TfL Discussion about 10 June 2021 Meeting re "Bus Driver Safety during the Pandemic"
Dear Transport for London,
A published 23 July 2021 letter from the Deputy Mayor for Transport to a London bus driver (cf. http://saferoxfordstreet.blogspot.com/20...) clearly states —
“I understand you and Assembly Member Keith Prince met with Transport for London (TfL) staff on June 10 to discuss bus driver safety during the pandemic.”
Please provide me with any emails or memos from the TfL executives who participated in that meeting (i.e., Chief Safety Officer, Head of Bus Business Development, Head of Health & Wellbeing and Senior Bus Safety Development Manager) and the Deputy Mayor that—
(a) discuss TfL's preparations for that meeting ; and,
(b) report to the Deputy Mayor any discussions which took place at at the 10 June 2021 meeting.
Yours faithfully,
Tom Kearney
Dear Mr Kearney
Our Ref: FOI-1391-2122
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Dear Mr Kearney
Our Ref: FOI-1391-2122
Thank you for your request received on 1 October 2021 asking for
information about a meeting held on 10 June 2021 to discuss bus driver
safety during the pandemic.
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.
To confirm, TfL attendees included: Lilli Matson - Chief Safety, Health &
Environment Officer, Samantha Philips - Head of Health and Wellbeing, Tom
Cunnington - Head of Buses Business Development, Jane Lupson - Senior Bus
Safety Development Manager, and Euan MacFarlane - Government Relations
Advisor. This meeting was conducted via a Teams call.
Please find attached:
o The briefing note that went to Lilli Matson ahead of the meeting, the
briefing note also went to City Hall for their information
o The note of the meeting circulated internally after the meeting,
including the slide deck that was shared with Keith Prince following
the meeting
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