Request ID: FOI-0230-2122 Date published: 27 May 2021
You asked
Dear Transport for London,
Could you provide please, data within TFL and London Underground of:
How many TFL and LU employees are currently Graduates that are/were enrolled and accepted onto the Transport For London and London Underground Graduate Scheme since 2011:
Analysed yearly and cumulatively please?
How many have successfully completed the Graduate scheme by year started and year completed?
What was their subsequent role and band once completing their graduate scheme allocation?(anonymised)
The BAME profiles as a number of each yearly batch of successful graduate enrollment candidates enrolled onto the scheme?
The BAME profiles as a number of each yearly batch of successful candidates that successfully completed the scheme?
The total number of roles CURRENTLY held (Either as a Secondment or Permanent) by Graduate personnel that enrolled onto/completed any TFL or LU Graduate schemes please?
Listed clearly as either under Transport for London or London Underground for :
Band 3
Band 4
Band 5
Director/or Higher than Band 5
Seconded to External organizations (NHS, Civil Service et al)
E.G:
(As in Band 3: -
Total Graduates = x
Then: TFL = x and LU = x and Seconded = x( Listing Role x )
Please include a BAME and Religious characteristic breakdown of each of the above please.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-0230-2122/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 2 May 2021 asking for information about the TFL and LU Graduate Scheme.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold some of the information you require.
Please see the attached document providing the requested information. Please note that in accordance with TfL’s obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), information on positions where there are less than ten people in these posts has been withheld as required by section 40(2) of the FOI Act as personal data of these persons could be identified. Specific job titles have also not been disclosed. Disclosure of this personal data would be a breach of the DPA, specifically the first principle of the DPA which requires all processing of personal data to be fair and lawful. It would not be fair to disclose this personal information when the individuals have no expectation it would be disclosed and TfL has not satisfied one of the conditions of Schedule 2 of the Data Protection Act which would make the processing ‘fair’.
This exemption to the right of access to information is an absolute exemption and not subject to an assessment of whether the public interest favours use of the exemption.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are considering submitting a further FOI request please think carefully about whether the request is essential at this current time, as answering FOI requests will require the use of limited resources and the attention of staff who could be supporting other essential activity. Where requests are made, please note that our response time may be impacted by the current situation.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
