Request ID: FOI-1529-2324 Date published: 06 September 2023
You asked
I am requesting the following information;
1) Annual breakdown of TFL fare increases for both bus and tubes between 2016 and 2023.
2) Annual breakdown of advertisement cost increases between 2016 and 2023.
3) Annual breakdown of advertisement revenue between 2012 and 2023.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-1529-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on9 August 2023 asking for information about TfL fares and advertising revenue.
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 do hold the information you require. Specifically you asked:
“I am requesting the following information;
Annual breakdown of TFL fare increases for both bus and tubes between 2016 and 2023.
Please see the table below. This takes into account both fares under the Mayor’s control and regulated fares set by agreement with the Train Operating Companies:
Year
Headline fare changes
Bus
Tube
%
%
January - 2016
0.8
1.1
January - 2017
0.7
1.1
January - 2018
1.4
2.0
January - 2019
1.0
1.4
January - 2020
0.7
1.2
March - 2021
3.2
2.5
March - 2022
5.9
4.4
March - 2023
6.1
5.8
Annual breakdown of advertisement cost increases between 2016 and 2023.
Please see the table below:
Financial Year (FY)
Expenditure
April 2016 - March 2017
£7,346,999.91
April 2017 - March 2018
£7,159,987.89
April 2018 - March 2019
£8,137,285.42
April 2019 - March 2020
£8,075,031.69
April 2020 - March 2021
£6,640,239.30
April 2021 - March 2022
£10,697,366.88
April 2022 - March 2023
£9,609,037.03
The expenditure supports a wide range of transport services and related activities, including essential public transport and road safety messages, fares and ticketing messages and improvements to public transport, messaging to encourage the use of public transport and active travel (cycling and walking) and to explain how road user charging works. To put the expenditure between 2016 and 2023 into context, the expenditure during the preceding year of April 2015-March 2016 was £14,591,151.85 so from April 2016 onwards the expenditure has significantly decreased. There was also a significant decrease in expenditure in the period April 2020 - March 2021 due to the pandemic where messaging focussed on conveying how to use the public transport network in line with Government guidelines. In response to the pandemic, expenditure increased in FY 2021/2022 where there was a need to support the public transport recovery of ridership post the pandemic and supporting the launch of the Elizabeth Line and the implementation of the Ultra Low Emission zone.
3) Annual breakdown of advertisement revenue between 2012 and 2023.”
Please see the table below. These figures are published for commercial income in TfL’s Annual Reports accessible here: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/annual-report. Please note the below figures include revenue from all commercial media activity, such as advertising, film office and metro:
Year
Revenue in Millions (m)
2012/13
£144.7m
2013/14
£152.2m
2014/15
£169.5m
2016/17
£142.1m
2017/18
£152.1m
2018/19
£156m
2019/20
£158.3m
2020/21
£58.9m
2021/22
£105.1m
2022/23
£144.9m
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 find 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,
Mary Abidakun FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
