FOI request detail

Staff Absences Due to Covid

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 MonthTrain Operator vs TfL Other 
YearMonthTfL OtherTrain OperatorTotal
2020March3 3
 April4 4
 June1 1
 July2 2
 October1 1
 November1 1
 December12416
2020 Total 24428
2021January131326
 February9716
 March10953162
 April553186
 May351752
 June8023103
 July307103410
 August326100426
 September19084274
 October28890378
 November329120449
 December15635692132
2021 Total 330412104514
2022January8361991035
 February417143560
 March717200917
 April402114516
 May19942241
 June452124576
 July688183871
2022 Total 371110054716

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

[email protected]

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