Our Ref:         FOI-2872-1718

Thank you for your request received on 10 January 2018 asking for information about our policy regarding steroid use.

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 do hold the information you require.

Anabolic steroids are prescription only drugs and therefore fall under our usual provision for advising on medication and medical conditions, i.e. the employee’s manager would let us know that an employee was taking this medication and our Occupational Health Department would determine whether the medication (and its side effects) or the medical condition it was prescribed to treat has an impact on their ability to perform their full work duties. We would then advise the manager and the employee in the usual manner subject to consent.

If anabolic steroids are being used illegally (i.e. not via a prescription) we would not know unless we were told and would then act from there on a case by case basis. We do not routinely test for anabolic steroid as part of our programme of Drug and Alcohol testing that we undertake as part of our duty of care under the Transport and Works Act.

If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

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