FOI request detail

Tube Staff Ethnicity

Request ID: FOI-3168-2425
Date published: 20 January 2025

You asked

Could I please request data on the race or ethnicity of all those who work for TFL tube stations. Specifically, those who work in the underground tube stations. Could this please be put into an excel spreadsheet and be the most recent date for the year of 2024 (or the most recent year collected).

We answered

Our Ref:        FOI-3168-2425

 

Thank you for your request received on 4 January 2025 asking for information about London Underground staff.

 

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require. You asked:

 

Could I please request data on the race or ethnicity of all those who work for TFL tube stations. Specifically, those who work in the underground tube stations.

 

Please find the requested information in the table below. Your request asked for “TfL tube stations, Specifically underground tube stations.” The term “Tube” refers solely to London Underground, therefore the data below relates only to London Underground station staff. TfL has no other “tube stations”. Please note the data below does not include train operators, maintenance staff, service controllers (signallers) and those who work in the Power Provision and Operational Management / Support areas of London Underground.

 

Ethnicity

No. Employees

Asian or Asian British

                     708 

Black or Black British

                     990 

Dual Heritage / Mixed Race

                     190 

Other Ethnic Group

                       35 

White or White British

                  1,113 

Prefer not to say

                     832 

Information not provided

                     582 

 

Please note that the data was last taken on 7 December 2024. The above relates to this date. Ethnicity information is provided voluntarily by employees, they are under no obligation to specify an ethnicity.

 

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

 

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

 

Yours sincerely 

 

Gemma Jacob

Senior FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

 

[email protected]

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