In and for London Buses Please can you kindly provide me with 1. The number of positive covid19 test cases in year 2020 by bus operator. 2. Number of those positive covid19 hospitalised by bus operator 3. Number of bus drivers who sadly died from covid19 by bus operator.

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TfL Ref: FOI-1977-2021

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 2 January 2021.

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 hold some of the information you require. You asked for:

1. The number of positive covid19 test cases in year 2020 by bus operator.

Please find the figures for each bus operator in the below table. Data is from 3 October 2020 which is when we started to collect it once testing was more available, and as the number of positive tests started to increase in the wider community.

Bus Operator Agency	COVID-19 positive cases (up to 31/12/20)
Abellio	45
Arriva	193
Go-Ahead	226
H C T Group	18
Stagecoach	194
RATP	84
Metroline	123
Sullivan Buses	3
Tower Transit	37
Uno Buses	4
Total	927

2. Number of those positive covid19 hospitalised by bus operator

We do not hold this information.

3. Number of bus drivers who sadly died from covid19 by bus operator.

Please find the requested information in the below table. It includes cases since March 2020.

Bus Operator	COVID-19 mortality cases in 2020
Abellio	2
Arriva	3
Go-Ahead	8
HCT	1
Metroline	11
RATP	2
Stagecoach	2
Tower Transit	5
Total	34

The number of deaths by Bus Operator for the period March to May 2020 is also published in this UCL report on the TfL website.

It is important to compare the above figures with the market share of each bus operator. As you may know they differ greatly in size, therefore the larger the market share the higher the number of deaths and positive cases they are likely to have. The below table shows the percentage of each operator’s market share for context. Please note the figures are approximately 10 months old.

Go Ahead	23.45%
Metroline	18.68%
Arriva	17.76%
Stagecoach	13.27%
RATP (London United, London Sovereign, HR Richmond)	12.70%
Abellio	7.73%
Tower Transit	4.24%
HCT Group (Hackney Community Transport)	1.60%
Sullivan Buses	0.54%
Uno	0.04%

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Eva Hextall

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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