I'd like to know the cost of TFL's 'nominee' travel passes over the last five years, divided by financial year. (By 'nominee' pass, I am referring to the reward scheme which offers free travel for a "nominated partner/family member on the TfL network.") Can you include for each of the past five financial years (2013-14, 14-15, 15-16, 16-17, 2017-18) : - How many people have these nominee passes - How many individual journeys were taken with the nominee passes - How much money those journeys came to

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TfL Ref: FOI-2180-1819

Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 20 November 2018. Please accept my apologies for the delay.

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 hold some of the information you require. You asked:

I'd like to know the cost of TFL's 'nominee' travel passes over the last five years, divided by financial year.

(By 'nominee' pass, I am referring to the reward scheme which offers free travel for a "nominated partner/family member on the TfL network.")

Can you include for each of the past five financial years (2013-14, 14-15, 15-16, 16-17, 2017-18) :

- How many people have these nominee passes

Please see the information for 2017 and 2018 in the table below. Our system only holds current data for 2018 and we do not hold data for the previous years.

As we responded to a similar FOI request last year, we are also able to provide figures for 2017.

	2017	2018
TfL Staff Nominee	18,996	18,909
Third Party Nominee (Rail)	2,795	3,005
Bus Op Nominee	20,738	20,796
Retired Nominee	9,079	9,305
Total	51,608	52,015

You will note the number of nominee passes for Rail staff increased, this is due to the recruitment of staff by MTR Crossrail.

- How many individual journeys were taken with the nominee passes

We do not hold data on journeys made using Oyster cards for longer than eight weeks and therefore we cannot provide the information requested.

- How much money those journeys came to

There is no cost to TfL because the number of journeys made is a tiny proportion of the 13m journeys made every day on TfL-run transport, meaning no additional services need to be operated.

All TfL employees and their nominees are expected to act as ambassadors for TfL, helping ensure the security of the system and helping assist our customers where necessary.

The retired nominee pass is eligible to members of TfL staff who have 20 years of service or more and who are over the age of 50.  

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some 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

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

 

Dear Transport for London,

I'd like to know the cost of TFL's 'nominee' travel passes over the last five years, divided by financial year.

(By 'nominee' pass, I am referring to the reward scheme which offers free travel for a "nominated partner/family member on the TfL network.")

Can you include for each of the past five financial years (2013-14, 14-15, 15-16, 16-17, 2017-18) :

- How many people have these nominee passes

- How many individual journeys were taken with the nominee passes

- How much money those journeys came to

I wish to be informed in writing whether you have such information and, if so, I seek the disclosure of that information. If the information is covered by any exemptions, please disclose such information as is not covered by the exemptions.

If you are considering charging for the disclosure of this information, please inform me before any work that would be liable to a charge is carried out.

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