Request ID: FOI-0344-2122 Date published: 14 June 2021
You asked
What assessment has been made regarding the financial success of the "Fit for the Future - Stations" programme?
The announcement in November 2013 said that the programme would deliver "£50m per year, and £270m in total up to 2020-2021". Now that FY2020/2021 is over, what is the total amount of savings delivered by the scheme
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0344-2122
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 18 May 2021, asking about the Fit for the Future programme.
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. You asked:
What assessment has been made regarding the financial success of the "Fit for the Future - Stations" programme?
The announcement in November 2013 said that the programme would deliver "£50m per year, and £270m in total up to 2020-2021". Now that FY2020/2021 is over, what is the total amount of savings delivered by the scheme?
The Fit for the Future Stations programme was a financial success, delivering the savings target of £50m per annum when it was fully implemented in 2016/17. Following a review of the programme by London TravelWatch in November 2016 a number of recommendations were made, including the reintroduction of a significant number of roles to the organisation in the following year. This in turn reduced the annual financial benefit being delivered, however the programme continues to deliver embedded run rate savings of £35m per annum.
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Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
