Would you please provide me with the following information 1. No of staff passes currently issued to TfL employees 2. No of nominee passes currently issued to nominees of current TfL employees 3. No of passes currently issued to other defendants of TfL employees 4. No of retired staff passes currently issued to retired TfL employees 5. No of nominee/partner passes currently issued to nominees of retired TfL employees 6. No of other dependant passes currently issued to retired TfL employees 7. No of staff passes currently issued to TfL board members 8. No of nominee passes currently issued to nominees of TfL board members 9. No of passes currently issued to other dependants of TfL board members 10. No of passes currently issued to former TfL board members 11. No of passes currently issued to nominees of former TfL board members 12. No of any other dependent passes currently issued to former TfL board members 13. No of staff passes currently issued to employees of non TfL companies in TfL family 14. No of nominee passes currently issued to employees of non TfL companies in the TfL family 15. No of other dependant passes currently issued to employees of non TfL companies in the family 16. No of retired passes currently issued to former employees of non TfL companies in TfL family 17. No of retired nominee passes currently issued to nominees of retired employees of non TfL companies in TfL family 18 No of other dependant passes currently issued to dependants of retired employees of non TfL companies in TfL family 19 Total no of all types of staff, nominee, retired, dependant passes currently issued and explanation if this is not the total of 1-18 above. 20. No of single journeys on all modes ( ie click ins) broken down by 1-19 above in each of the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, and 2019/20

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Our ref: FOI-1824-2021/GH 

 

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 11 December 2020 asking for information about staff travel passes. 

 

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 hold some of the information you require. 

 

Travel passes are seen as part of staff recruitment and retention and their provision is a long-standing part of the terms and conditions of TfL employees. Passes in their current form have existed since 2002, under successive Mayors. Historically, the total number of journeys made have been a tiny proportion of the 11 million Tube and bus journeys made per day, meaning no additional services need to be operated.  

 

In order for a former member of staff to be eligible for a retired staff pass, the vast majority of people must have retired at age 50 or over, and have had at least 20 years' service with a participating employer or successor to London Regional Transport. (Chief Officers are only required to do one years’ service to keep their pass. Board members also keep their pass if they complete one Mayoral term). 

 

1. No of staff passes currently issued to TfL employees - 25,994 

2. No of nominee passes currently issued to nominees of current TfL employees - 18,784 

3. No of passes currently issued to other dependants of TfL employees - 0 for Free Travel 

4. No of retired staff passes currently issued to retired TfL employees - 18,753 

5. No of nominee/partner passes currently issued to nominees of retired TfL employees - 7504 

6. No of other dependant passes currently issued to retired TfL employees - 0 for Free Travel 

7. No of staff passes currently issued to TfL board members - 9 

8. No of nominee passes currently issued to nominees of TfL board members - 2 

9. No of passes currently issued to other dependants of TfL board members - 0 for Free Travel 

10. No of passes currently issued to former TfL board members - 26 

11. No of passes currently issued to nominees of former TfL board members - 16 

12. No of any other dependent passes currently issued to former TfL board members - 0 Free Travel 

13. No of staff passes currently issued to employees of non TfL companies in TfL family - 31,150 including Bus operators & Third party rail 

14. No of nominee passes currently issued to employees of non TfL companies in the TfL family - 24,383 including Bus Operators & third party rail 

15. No of other dependant passes currently issued to employees of non TfL companies in the family - 0 for Free Travel 

16. No of retired passes currently issued to former employees of non TfL companies in TfL family - 5336 

17. No of retired nominee passes currently issued to nominees of retired employees of non TfL companies in TfL family - 2300 

18 No of other dependant passes currently issued to dependants of retired employees of non TfL companies in TfL family - 0 for Free Travel 

19 Total no of all types of staff, nominee, retired, dependant passes currently issued and explanation if this is not the total of 1-18 above. 

Total current staff / board members / third party passes – 57,153 

Total nominee passes of current staff / board members / third party – 43,169 

Total retired members passes – 33,935 

20. No of single journeys on all modes ( ie click ins) broken down by 1-19 above in each of the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19, and 2019/20  

This information is not held. We only hold data on journeys made by identifiable individuals using any of our Oyster cards (including staff Oyster, nominee Oyster etc) for 8 weeks. Therefore we do not hold the annual usage data for each type of pass as requested. 

 

Please note, for the questions highlighted in yellow, no physical pass to travel free on our network is provided. Eligible individuals in these categories are given a PTAC (Privilege Ticket Authority Card) which they can use to get discounted travel on National Rail and TfL services.   

 

If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

 

If you are considering submitting a further FOI request please think carefully about whether the request is essential at this current time, as answering FOI requests will require the use of limited resources and the attention of staff who could be supporting other essential activity. Where requests are made, please note that our response time may be impacted by the current situation.  

 

If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal. 

 

Yours sincerely 

 

Graham Hurt 

FOI Case Officer 

FOI Case Management Team 

General Counsel 

Transport for London

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