Mayor answers to London
GLA group high incomes
| Question number | 0918/2010 |
| Meeting date | 17/03/2010 |
Question by Darren Johnson
Can you provide me with the number of staff who earn more than £135,000 in the GLA and each of the functional bodies?
Answer by Boris Johnson (1st Term)
The GLA has three employees earning more than £135,000.
LFEPA have four employees earning more than £135,000.
In the LDA there are 3 employees earning more than £135,000.
There is one member of staff in the MPA who earns more than £135,000.
Given the tough economic climate, the Commissioner and the TfL Remuneration Committee have agreed that salaries for TfLs senior staff were frozen for 2009-10 and performance related payments were reduced. Currently 80 members of staff earn more than £135,000.
London is a principal centre of the global economy and needs world-class managers to run and upgrade its transport system. Londoners deserve the best transport system achievable and we look to recruit the people that can deliver it.