Request ID: FOI-0966-2223 Date published: 17 August 2022
You asked
I would like to know the number of staff absences due to Covid.
Please could you provide the number of staff absences separated by train operators and non-train operators.
Could I have the number presented per month, from March 2020 to July 21, 2022.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-0966-2223
Thank you for your request received on 21 July 2022 asking for information about staff absence due to Covid.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require.
Please find the requested information in the table below. The figures provided are the number of absences for employees that displayed symptoms and tested positive for Covid (and do not include other Covid-related reasons for absence). Please also note that ‘TfL Other’ is all other TfL staff that are not listed as a ‘Train Operator’, it does not include third parties such as bus drivers.
By Year and Month
Train Operator vs TfL Other
Year
Month
TfL Other
Train Operator
Total
2020
March
3
3
April
4
4
June
1
1
July
2
2
October
1
1
November
1
1
December
12
4
16
2020 Total
24
4
28
2021
January
13
13
26
February
9
7
16
March
109
53
162
April
55
31
86
May
35
17
52
June
80
23
103
July
307
103
410
August
326
100
426
September
190
84
274
October
288
90
378
November
329
120
449
December
1563
569
2132
2021 Total
3304
1210
4514
2022
January
836
199
1035
February
417
143
560
March
717
200
917
April
402
114
516
May
199
42
241
June
452
124
576
July
688
183
871
2022 Total
3711
1005
4716
The figures for 2020 will be impacted by the general lack of widespread testing capacity at that time and the absence of any dedicated Covid-related sickness code in our recording system for much of the year.
If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob Senior FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London