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Friends and family perks cost Transfort for London £22.3m

The Conservative Party has revealed that Transport for London (TfL) lost £22.3m in fares after giving free travel to friends and families of employees.

More than 8.4 million journeys were taken for free last year under the scheme, according to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request.

The report, entitled Free Ride, said that the cost of TfL’s “staff nominee pass” system could rise to £111m by 2020.

Andrew Boff, leader of the Greater London Authority Conservatives, said: “At a time when the public sector is having to make money stretch further, there is no justification for individuals who do not provide an essential role in keeping London in operation receiving these types of benefit.”

The data shows that between April 2014 and the end of March 2015, more than 3.5m of the free journeys were taken on London Underground, the Docklands Light Railway, or London Overground services.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ellen Forster .