FOI request detail

Service controllers

Request ID: FOI-1180-2021
Date published: 13 October 2020

You asked

- How many Female Service Controllers do London underground currently employ? - How many of them are an ethnic minority ? - How diverse are they in age ?

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-1180-2021

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 27th September 2020 asking for information about female Service Controllers working for 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 the information you require. Your questions are answered in turn below:

Question 1: How many Female Service Controllers do London underground currently employ?

Answer:  41.

Question 2: How many of them are an ethnic minority ?

Answer: 14 are from an ethnic minority (figures based on staff who have declared their ethnicity).

Question 3: - How diverse are they in age?

Answer: See graph below:

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Yours sincerely,

David Wells

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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