Request ID: FOI-0692-2122 Date published: 16 July 2021
You asked
Follow-up to 0494-2122:
Please let me know how many former Dial A Ride have asked for redundancy, and how many Dial A Ride have left their jobs and how much money Dial A Ride had to pay in redundancy package to all the drivers who have left and what will Dial A Ride do with surplus buses of Dial A Ride. Buses sell or keep the buses for future use.
How much is cost of hire of tube train on the London Underground and which firm provides all the rolling stock for the trains for year 2020-21.
Send me copies of accounts for London Underground, Buses and Dial A Ride when available and Crossrail accounts for 2020-21 and 2021-22.
And full address of firm Metroline buses.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0692-2121
Thank you for your request of 1st July 2021 asking for information about Dial A Ride and London Underground.
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. Your questions are answered in turn below:
Questions 1: Please let me know how many former Dial A Ride have asked for redundancy, and how many Dial A Ride have left their jobs and how much money Dial A Ride had to pay in redundancy package to all the drivers who have left and what will Dial A Ride do with surplus buses of Dial A Ride. Buses sell or keep the buses for future use.
Answer: In response to a considerable fall in demand for Dial-a-Ride journeys due to the Covid-19 pandemic, TfL offered a voluntary exit programme to its operational staff in March. In total 104 Dial-a-Ride drivers took up the offer to leave the business, and they left in June 2021. TfL paid a total of £4,937,971 in exit payments to those drivers. These costs will be recovered within a year due to salary savings. At present, it is Dial-a-Ride’s intention to keep all of the 256 vehicles in our fleet until we have a better idea of the likely future demand for the service
Questions 2: How much is cost of hire of tube train on the London Underground and which firm provides all the rolling stock for the trains for year 2020-21.
Answer: London Underground does not hire out tube trains. London Underground provides all the tube trains, except those for the Northern Line which are provided by Alstom.
Questions 3: Send me copies of accounts for London Underground, Buses and Dial A Ride when available and Crossrail accounts for 2020-21 and 2021-22.
Answer: The TfL Annual Report and Accounts for the years 2020-21 and 2021-22 (which is the current financial year, which will not end until 31st March 2022) have not yet been produced. We publish the Accounts on our website via the following link – the most recent year for which a report exists is 2019-20:
Question 4: And full address of firm Metroline buses.
Answer: The address of Metroline is:
Comfortdelgro Corporation Ltd
ComfortDelGro House
3rd Floor
329 Edgware Road
Cricklewood
London NW2 6JP
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