• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

MayorWatch

London News and Comment

  • NEWS
  • Twitter

TfL expenses claims fall as new boss forgoes Hendy’s taxpayer-funded taxis and meals

January 11, 2016 - Martin Hoscik@MayorWatch

Sir Peter Hendy, former TfL Commissioner, routinely charged taxpayers for taxis and lavish meals.
Sir Peter Hendy, former TfL Commissioner, routinely charged taxpayers for taxis and lavish meals.
The departure of Sir Peter Hendy as London’s transport commissioner has coincided with a dramatic fall in the expenses claimed by Transport for London’s top managers.

Sir Peter, who left TfL in June to take up the chairmanship of Network Rail, regularly topped the agency’s expenses disclosure with claims for taxis and lavish meals at London’s exclusive Groucho members-only club.

In his final quarter helming the organisation Hendy’s £1,100 expenses bill included more than £600 in taxi trips.

Total claims for the period, including claims by other Chief Officers, came to £1,785.98.

The agency has always defended Sir Peter’s spending saying he was: “overseeing the delivery of a ten-year multi-billion pound budget to manage transport in London, and also deliver Crossrail and the upgrade of the Tube and there are occasions when his full schedule and late hours necessitate the use of taxis (which, of course, TfL licenses).”

New boss Mike Brown claimed just £155.  Image: TfL
New boss Mike Brown claimed just £155. Image: TfL
However it seems that successor Mike Brown has managed to discharge his first quarter in charge without aping Hendy’s reliance on cabs to meet his diary commitments.

Brown’s total claims for the first six months of the current financial year amount to just £155.96 for costs incurred as part of an official visit to Moscow while still in charge of the Tube.

In the quarter since his elevation to the commissionership, Mr Brown has made no expenses claims.

Total claims for the period came to £1,298.88, around a quarter of which was incurred by Leon Daniels, head of surface transport, when he attended a symposium related to his portfolio in the USA.

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

RECENT UPDATES

TfL proposes bus and tube cuts and annual fares increases to achieve long-term financial sustainability

London’s entire bus fleet now meets ULEZ emissions standards

New road layout comes into effect at Old Street roundabout

TfL funding enables creation of 2,000 new cycle parking spaces




Popular

1,700 extra Santander Cycles are coming to London’s streets

TfL confirms changes to Older Person’s Freedom Pass and 60+ Oyster card hours

TfL fares to rise in return for £1.6bn Government rescue package

Election for Mayor of London and London Assembly postponed until 2021

FEATURED

City Hall to move to Docklands as Mayor seeks to raise £55m for frontline services

‘Concern’ over TfL’s ability to deliver major projects in wake of Crossrail cost overruns

City Hall halts London Overground ticket office closures but many will still see opening hours reduced

Transport for London confirms bus cuts will go ahead despite passenger opposition

GOT A STORY?

As the original London news and scrutiny site we've been casting an eye over the capital's public services and politicians since 1999.

 

Many of our top stories started with a tip-off from a reader - if you've got something you'd like us to cover get in touch and we'll do the rest.

Stay In Touch

  • E-mail
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2021 MayorWatch Publications Limited · MayorWatch is Registered Trademark · All Rights Reserved · Contact Us · Terms of Use · Privacy Policy

MayorWatch Publications Limited · 20-22 Wenlock Road · London N1 7GU · Company Number 6291816

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.