be credited with up to an additional five years to count towards your total service

   

• If you are a partner of a retired member of staff who has died, you can keep any retired travel facilities already issued

   

• You must hand in your Staff Oyster card and any other staff passes to your line manager on the day you leave TfL

You may also be eligible for free or reduced rate travel facilities through your local council and should contact them for more details.

Once we have confirmed that you are eligible for retaining travel facilities in retirement, your passes will be reissued as retired versions and sent to your home address.

We aim to issue retired passes to you before you leave TfL or, at the latest, within two weeks of you leaving.

There is also further information available at the following links: https://tfl.gov.uk/pensions/your-pension/staff-travel and https://tfl.gov.uk/pensions/your-pension/ill-health-retirement.

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 as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Sara Thomas

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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