Omicron Effect and Face Masks

Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 22 December 2021.

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Photo of Onkar Sahota Onkar Sahota Labour

What percentage increase has there been in the number of people wearing the face masks on TfL services since becoming mandatory in response to the Omicron virus?

Photo of Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan Mayor of London

Following the re-introduction of the mandatory face covering requirement on public transport on 30 November 2021, feedback from Transport for London (TfL) frontline staff as of 7 December 2021 suggested around 80 per cent compliance. TfL’s independent customer research reports every four weeks. The results for the period since the re-introduction of the mandatory requirement are not yet available.