London Underground Train Drivers by various criteria
Request ID: FOI-1272-2122 Date published: 04 October 2021
You asked
I am interested in the composition of London Underground Train Drivers by various criteria.
To make absolutely clear, a London Underground Train Driver is the person who drives the train. There are the person in the cab at the
front of the train as it pulls into the station.
London Underground I understand to be the rail services on the Central, Northern, District, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan,
Jubilee, Piccadilly, Waterloo & City, and Victoria Lines.
I would be interested in the numbers as follows:
1. The total number of train drivers on the above lines currently employed by London Underground. Of these, the number identifying as:
1. White British
2. White Irish
3. White Other
4. Black and minority ethnic
2. The number of male train drivers
3. The number of female train drivers
4. The number of identifying as transgender or other forms of gender-fluid train drivers
5. The number of people identifying as Gay or Lesbian train drivers.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-1272-2122/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 16 September 2021 asking for information about the demographic composition of London Underground Train Drivers by various criteria.
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.
TfL is committed to being fully representative of London through achieving diversity of its workforce and having an inclusive culture and working practices. We continuously strive towards improving diversity in an industry that is traditionally more highly represented by men than women. We publish annually our Diversity and Inclusion Impact report which includes the progress on meeting the workforce diversity. This and other Diversity and Inclusion publications are available on our website here: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/equality-and-inclusion-publications
Please see the tables below which provide the information you have requested.
If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
