Request ID: FOI-0791-2223 Date published: 29 July 2022
You asked
Hi there,
With reference to FOI-0530-2223/GH, could you please tell me how many TfL staff have failed unannounced testing each year for alcohol and drugs during the past ten years?
And can you please tell me how many TfL staff have been sacked as a result of failing this testing?
We answered
Our ref: FOI-0791-2223/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 2 July 2022 asking for information about alcohol and drug testing.
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 the information you require.
The safety of employees and customers is always of paramount importance, and on that basis we operate a zero-tolerance approach to alcohol and drugs misuse, as detailed in the appropriate policy documents. Nonetheless, TfL is committed wherever possible to supporting employees who have a problem with drugs or alcohol and who come forward to seek help. As with all disciplinary matters, the circumstances of each individual case will be different and considered on its merits. It should be noted that any employee who chose to resign following a positive test result but before the associated disciplinary process had completed would not necessarily be included in the ‘Staff dismissed’ data set below.
Please see the table below providing the requested data for unannounced testing for alcohol and drugs:
Failed tests
Staff dismissed
2012
6
2
2013
4
1
2014
9
7
2015
14
4
2016
5
1
2017
4
1
2018
6
2
2019
12
7
2020
8
5
2021
5
3
2022
3
0
Total
76
33
If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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
