Request ID: FOI-1426-2122 Date published: 25 October 2021
You asked
Follow-up from refs: 1108/1109/1110-2122
Dear FOI and Jasmine Howard,
Thank you for your detailed reply and apologies for the later response, however could you clarify some of the requested information please:
7) You have stated earlier within these replies:
"We can advise that the 032238 Area Manager campaign referenced above is
the only campaign to have taken place in the last 18 months....
There were 18 permanent appointments made for Area Managers."
You have then also then stated for that same campaign :
"Permanent Offer Metropolitan Line
6 month secondment Victoria and Bakerloo Line
6 month secondment Northern Line
6 month secondment Central Line
12 month secondment Victoria and Bakerloo Line
Permanent Offer Hammersmith & City and District Line
6 month secondment Piccadilly Line
Permanent Offer Piccadilly Line
Permanent Offer Circle Hammersmith & City and District Line
Permanent Offer Central Line
Permanent Offer Piccadilly Line
12 month secondment Northern Line
6 month secondment Circle and District
12 month secondment Northern Line
Permanent Offer Piccadilly Line
6 month secondment Central Line
Permanent Offer Central Line
Permanent Offer Victoria and Bakerloo Line"
7a) Could you explain this difference please including, how, why this difference exists following clear clarification requests and supposedly clear answers under the FOI structures?
7b) Could you provide the original requested table for AM appointments for the 032238 campaign complete with BAME profiles/requisite lines/areas, in the format that you have also provided for the 10 AM appointments that you kindly listed for other AM permanent appointments ?
7c) If not able to do so, exactly why not?
We answered
TfL Ref: 1426-2122
Thank you for your request received by us on 29 September 2021 asking for information about recruitment for the 032238 Area Manager campaign, following your previous requests for information (references: 1108/09/1110-2122).
As mentioned previously, the following part of your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy, whilst the remainder of your correspondence will be addressed by our Human Resources team upon receiving clarification to enable them to respond accordingly. I can confirm that we hold the information you require below:
7b) Could you provide the original requested table for AM appointments for the 032238 campaign complete with BAME profiles/requisite lines/areas, in the format that you have also provided for the 10 AM appointments that you kindly listed for other AM permanent appointments ?
7c) If not able to do so, exactly why not?
In our previous response (reference: 1108-2122), we listed the types of offers made to the Area Managers appointed for 032238 Area Manager campaign, accompanied by the relevant London Underground line in the table here:
Permanent Offer
Metropolitan Line
6 month secondment
Victoria and Bakerloo Line
6 month secondment
Northern Line
6 month secondment
Central Line
12 month secondment
Victoria and Bakerloo Line
Permanent Offer
Hammersmith & City and District Line
6 month secondment
Piccadilly Line
Permanent Offer
Piccadilly Line
Permanent Offer
Circle Hammersmith & City and District Line
Permanent Offer
Central Line
Permanent Offer
Piccadilly Line
12 month secondment
Northern Line
6 month secondment
Circle and District
12 month secondment
Northern Line
Permanent Offer
Piccadilly Line
6 month secondment
Central Line
Permanent Offer
Central Line
Permanent Offer
Victoria and Bakerloo Line
However, in reference to your request for a breakdown of the BAME profile for each individual to be listed alongside the data provided above, because of the small number of employees concerned, this information is exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) of the FOI Act, as disclosure of the individual racial profile, even though anonymised, would be a breach of the legislation, specifically the first principle of Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which requires personal data to be processed lawfully, fairly and transparently. These individuals would have a reasonable expectation that the information we hold about them would not be disclosed in a manner that would identify any particular person and it would be unfair to them to do so.This exemption to the right of access to information is an absolute exemption and not subject to an assessment of whether the public interest favours use of the exemption.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Jasmine Howard FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
