Do the London Mayor, Deputy Mayors, Assembly Members, GLA staff, London MPs, Councillors etc get free travel on TfL services?
Request ID: FOI-2453-2122 Date published: 21 February 2022
You asked
Hello
Since TfL is overseen by the Greater London Authority, do the London Mayor, Deputy Mayors, Assembly Members, GLA staff such as advisors etc get free travel on TfL services such as TfL Staff Pass issued to them?
Do non-TfL/GLA government workers including London Councillors, Members of Parliament (representing London constituencies), House of Lords members, Number 10 (including the Prime Minister) Department for Transport (including Ministers) etc get free travel on TfL services with TfL Staff Pass issued to them?
If not, do they receive a heavily discounted zone 1-6 or 1-9 Travelcard issued to them?
Yours Sincerely
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2453-2122
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 27th January 2022 asking for information about free travel on TfL services.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“Since TfL is overseen by the Greater London Authority, do the London Mayor, Deputy Mayors, Assembly Members, GLA staff such as advisors etc get free travel on TfL services such as TfL Staff Pass issued to them?
Do non-TfL/GLA government workers including London Councillors, Members of Parliament (representing London constituencies), House of Lords members, Number 10 (including the Prime Minister) Department for Transport (including Ministers) etc get free travel on TfL services with TfL Staff Pass issued to them?
If not, do they receive a heavily discounted zone 1-6 or 1-9 Travelcard issued to them?”
I can confirm that we hold the information you require.
The Mayor and the Deputy Mayor for Transport - who are members of the TfL Board - are eligible for a TfL staff travel pass. No other Deputy Mayors receive free travel and none of the other people you list receive the pass, nor do we provide or fund any discounted travel for these groups (albeit their employers may subsidise their travel - but that would be a question to put to those bodies).
If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
