FOI request detail

Crossrail Merchandise

Request ID: FOI-1471-1819
Date published: 28 September 2018

You asked

1) Please state the amount spent by TfL and or Crossrail Ltd on "Opening December 2018" oyster wallets such as the attached. 2) Please state the amount spent by TfL and or Crossrail Ltd on other "Opening December 2018" merchandise.

We answered

Our Ref:         FOI-1471-1819

Thank you for your request received on 31 August 2018 asking for information about the cost of merchandise relating to the December 2018 launch of Crossrail.
 
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. You have asked:
 
1. Please state the amount spent by TfL and or Crossrail Ltd on "Opening December 2018" oyster wallets such as the attached.
TfL has not spent any amount on “Opening December 2018" oyster wallets.
Crossrail Limited spent £16,100 on station Oyster card wallets, which referred to a December 2018 opening date. These wallets were given away to the public at events that Crossrail Limited held to support the Department for Transport’s nation-wide Year of Engineering campaign. As part of the Year of Engineering, Crossrail Limited held a series of public open days at sites including Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon and Custom House, which were attended by thousands of visitors. The Oyster wallets were not produced specifically as part of any launch or opening date activity.
2. Please state the amount spent by TfL and or Crossrail Ltd on other "Opening December 2018" merchandise.
No TfL merchandise has been produced specifically for the December 2018 launch of the Elizabeth line.
 
No Crossrail Limited merchandise has been  produced specifically for the December 2018 launch of the Elizabeth line.
 
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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