Agenda Item 3 Appendix 1

Mayor’s Question Time – Thursday 21 January 2021

Transcript of Item 4 – Oral update to the Mayor’s Report

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Good morning. Since the last Mayor’s Question Time, there have been some major developments in our fight against COVID-19. Londoners have been making huge sacrifices to follow the national lockdown restrictions. Whilst there are some early signs that the rapid increase in cases we have seen is levelling off, in the last 24 hours, 239 Londoners have lost their lives to the virus, the second highest number of daily deaths in London since the pandemic began. The highest was on 10 April last year [2020]. I continue to urge Londoners to follow the lockdown rules and to stay home unless it is absolutely necessary.

The rollout of the vaccines means that we can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel. We are now in a race against time to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible in order to save lives and prevent yet more damage to our economy, businesses and livelihoods. The Government’s original distribution formula meant that London initially missed out on its fair share of vaccines. That is why I urgently called on the Government to correct this error and to take action to scale up delivery. I can report that Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment Nadhim Zahawi [MP] has personally assured me that supply will increase and that the right amount of the vaccine which reflects our city’s size, density and level of need will now be provided.

Another major concern we have is the misinformation that has been spread about the vaccines. As Mayor, I am doing all I can to reassure Londoners that the vaccine is both safe and effective. I would encourage others to do the same.

I also want to briefly touch on the Brexit trade deal that was agreed before Christmas [2020] because, incredibly, the financial services sector, which is such a crucial part of London’s economy, has been completely neglected in the deal. There is no getting around the fact that it was effectively a no-deal Brexit for finance. This week I have called on politicians and businesses to speak up about this mistake and to push the Government to secure improvements to the Brexit deal as well as to oppose any race to the bottom through reckless deregulation. For my part as Mayor, I will continue to bang the drum around the globe for London’s financial sector and will be a champion for the world-leading services it provides.

Chair, I look forward to answering questions during the course of this morning, but I have been asked for one oral update in relation to the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) timetable from Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon [MBE].

Keeping customers and staff safe has been at the heart of everything Transport for London (TfL) has done during this pandemic. TfL is keeping a close eye on the issue raised and is in close contact with the Government and the train operating companies. TfL understands that these reduced timetables are not intended to be in place for long and will continue to work with the train operating companies to address any areas of concern and pass on intelligence.

Now that TfL has raised concerns about proposed changes to its c2c services running through stations such as Barking and West Ham, fewer but more tightly packed trains arriving at these stations could result in more concentrated flows of people down to Tube platforms. I want to reassure the Assembly Member that TfL is doing all it can to enable people to socially distance on its network. We are seeking to run the maximum

Page 1 service possible, given staff availability, and have been clear that significant service cuts in the long term would be detrimental to London’s post-pandemic recovery. As well as maintaining service levels as far as possible, TfL continues to closely monitor its network, ensuring the right tools are in place to enable social distancing, as well as providing targeted customer information about the busiest times and locations.

I welcome the Government’s support in requesting that the construction sector stagger its start times, something that TfL has been communicating to the sector for many months and has reiterated in recent days. It is vital that customers continue to avoid the busiest times: before 8.15am and between 4.00pm and 5.30pm on weekdays. Thank you, Chair.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you very much for that, Mr Mayor.

Keith Prince AM: First of all, Mr Mayor, well done in relation to getting more vaccines for London. I applaud that. Thank you.

Secondly, the update is supposed to update us on things that have happened since your last report. There was a rather big event yesterday, Mr Mayor, in relation to the court case between TfL and the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) and the United Trade Action Group (UTAG). Perhaps you might like to update us on that?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, TfL is appealing against the judgment of first instance. It is clearly a case ongoing and so it is probably not appropriate for me to comment in relation to an appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Keith Prince AM: Having said that, the question I would like to ask you, though, Mr Mayor, is around whether you think it is sensible to appeal. I do not know how much the action has cost so far. Perhaps you could let us know that. That would not affect the case. Surely that is going to cost even more money. From what the judge has said, your chances of winning the case are quite remote.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): We will have to wait and see how the appeal pans out, but the advice from counsel is that it is worth appealing. Clearly, I am not going to discuss legal advice publicly, but we would not be appealing if we did not think it was worth appealing.

Keith Prince AM: What about the costs, Mr Mayor? What have the costs been so far?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): One of the factors, of course, when it comes to any court case is the cost of the policy we are discussing. We know the consequences of poor air quality. We know that we do not want to replace one health crisis, the COVID crisis, with another and incur cost to the National Health Service (NHS) and to productivity with illnesses caused by respiratory issues. It is that counted versus the cost of an appeal.

Keith Prince AM: Some of the comments made by the judge were quite damning, Mr Mayor. Would you not want to address those in the meantime?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Often in cases in the first instance that one loses, the comments are not ones you would welcome. That is why we live in a country where there are appeals allowed. We have natural justice, due process and the rule of law. Thank goodness for that.

Keith Prince AM: Do you not regret the fact that the comments were really quite damning against TfL? We cannot discuss the detail, obviously, but it is like a game of football. Surely you can lose one-nil, unluckily, but this one looks like a four-nil slaughter to me.

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Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): As somebody who has actually practiced law, it is not uncommon to lose at first instance and win at appeal or win at first instance and lose at appeal. Let us wait and see how the appeal pans out.

Keith Prince AM: Yes. Definitely TfL needs more practice. That is for sure. I will leave it at that.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Desai, you are very welcome back. It is good to see you in good health.

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, colleagues. Good morning, Mr Mayor.

Mr Mayor, it seems that there has been a breakdown in communication somewhere along the line. An email was sent to your office drawing your attention to the ongoing dispute at British Gas. A central issue is what is called ‘fire and rehire’, where employees are re-employed on worse terms and conditions, and an attack on pension rights. Of British Gas employees, 89% balloted by the GMB trade union voted in favour of industrial action. The first round of industrial action was last week. The second round started yesterday. You do not have to comment this morning necessarily, but you could respond to my email.

I want to say this on behalf of the GMB union nationally and in the London region:

“Our members want to get back to work serving British Gas customers, but they have been left with no choice. The company must withdraw the threat of ‘fire and rehire’ and get back around the negotiating table.”

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Firstly, Chair, can I echo your comments? It is great to see the Assembly Member back in good health, having fought off the awful virus.

Can I thank the Assembly Member for writing to me. I also give him the news that I have been in touch with the interim General Secretary for the fantastic trade union GMB, Warren Kenny, and I have also written to British Gas.

The Assembly Member raises some really important issues. What we cannot see is a situation where employers are using the pandemic as an excuse to make changes that, frankly speaking, are unacceptable. What I will do, Chair, is continue to keep the Assembly Member in the loop in relation to representations I have had with British Gas.

Can I thank him, though, for raising this really important issue. There are thousands of Londoners who work incredibly hard for this company. It is really important that they are treated with decency and with dignity. This is 2021, not the Victorian Age.

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you very much, Mr Mayor, on behalf of the GMB trade union. Thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you. Assembly Member Boff.

Andrew Boff AM: We warned you that the Streetspace scheme at Bishopsgate neglected the interests of disabled people and the High Court has now confirmed this to be the case. When considering the costs of your appeal against the High Court’s judgment, how much more are you willing to spend to neglect the interests of disabled people?

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Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I do not accept the premise and there are a number of points raised in the question. As I said in answer to a previous question, we have looked at the judgment and the advice from counsel is that it is worth an appeal. Let us wait and see how the appeal pans out.

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, if you fail with this appeal, will you be replacing your Deputy Mayor for Transport?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): No.

Andrew Boff AM: If she were to resign, would you accept her resignation?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): She has no intention of resigning. She is a fantastic Deputy Mayor. She and the previous Deputy Mayor [for Transport] Val Shawcross [CBE] are the best two Deputy Mayors this city has had since at least 2008 and, I would argue, since the Greater London Authority (GLA) was set up.

Andrew Boff AM: When you set up the London Recovery Board, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) had a seat at the table but not the disabled. I had to implore you to ensure that that was remedied. How are you going to improve your administration’s blind spot when involving disabled people?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): One of the legacies that we have been dealing with over the last four years is the poor track record the previous Mayor and the GLA had with dealing with not just disabled groups --

Andrew Boff AM: I am talking about your record, Mr Mayor, not your predecessor. It was you who neglected to put a person on the London Recovery Board who could represent the disabled. Let us talk about your record. Let us not do some diversion onto somebody else.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): OK. You have made your point. Mr Mayor?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): He has made a number of points. He just does not like the response, which is what happens when you reply to poor points --

Andrew Boff AM: What I do not like, Mr Mayor, is the fact that you are not involving disabled people --

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Here he goes again. Calm down. You are always angry. Calm down.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Look, we have heard all this before. Assembly Member Boff, you have raised this issue before. We know the divergence here --

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, somebody has to get angry on behalf of disabled people, who are being ignored by your administration, and so we do not apologise for that.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Can you please ask a question? This is a question-and-answer session. Can you ask a further question if you have one? Otherwise I would like to move on because I have other indications as well. All right. I am going to move on.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, let me respond to the various points he raised because he did not like the answer I was giving, which is one of the downsides of having a Mayor who is - unlike the previous one

Page 4 - on top of his brief. Let me deal with the question raised. If he could calm down for a second and be less angry, I can respond to the points he raised.

When I took over as Mayor, not unreasonably, I assumed that the previous Mayor had people in place who would advise the Mayor and the GLA in relation to a whole host of issues. Unfortunately, what I had not factored in was that the previous Mayor and the GLA as it was then were not properly engaging with disabled Londoners and disabled groups.

What I have done as Mayor is sought to rebuild those relationships with disability groups across London and tried to bring new people around the table rather than the usual suspects. We have really good engagement with disabled groups. One of the reasons why we were able to have the biggest rollout of step-free access that our city has ever seen is because of our engagement with those disabled groups. We continue to make progress in relation to the skills agenda, in relation to jobs, in relation to public transport, in relation to air quality and in relation to crime, addressing some of the big issues that are of concern to disabled Londoners. I am really pleased that we have experts advising the London Recovery Board, including from the disabled groups as well, with independent advice that adds value to the GLA.

Andrew Boff AM: How did your predecessor get involved with the setup of the London Recovery Board? Whose fault was it that there was no representation for disabled people on that Board?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): What normally happens - and I am surprised that the Assembly Member, who has been around for some time, does not know this - is that the officers rely upon the usual contacts that the GLA has when it comes to setting up new forums. For example, when it comes to --

Andrew Boff AM: It was the officers’ fault, not yours?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Mr Mayor, carry on.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): He does not like the answer. It is an old sixth-form debate technique --

Andrew Boff AM: I do not like the evasion, Mr Mayor.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): -- which is to interrupt the answer because he does not like the answer.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Boff, can you please allow him to answer the question?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Come on, just calm down.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Sorry about that. Carry on.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): What happened was, because usually when it comes to boards being set up and forums being set up, before 2016, mayoral engagement with disabled activists and disabled groups -- I am really pleased, though, we have disability activists advising us and also experts in equality issues as well. That is again another area, other than disability discrimination, not addressed by the previous Mayor. We are rectifying that and we now have a really good team in place to advise us on a whole host of issues.

Andrew Boff AM: Thank you, Chair.

Page 5 Navin Shah AM (Chair): All right. I know that my advice to not speak over each other, etc, is falling on deaf ears, but please can you try? Can you try to have a dignified debate so that the issues are properly put and properly understood by the viewers? They are very keen to see what the key issues and questions and answers are. Let us try to have a decent discussion this morning.

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Mayor’s Question Time – Thursday 21 January 2021

Transcript of Item 5 – Questions to the Mayor

2021/0133 - Cost of Living Shaun Bailey AM

Are you satisfied that you have done all you can to reduce the of cost of living for Londoners?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I have done all I can to reduce the cost of living for Londoners.

We have started more genuinely affordable homes than ever before and are on track to meet our target of 116,000 starts by March 2023. Our £1 billion investment has led to the most new council home starts in the capital since 1983. We have launched London Power to reduce energy costs. We have worked with employers to help them offer their staff interest-free loans for childcare and rental deposits. The Living Wage in London has risen to £10.85 an hour and there has been a 150% increase in the number of accredited Living Wage employers headquartered in London since I became Mayor to over 2,000.

Under the previous Mayor, fares increased by 42%, but I introduced the unlimited Hopper bus fare and froze TfL fares for five years, saving the average London household over £200. In the past year, the pandemic has hit our public finances hard and TfL fares revenue dropped by up to 90%. While the Government gave the private rail companies a bailout with no strings attached, it imposed requirements on TfL that seemed designed to hit the vulnerable the hardest. I managed to fight off proposals to scrap concessions for under-18s and over-60s and expanded the Congestion Charge Zone to the North and South Circular Roads.

To keep TfL running, I had to accept the Government’s requirement for fares to rise by the retail price index (RPI) plus 1% overall. To limit the impact of this, I have managed to keep some fares frozen.

The Government has told us also that we will have to put up council tax to fund TfL’s services. Some Government supporters predicted that council tax would go up by up to 21% but we have managed to limit the increase in council tax by an average of £2.63 a month from this April [2021].

With both fares and council tax, it is the same story. The Government is seeking to impose additional costs on Londoners while I do everything I can to limit the damage done to the cost of living. It is worth remembering that my political opponents consistently opposed my fares freeze, which has saved Londoners more in each of the last five years than the cost of the council tax increase.

I have also been asking the Government to make the £20 temporary increase to Universal Credit permanent and take further steps to ensure benefits cover the basic costs of living. I was disappointed that only six Conservative Members of Parliament voted to maintain the high level of Universal Credit in Parliament in a vote this Monday.

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor, and thank you for your answer. You have said that council tax is regressive and affects the poorest most in London and so your very large council tax increase will hammer the poor across London. Will you reconsider this idea?

Page 7 Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The reason why we have to increase council tax is because the Government is forcing us to do so. There are three areas where it has forced us to do so.

The first area is in relation to policing. We know from previous experience that if we do not increase the council tax to the maximum the Government requires, in the following year it will reduce money from the police budget. In my first year as Mayor, one of the reasons given by the Home Secretary for reducing police funding was because in the previous year the previous Mayor had not increased council tax to the maximum precept.

The second area where we are forced to increase council tax is supporting the fire service. That is particularly important as we receive about 20% less money for the [London] Fire Brigade than the government thinks we should and also because of the consequences of both the Grenfell Tower fire and the problems with the built environment.

The third area where there has had to be an increase in council tax is because the Government has said it will refuse to support us by funding free travel for under-18s and will refuse to support us by funding free travel for over-60s. I am not willing to accede to Government demands to take those away. The only way the Government has allowed to pay for those is with one of two options: either to increase further the Congestion Charge or to increase council tax. I have chosen to keep those concessions and to introduce this council tax increase. There is no other option if we want to keep free travel for under-18s and over-60s.

Shaun Bailey AM: You have said that you will find £730 million in savings from TfL. Why was this not done earlier? You could have addressed these things that way, but let me move on. You have --

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Do you want me to respond to that point?

Shaun Bailey AM: By all means.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Since I have become Mayor, for the first time in TfL’s history - it was formed in 2000 - the operating costs of TfL have gone down year on year. In 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, each year, they have been going down. In the previous 16 years, they were going up. We have managed to reduce the deficit we have by more than £1 billion as well and have managed to increase our cash balances. According to all independent experts, TfL has made a huge transformation over the last four or five years, something that as the Chair of TfL I am incredibly proud of.

On top of that, we are going to make more savings over the course of the next period, which we are required to do by the Government. The danger is that if we are not careful, it may lead to a reduction in services, which would be not the sensible thing to do as we come into recovery post-pandemic.

Shaun Bailey AM: Your proposed [Greater] London boundary charge is hugely unwelcome across London, particularly in the areas such as Hillingdon and Romford on the outskirts of London. Will you take into account residents’ views on the outskirts of London as this proposal moves forward?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Firstly, Chair, I always think it is important to correct errors made by Members when it comes to their questions. In relation to the Greater London charge, it is not my proposal to bring in this charge. This is one of the options the Government asked us to do in relation to further ways we could raise revenues.

Page 8 The better option is for the Government to give London the £500 million raised from Londoners through the vehicle excise duty (VED) or what is called the ‘road tax’. If the Government were to give us the money Londoners pay through VED, there would be no reason for this to be one of the options that the Financial Sustainability Report has put forward to the Government.

We will do this only if the Government requires us to do so. It is not a proposal from me. It is one of the options that TfL has put forward to the Government, as it asked us to do.

Shaun Bailey AM: If you had better control of London’s finances, you would not have to raise council tax by this much. You had a £58 million increase in executive pay, a £151 million --

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Let me deal with each of those.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): A question, please.

Shaun Bailey AM: Excuse me?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Shaun, let me deal with --

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Bailey, can we have a question, please?

Shaun Bailey AM: Yes, we will get to it. I stopped because the Mayor interjected. The point is that better control of London’s finances would really help you reduce the costs on Londoners rather than your immediate response to pass that on in a council tax rise.

Do you believe the triple whammy of a council tax raise, a boundary charge and an inflated Congestion Charge will have a massive negative effect on our recovering economy in London?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, it seems that [former United States President Donald] Trump may have gone but fake news has not. Let me address each of those points raised in the question from the Assembly Member. He really should know better. The Assembly Member has now been an Assembly Member for four years. He is not a novice anymore, I hope.

TfL relies upon fares from passengers to pay for its services. The fares box pays for 72% of our services. On top of that, we rely upon advertising revenues and, on top of that, property revenues. Roughly speaking, 86% comes from those three areas. I am surprised that the Assembly Member has not seen the impact on London’s economy caused by the pandemic. But for the pandemic, we would have had healthy income streams in all three of those areas: fares, property and advertising revenues.

All transit authorities across the country, including the privatised train operating companies, have seen massive falls in fares revenue. The Government gave the privatised train operating companies a blank cheque for 18 months but has not given TfL the same level of support. What it has said to TfL is, “We will give you short- term assistance on condition of doing a number of things”. One of the conditions is to increase the Congestion Charge to £15 seven days a week. Another condition is to remove free travel from under-18s and over-60s. For us to keep that free travel for under-18s and over-60s, a condition was that we had to increase council tax if we were not willing to increase the Congestion Charge even further.

It is really important - and I am sure in the course of the next 100 or so days, Chair, many of us will be reminding Londoners of this - for Londoners to be aware of who is responsible for an increase in a regressive

Page 9 tax, whether it is to pay for policing, to pay for transport or to pay for the fire service. I am not apologetic for wanting to make sure that we fund the police service, the fire service and transport, which is really important after ten years of cuts.

Shaun Bailey AM: Let us be clear, Mr Mayor. London’s poor financial situation is because of decisions you have made. You have been consistently warned about your profligate way of spending Londoners’ money. You were not told to make those changes. They have been --

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): That is just fake news, Chair. It is just a lie.

Shaun Bailey AM: They are decisions that are for you to make that you have --

Léonie Cooper AM: Where is the question? Where is the question?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Please let me chair the meeting, thank you.

Shaun Bailey AM: They are decisions that you have made that you should regret. One last thing, Mr Mayor. It is very strange that you compare me to [Donald] Trump. Why?

Len Duvall AM: Because you are.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I have been asked a question.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Look --

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I have been asked a question.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Carry on, Mr Mayor.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): If you look at the methods and devices used by Donald Trump, both when he was a candidate and also when he won, you will see he used fake news, misinformation and misleading people. One of the big differences between you and Donald Trump is that he won his election. You will not.

Shaun Bailey AM: I would like to suggest that maybe you are like Trump because you tell an awful lot of lies, Mr Mayor, an awful lot.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Have your spin doctors honestly advised you that the best line of attack is to compare me to Donald Trump?

Léonie Cooper AM: This is disgraceful. Where is the question in that?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Can we get back to the questions and answers, please?

Shaun Bailey AM: Yes, we can. Over to you, Chair. Back to you. Thank you very much.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you. Can I also remind colleagues that I am chairing the meeting? I would appreciate that you allow me to have that control and conduct the meeting in a proper, orderly fashion.

Page 10 I have two indications in terms of supplementary questions, Mr Mayor, to you. First, I invite Assembly Member Duvall followed by Assembly Member Prince. Thank you.

Len Duvall AM: That was an incredulous bit of questioning there, Mr Mayor. Would you accept that there are wide-ranging measures that can help to support people, particularly the poor, around the cost of living? You have made the case for what you have done in that sense, but would you not say that the previous questioner would have more credibility if he had been speaking up for Londoners on free school meals and the Government fiasco over that and on issues around the concession passes? If he wanted to help the poor in terms of the cost of living, he could do that. You were very right to point out the tactics.

Really, Mr Mayor, my second part of the question very quickly is this. Conservatives in particular - and particularly in this group - speak about helping the poor on one issue when it is about you and forget about it with the Government and then make excuses to help the poor. This is a quote I want to give you to reflect on. I know you would never say this, but the previous questioner did,

“The key thing about poverty and poor people is that poverty is as much about a mindset as it is about money. If you give poor people lots of money, they buy things, not always what they need, and they buy what you want.”

That is the excuse that they do not do some of the things you have done in protecting some of the most vulnerable people in London and trying to support them in these hard times.

Is that generally correct around the range of issues, particularly where Government interventions could be helpful in supporting Londoners?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I find those comments attributed to a Member of this Assembly offensive and I am more than happy to give him the opportunity to apologise or even say he has made a U-turn and has changed his mind. Even that would be something that I am sure all of us would welcome. His silence speaks volumes. We can only infer from his silence when he has the opportunity now to respond to his comments that he still believes that. Anybody who still believes that is unfit not only to be the Mayor but to be a Member of this Assembly.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): All right. Assembly Member Prince, do you want to --

Keith Prince AM: Could I give way to Assembly Member Bailey first, who has been named?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): If he wants to reply. He has not indicated he wants to reply.

Shaun Bailey AM: I have indicated, Chair.

Len Duvall AM: Does he want to apologise?

Shaun Bailey AM: I have indicated, Chair.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): OK. Then please ask your question.

Shaun Bailey AM: First and foremost, in you, Mayor, we have someone who constantly shifts the blame, never takes responsibility --

Page 11 Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Why do you not respond to Len’s point?

Shaun Bailey AM: I am responding to his point.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Do you accept those comments or do you apologise for them and make a U-turn?

Shaun Bailey AM: If you let me answer, Mr Mayor, I will answer. In you, we have someone who constantly shifts the blame and never takes responsibility. My comments come from 20-plus years of working with some of the hardest --

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): You maintain those comments?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Look --

Léonie Cooper AM: He is not apologising. Unbelievable.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Bailey --

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): He maintains those comments, Chair. He still believes that about poorer people.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Bailey, you were named and so I am giving you an opportunity if you want to take up that particular point. If not, I would like to go back to questions and answers, please.

Len Duvall AM: What is your position now?

Shaun Bailey AM: Thank you, Chair. I would love to do that if Members and the Mayor stop intervening. All right. As I was saying --

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Look, you have been asked to apologise.

Shaun Bailey AM: No, as I was saying, Chair, I have worked with Londoners in tough positions for over 20 years of my professional life, people who are drug-addicted, people who are crime-involved and gang-related. When those comments were made, they were very relevant to the people I am dealing with. I, unlike the Mayor, take responsibility for the people around me. I, unlike the Mayor, am not busy trying to pass the buck.

The Mayor was not forced to make these decisions. He has decided to make these decisions and has hidden them behind sweet words. Ultimately, he was not forced to raise council tax. He decided to raise council tax. That was a decision the Mayor took on his own.

Len Duvall AM: Untrue, untrue.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Bailey, thank you. You have made your statement. You obviously have not taken up the request to apologise. We will move on.

Shaun Bailey AM: Why should I?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I am sorry, Chair. Chair, with respect --

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Shaun Bailey AM: Why should the Mayor ask me to apologise when I understand some of these communities far more than he ever will. He is hidden in his ivory tower. I have been on the streets dealing with people.

Léonie Cooper AM: Chair, this is not a question.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Bailey --

Shaun Bailey AM: I say to the Mayor, “Get out of your ivory tower and do your job. Come and see people who are really suffering”.

Léonie Cooper AM: For goodness sake.

Shaun Bailey AM: You have your Members piling behind you to try to make you look good. You are not helping Londoners. You are not doing what is required.

Léonie Cooper AM: No one can make you look good.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Bailey, you had enough opportunity.

Shaun Bailey AM: Thank you, Chair.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Mr Mayor, I will give you a minute at the most if you want - a lot has been said in that statement - if you want to come back for about a minute.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, no need. I am just making sure that we have recorded what he said.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): All right. Thank you. Assembly Member Prince?

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Chair. Very quickly, Mr Mayor, in relation to the border tax, this will be devastating for my patch, Havering and Redbridge, both of which are border towns. Also, will you be doing any impact assessment on that before you introduce it, Mr Mayor?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, firstly, I know Keith Prince incredibly well and I am sure he does not think about poor people the way Shaun Bailey does.

In relation to the so-called ‘border tax’, there are no proposals. If he really feels that strongly about the Financial Sustainability Report’s options, what he should do is lobby his Government to give TfL the money raised from the London through the VED. How does he explain to his residents how the money they pay in road tax is taken out of London and spent elsewhere? What he needs to do is to persuade his friends in the Government to return to London the money raised through road tax so that TfL does not need to consider the other option it is being forced to consider.

Keith Prince AM: Mr Mayor, as you know, there is cross-party support for that argument around the VED. I tell you what; I will put a challenge back to you. I will, jointly with you - and I suspect the other Group leaders - write to the Secretary of State [for Transport] asking for the VED to be given to Londoners. How about that?

Page 13 Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, can I thank the Member. People think we have knockabout stuff, but this is a really good example of joint working on a cross-party basis. As ever, the Member has risen to the occasion. Chair, with your agreement, the leaders of the various Groups could do a joint letter. Keith Prince, I hope, will speak for the Conservatives, save for their candidate for the mayoral contest. We will see if we can get agreement from cross-party leaders to do a joint letter.

Chair, for those who saw the unimpressive behaviour of the last Conservative speaker, this is to show that there is cross-party agreement on other issues and I am more than happy to write a joint letter to [The Rt Hon] Grant Shapps [MP, Secretary of State for Transport] on the basis outlined by Keith Prince.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you, Mr Mayor. On that happy note, I would like to move on to the next question.

Oral update to the Mayor’s Report

Before we do that, my apologies to Assembly Member Kurten because before we started this first question on the Priority Order Paper, Assembly Member Kurten had wanted to come in with his question. I am not sure if we have moved on but, Assembly Member Kurten, if you do want to come back in on the earlier comments and questions, please do so now.

David Kurten AM: Thank you, Chair, I would like to, if I may. The question does follow on from some of the earlier points make about the judgment yesterday about the Streetspace scheme.

It is disappointing that you are appealing that judgment. What do you say to taxi drivers particularly who are affected very negatively by not being able to drive along Bishopsgate?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Good morning, David. There are two separate issues.

One is the issue of us helping taxi drivers, particularly during the pandemic, and TfL will continue to do what it can. The biggest issue with the taxi drivers is, like many other businesses, they have lost customers because nobody is out and about needing a taxi. We will continue to work with taxi drivers to support that industry.

The second issue is the merits or demerits of the particular case going to court. The judgment has been made and I always respect judgments, but the advice is that it is worth appealing and so we will be appealing to the Court of Appeal.

We will continue to engage, David, with the taxi drivers to address anything that can be addressed on that particular stretch of Bishopsgate, but the policy is one that is a pan-London policy to try to reduce people driving around in cars and encouraging more to use public transport. If there are any specific ideas he has, I am happy to listen to them.

David Kurten AM: Mr Mayor, thank you. Specifically, will you open Bishopsgate entirely to taxi drivers now?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): We are going to appeal the judgment yesterday. We always on any temporary scheme see if it can be improved. That is without prejudice to any appeal. I am sure TfL will see if there are any improvements that can be made on any scheme that is currently in London temporarily.

David Kurten AM: You should, Mr Mayor, but I will leave it there because of time issues. Thank you.

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2021/0043 - New Years’ Fireworks Display Peter Whittle AM

Is the Mayor happy with the public’s response to his New Years’ fireworks display?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I am incredibly pleased with the public’s heartfelt response to the New Year’s fireworks, drone and laser display. 2020 was one of the most challenging years in living memory for both our city and the country as a whole. I am very pleased that whilst we could not gather together as we usually would to welcome in the new year, we were able to help the public unite from the comfort of their own homes through this spectacular show. The eyes of the world turned to landmarks across our capital to reflect on the defining moments of 2020 and look in hope to the new year. This included paying tribute to our NHS heroes, who continue to work tirelessly to save lives, and heroes like Captain [Sir] Tom Moore, who lifted our spirits and helped to raise millions of pounds for the NHS.

It also included recognising the importance and impact of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement on millions of people’s lives. Racism continues to affect the lives of many Londoners and we have all seen this year how COVID disproportionately impacted people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. I am glad we could show that London always stands together against racism.

There were a record-breaking 19 million views of the show live, with more than 39 million views overall. The public’s reaction, whether from London, from across the country or from around the world, has been overwhelmingly positive. Londoners have always stood together in the face of adversity. I was very pleased that we could reflect how this spirit carried on through 2020.

Peter Whittle AM: Thank you for your answer, Mr Mayor. A belated happy new year to you, too.

Can I ask a couple of questions to begin with? Can you confirm that the amount of taxpayers’ money used on the fireworks was, as has been reported, £1.5 million?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I do not have the exact figure, but that sounds about right. I can send the Assembly Member the accurate figure once we have that in.

Peter Whittle AM: Thank you. Also, is it correct that you had final sign-off on the display even though it was done with the BBC?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes.

Peter Whittle AM: I see. Mr Mayor, my problem is this. A lot of people tuned into the fireworks, like I did, only to be terribly disappointed by the politicisation of what should be, basically, a very uniting and harmless event, ie fireworks at the end of the year and at the beginning of the year. What happened is that they were confronted with, as you mentioned there, BLM. They were confronted with the very recognisable symbol now of the BLM movement.

Mr Mayor, this movement believes in defunding the police. It believes in deconstructing the family, history and capitalism. Why did you celebrate it?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The Assembly Member is in danger of confusing individual organisations with a movement and the causes behind the movement.

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What the movement is about in this country in particular is about highlighting and fighting against the racism, inequality and discrimination that still exists particularly against black people. Over the course of the last year, one of the defining moments was the horrible killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States. That is what has led to a groundswell of Londoners and people across the country coming together, uniting against racism, inequality and discrimination. That is what it is about, not the other issues he has referred to.

Peter Whittle AM: Mr Mayor, that is disingenuous of you. The BLM movement, as it was celebrated with that fist in the middle of a fireworks display, has very particular aims which they are very clear about. They are not resiling from them. They are very clear about them. I am surprised that certainly, for example, as the chief policeman in London, you would agree or celebrate a group that believes the police should be defunded.

Can I ask you this? When you worked out the display, did you know that BLM had in October [2020] already applied to become a political party?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Again, he is in danger of conflating individual organisations with the movement and the cause. I am quite clear. One of the defining moments of 2020 was the world uniting against racism, inequality and discrimination against black people all across the globe, including in London. I am not apologetic at all for being antiracist. I am not apologetic at all for being a supporter and an ally of the BLM movement.

Peter Whittle AM: I am not surprised, Mr Mayor, but the implication that somehow or other to be antiracist you have to support the BLM movement is one that I reject. It is absolutely not true. The point is that this movement has applied and is still being considered to be a party and so you could end up facing them in the forthcoming election.

Can I say also one thing? You talked about the images you used in this display. No display should have images that basically divide people, anyway, but one of the most important images of last year was the desecrated statute of [Sir Winston] Churchill. It was everywhere. It happened during a BLM demonstration.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Can you ask your question, please?

Peter Whittle AM: Mr Mayor, do you think it might have been a more healing thing to have had an image, for example, of that statue but not desecrated?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I agree that the statue of Churchill is really important and it is really important that it is not desecrated. It is really important that there is not graffiti or vandalism taking place of Winston Churchill’s - or others’ - statue. He was our great wartime leader. He was the leader of our country and the allies in defeating fascism across the globe. I am really proud that there is his statue in Parliament Square. It is really important that we do everything we can to protect that statue. That is why the police took the steps they did last year to protect the statue. All of us should be outspoken in our views in relation to making sure we stand up to anybody who thinks it is okay to denigrate the statute of Winston Churchill.

Peter Whittle AM: That would have been a very good way to have maybe illustrated that point by putting it in the display instead of the BLM logo. Anyway, my time is up, Mr Mayor. Thank you.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Thank you.

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2021/0040 - Net loss of council homes Siân Berry AM

Will London soon be turning a corner in terms of the net loss of council homes?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Building more council housing is one of my top priorities as Mayor. In 2018, I released over £1 billion to councils through my landmark Building Council Homes for Londoners Programme. Last year, councils started over 4,390 new homes in London, of which 3,300 were supported by City Hall, the highest number since 1983. I am proud of the success of this programme and the hard work of boroughs.

My new £4 billion Affordable Homes Programme will provide even further critical investment for new council homes in London. However, the evidence shows London’s housing sector needs significantly more grant, £4.9 billion per year for the next ten years, to meet the capital’s level of affordable housing need. I am calling for the Government to step up and provide this investment.

With the number of new council homes growing year on year, there is now only a slight decline in the overall stock of council housing in London, last year by less than 0.1%, representing the smallest decline since 1991 when records began. I am hopeful that my policies combined with the ambition and hard work of boroughs will see this small decline turn into an increase for the first time in 30 years.

I am doing everything I can to make this happen. My new London Plan requires that any existing council homes lost to demolition are replaced by new housing at an existing or higher density with at least the equivalent level of floor space. The introduction of my 2018 Good Practice Guide to Estate Regeneration ensures that where GLA funding is sought, future demolitions only happen with the support of affected residents. Over time, the combined impact of these policies should ensure demolitions do not need to a further reduction of council housing stock in the capital.

However, it is clear that we are swimming against the tide of national Government policies that hamper the efforts of councils to build homes. The Government’s right-to-buy policy is a major impediment to the sustained growth of council homes in London. It is clear that one-for-one replacements are not being achieved in London or elsewhere as a result of unfair restrictions placed on councils’ use of right-to-buy receipts to fund new homes. If, like us, the Government is serious about providing the homes Londoners need, it must remove these unnecessary restrictions to ensure boroughs can build at a rate that matches their ambition.

Siân Berry AM: Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. We both have the same goal in mind here, which is more council homes. That is what Londoners need. It is good to see the increase in council house building since 2016. That is progress, but it does not mean London has turned a corner in terms of the net loss of council homes on the ground. That is my topic today.

To track what is happening on the ground, I put out a report last week that talked about the planning pipeline, but today I have compiled data from the stock returns from councils. These have the overall numbers, plus information on new builds, acquisitions, demolitions, selloffs and right-to-buys. Adding them up, we get the net change. We are still seeing every year council homes being lost in London, more than are being built or acquired.

Page 17 One of the biggest components of the net loss is, as you would expect, as you have mentioned, right-to-buy. Last year, up to 2020, nearly 1,500 homes were lost that way in London. Starting with someone we can agree on, what can we do about this together? Can we push the Government harder for not just fewer restrictions on what to do with the funding we get from right-to-buy but an emergency suspension of right-to-buy? That would turn the numbers around in one go.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It would not because you are not increasing the supply of new homes. All you are doing is stopping people from fulfilling an aspiration to be a homeowner. It is a far more effective way to be a homeowner than other forms.

We need to do a number of things. First, we need to make sure it is meaningful in relation to like-for-like replacement. That means giving councils more ability to use their receipts from the sale of council homes to build new homes. That means increasing the supply. Since 1979 when right-to-buy first began up until recently, for every five homes sold only one was built.

I accept that we are shrinking the number of social homes and council homes available and that is why, since I became Mayor, we have started to increase the number of council homes being built. You have seen the policies in relation to estate regeneration, but we really urgently need to increase the numbers of council homes available. That is why I continue to lobby the Government in relation to the money it gives us so that we can use it for the sorts of homes that Londoners need rather than other sorts of homes that Londoners do not necessarily need as much.

Siân Berry AM: OK. I am surprised to hear you back right-to-buy quite so strongly there. My second question is about the other major contributor to the losses that are in the data returns. This is demolitions. They are not stopping. Your new policies are not yet coming into effect. Last year, on the ground, the stock returns show 1,700 demolitions versus only 946 new builds. Overall, we now have a net loss of council homes last year of 3,600. That is an increase on the previous year.

I have to raise the alarm. When we get the 2020 housing association data through in May, their new builds will not outweigh the lost council homes. We might see an overall net loss in social housing.

My question to you is: what more can we do? What emergency measures can you take to get more social housing into new-build projects now to make up for this loss?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Firstly, I am not sure I accept those figures but I am sure that is just a question of dates, not because your figures are not accurate. The figures I have show that the number of council homes demolished is far less than council homes started.

That is one of the reasons we have policies in place now both in the London Plan and in relation to funding. The London Plan is quite clear. If councils, for good reason when it comes to regeneration, want to demolish homes, they must replace each home lost with at least one new home but often more. That is why I referred to density. Secondly, if it is the wish of anybody to receive funding from the GLA when it comes to estate regeneration, there must be an affirmative ballot of those residents living on an estate before regeneration can take place.

Siân Berry AM: I support those policies, Mr Mayor. I am really sorry. I am running out of my time now. I need to leave some for my colleague. I will keep talking to you about this. If I can send you the data, that will probably clarify things for you as well.

Page 18 Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): As ever, we are on the same side of the argument here. It is a question of how we get to the end. I am more than happy to work with the Member, who is very constructive on these issues.

Siân Berry AM: Thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): All right. Assembly Member Cooper, do you have a supplementary question, please?

Léonie Cooper AM: Yes. Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, I note that our colleague’s figures start from 2003, although she does admit that it is the Government’s new planning regulations, which are obviously beyond your control, which mean estates are under threat. The estate regeneration ballot policy, which is very popular, is something she has tried on occasion to take credit for. Of course, Mr Mayor, you have boosted the number of council-rented homes being built since 2016. I wondered if you could give a proper comparison that will clear up any misapprehensions on her part. Thank you.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, it is really important because the numbers that are being used are numbers that go back to 2003. Even my most vociferous opponents do not blame me for stuff happening in 2003, although I am sure Shaun Bailey [AM] might try.

If we look at homes started by councils, I have figures that go back to 1990. For example, from 2008 until 2015, there were zero council homes begun. In 2015/16 there were 700. In the last few years we have seen 4,390 and the year before that almost 3,000. We are increasing to record levels the amount of new council homes begun and also bringing in new rules for when councils want to demolish homes as well. The safeguards are there.

This is an area where we should be working together with the Green Party to lobby the Government, which appears to be against Londoners who cannot afford to have a home in London get a home in London. I would rather we worked together to address these issues rather than have us not recognise where the real issues are or where the mischief lies.

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Of course you started from an absolute standing start after your predecessor did so little on social housing, whereas of course he inherited from the previous Labour Mayor a pipeline. Thank you very much, Chair. That was very helpful.

Page 19 2021/0372 - Vaccine roll-out Dr Onkar Sahota AM

How is the coronavirus vaccine roll-out impacting the rate of infection in London?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The vaccine rollout across the country is providing hope and a much- needed light at the end of the tunnel. The rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines is vitally important to protect those at highest risk of infection, hospitalisation and death from COVID-19. It is an incredible scientific achievement that with the Moderna vaccine available from the spring, we will have three vaccines in the United Kingdom (UK) that are proven to be safe and effective in protecting us against this deadly virus.

The emergence of the new variant has meant we have to get the virus back under control in London and I have called for the Government to rapidly accelerate the vaccine rollout and ensure that at least 2 million people a week are vaccinated nationally. This is the only way to meet the Government’s target of vaccinating the top four prioritisation groups by mid-February and will allow us to rapidly protect our most vulnerable and those who care for them, lift the burden on our NHS and ensure the country can begin to recover.

Thanks to the hard work of our brilliant NHS staff, more than 450,000 people in London have received their first dose of the vaccine so far. These numbers are increasing every day and they need to.

However, I was concerned that Londoners had initially received only a tenth of the vaccines that have been given across the country. The Minister for Vaccine Deployment, Nadhim Zahawi [MP], has assured me that supply and distribution will increase and I expect to see a proportionate increase in the number of vaccinations in London this week and next week. We will of course be monitoring this closely and working to ensure London gets its fair share of the vaccine.

We are yet to have full data on the impact of the vaccine on transmission and we do not yet know how new strains of COVID-19 will respond to the vaccines. We must remember that the vaccine is not a silver bullet. The new variant of the virus is spreading quickly and our NHS is under severe pressure right now. The best way for all of us to reduce the rate of transmission in our communities, protect the NHS and save lives is to stick to the lockdown restrictions.

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor, for that very comprehensive answer. As you will know, on 4 February [2021] we have a Plenary Session on vaccinations and, hopefully, the Minister for Vaccine Deployment will take up the invitation to come to the London Assembly because I know Londoners will want to ask a lot of questions of him on behalf of the Government and also to make sure that London gets a fair deal. Hopefully, the Minister will take this up.

You will note that London has the lowest vaccination rate and that may very well be because we have not had a proper proportion of the supply, but in addition to that the other risk of course is hesitancy, particularly as we know that 50% of the BAME community in this country lives in London.

What has the Minister been doing to work with local authorities to make sure that we address hesitancy and that we get the message across to communities to ensure that the take-up of the vaccine is at the level we need?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I want to place on record my thanks to Nadhim Zahawi [MP] in relation to the work he is doing in this area. I have spoken to him now on a number of occasions. He is approachable.

Page 20 He is engaging. He understands the issue. He really is trying to get on top of this issue of rollout. It is really important that if he can - and we appreciate the time constraints - he does come to the session because hopefully then he will be able to reassure you that he appears to have a grip on some of the logistical challenges. This will be the biggest vaccination everyone has taken in our country’s history. I am trying my best to work with him collegiately on a cross-party basis. He has been listening to some of the concerns that we expressed to him and I am meeting today NHS leaders to see if we have managed to address some of the concerns we highlighted last week.

There are two big issues. One is the supply of the vaccine and the other is how it is distributed. I was this week in Wembley in Brent where a further mass vaccination centre reopened. There will be GPs, pharmacies, hospitals and mass vaccination centres doing the rollout.

You are spot on in relation to your concern that I have as well about hesitancy. There are Londoners who are hesitant about receiving the vaccine, even though they are eligible to do so. The bad news is that it is those who have suffered most because of this virus and who need the vaccine the most who are the most hesitant. That is why I would ask you, Dr Sahota, as somebody who is respected by your patients and by your local community, to continue to speak up about how vaccines over the course of our history have saved millions of lives and how this vaccine has gone through a proper, robust regulatory process and is the gamechanger in relation to saving lives going forward.

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Yes, thank you, Mr Mayor, also for all the work you have done. I of course will continue to work along with you and your office to get this message across.

The other important thing is that we are about to open a 24-hour vaccination centre; London is testing them out. You will join me in paying credit to all the NHS staff for how hard they have worked as we are going through this crisis, the way the staff have stretched themselves, their dedication, their commitment and all the wonderful work they are doing in the NHS.

Having 24-hour centres will put extra pressure on the NHS staff. Do you think that we can staff those centres? Will they be contributing towards our vaccination rates?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): You raise a really important issue here. We have to recognise that the NHS is a 365-days-a-year, 24-hours-a-day, seven-day service. Most people who work in the NHS already work ridiculous hours. I am really worried about the increasing number of NHS workers I am speaking to who are stretched and who are strained and who are really struggling because of the pressures being put upon them. I have little doubt that many of the NHS workers, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs) and high- dependency units, on the front line are traumatised. Many may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. We have to support them.

That is why it is really important that if you are eligible for a vaccine you take it because it alleviates the pressure on the NHS. If you follow the lockdown rules, it leads to fewer people getting the virus.

The reason why it is important for the 24-hour, seven-days-a-week vaccination rollout to happen is because it accelerates the number of people receiving the vaccine. We in City Hall have offered to help the Government in relation to events expertise, venues, premises and volunteers to take some of the pressure off the NHS. In Brent this week, what is really good is how the NHS was training up others to do some of this work. I saw a second-year medical student giving the injections and other practitioners as well. Also, we had volunteers doing the signing in and volunteers doing the logging in stuff.

Page 21 Just to reassure you, Onkar, it is not just our hardworking NHS having to do even more. They are training others to help out as well, which is really important.

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Great. Thank you, Mr Mayor, for that. Thank you very much. Thank you to everyone who is contributing to the vaccination programme. Thank you.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Hear, hear.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you. Do we have a supplementary from Assembly Member Kurten, please?

David Kurten AM: Yes, thank you, Chair. Good morning again, Mr Mayor. You said in that previous answer that you think the vaccines are safe. There are two things wrong with that statement, Mr Mayor. There are three vaccines - or what have been called vaccines - that are being used. Two of those are not vaccines in the sense that most people would understand vaccines. They are experimental mRNA gene technologies that have never been used before on human beings. We do not know anything about their long-term safety.

How could you say that you know about the safety, particularly for pregnant women and their children and women of childbearing age, when we do not actually know what the effects on those groups of people will be in the long term?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): You are wrong. It is very important that I say quite clearly for those watching this that Assembly Member David Kurten is wrong. Let me explain to him why he is wrong.

The independent Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the UK’s regulatory body and is globally recognised for requiring the highest standards of safety, quality and effectiveness of any vaccine. It has approved all three vaccines. To get that approval, the vaccine development teams had to share all the data they had, which can be tens of thousands of pages of information. There is no way they can hide anything.

There are some groups that the regulators have advised do not receive the vaccine; for example, those who have allergies. It is really important that if anybody is concerned, they ask questions of experts rather than scaremongers, COVID-deniers and antivaxxers.

David Kurten AM: Mr Mayor, you can say that I am wrong, but I am right because there have been no long- term studies on the long-term effects of these three injections that are being given to people because they have not existed for more than a few months. There is absolutely no way that we can know the long-term effects over five or ten years.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I suggest that the Member speaks to the bereaved families who have lost their lives because of COVID about the long-term effects of bereavement. I suggest he speaks to those who are suffering from long COVID about the long-term effects of suffering from COVID.

David Kurten AM: All right, Mr Mayor, I am going to move on. You are not actually answering my question. Mr Mayor, you are not answering my question.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I have to bust some of these myths.

Page 22 David Kurten AM: I am going to move on to something else that you said because you were talking about lockdown as being the only way to get out of this situation and deal with it when we actually know from the data that countries like Sweden, Brazil and South Korea --

Navin Shah AM (Chair): The question is about vaccinations.

David Kurten AM: -- have not imposed draconian lockdowns and have not imposed all the kinds of measures that you are continually calling for. Should we not now end the lockdown because it is having a devastating effect on businesses, on civil liberties, on children’s education and mental health? It is the wrong course of action. The right course of action if you look at the data would be to use --

Léonie Cooper AM: Chair, where is the question?

David Kurten AM: -- drugs like Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. Why are you not taking that forward?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Let the Mayor answer the question.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, rather than standing outside St Thomas’ Hospital --

David Kurten AM: I did not do that, Mr Mayor. That has nothing to do with me.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): -- protesting against the hardworking hospital staff, it is far better for him to speak to the staff inside the hospital to see what they are treating.

Let me deal with the point about lockdown. The idea that anybody would pray in aid Brazil for a reason not to have lockdown -- let me deal with the facts. The facts are that, according to Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), who are experts, the lockdown in March 2020 led to a reduction in transmission of approximately 75% and also had a very high impact on reducing COVID deaths and severe disease. Those are facts.

David Kurten AM: Mr Mayor, you have not answered the question about Sweden --

Navin Shah AM (Chair): You are out of your time, Assembly Member Kurten. Let us move on.

2021/0256 - London’s economy in 2021 Léonie Cooper AM

In the context of Brexit and COVID, what is the outlook for London’s economy in 2021?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): GLA Economics published the latest version of London’s economic outlook on 7 December [2020]. The central scenario assumed a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) but did not assume a new national lockdown. A more pessimistic scenario assumed both further restrictions and a failure to agree a free trade agreement with the EU. The current best estimate is that the path of the London economy lies between these scenarios and that the outlook will not recover fully until 2022 or later. The central scenario estimated a gross value added (GVA) fall of 9.5% in 2020 followed by growth of 6.2% in 2021 and 6.9% in 2022. The lowest scenario estimated a GVA fall of 11.2% in 2020 followed by growth of 3.2% in 2021 and 8.2% in 2022.

Page 23 The lockdown is necessary to protect Londoners and the NHS but it will inevitably have a negative impact on London’s economy and the trajectory of our ultimate recovery will be significantly affected by how long it lasts. In these hard times, I call on the Government to provide greater financial support to businesses and the self-employed. With business leaders, we have developed a roadmap for the reopening of London’s economy when the time comes.

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. The combination of the pandemic, lockdowns and Brexit is particularly difficult. You in your opening remarks said that we have effectively a no-deal Brexit for our financial services.

I have also now heard very worrying reports that the Government is considering taking away some of the hard-won workers’ rights now that we have left the EU, including issues around the 48-hour working week and today very worrying indications that we may not give proper status to the EU’s ambassadorial representation in London.

I wondered if you would like to comment on both of those things and also on how your Good Work Standard might perhaps do something to counteract some of the problems that may arise from the watering down of workers’ rights. Thank you.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): You are articulating concerns that many Londoners have in relation to what is called a ‘race to the bottom’. I am not sure London’s future is a sort of Singapore on the Thames where we deregulate everything to allow us to compete better with our friends in the EU who have far more workers’ rights and have rules and regulations to make sure there are good standards in relation to food and in relation to a whole host of other issues as well.

The problem with what we have discovered this week is that there was a newspaper story saying the Government was considering reducing some of the rights that we had got through the EU, the Working Time Directive being one of them. The Government denied it and then - lo and behold - we got confirmation that the new Business Secretary is reviewing some of these rules.

The problem is that at the same time we are seeing us going into another recession, we are having a reduction of workers’ rights. That is why Unmesh Desai [AM] was right to raise the example of British Gas. What we are going to see across our city if we are not careful is more and more workers having their rights reduced and that is not the way to compete with our EU neighbours. It is far better to have higher-skilled, well-paid jobs in London and in our country to compete with rather than the alternative.

Unmesh Desai AM: Hear, hear.

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. One of the things that has also come up - certainly we have discussed this in the Economy Committee and I have talked to representatives from the City of London, London First and London & Partners - is the incredible pressure on London-based businesses. We really need to support them in light of the pandemic and of course in the light of Brexit.

What support is City Hall able to give and also the Government able to provide to deal with the new arrangements, particularly the non-tariff barriers that have just come in at such short notice?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, another good point. We are working closely with the business rep groups in London. Deputy Mayor for Business Rajesh Agrawal is chairing a subgroup to deal with the recovery

Page 24 as well. The Business Hub is providing new facilities to advise businesses across London in relation to the new red tape placed upon them by this Government.

I would rather our Chancellor [of the Exchequer] spent less time on his brand and more time on the UK and London and us being able to compete with our competitors across the globe rather than him competing with [The Rt Hon] Boris Johnson [MP, Prime Minister] for the top job in the Government.

Léonie Cooper AM: I must say I do agree with that. I want to hear less about Eat Out to Help Out and more about somewhat more practical measures to help London’s businesses. Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. Thank you, Chair.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): We now have a supplementary from Assembly Member McCartney.

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, during this pandemic, the Government has been behind the curve on many issues and, as a result, we have seen indecision and a series of U-turns on many essential matters. How has this affected London’s ability to counter the effects of the pandemic?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It has been a nightmare. We have no idea what side of the bed the Government is going to wake up on and what it is going to announce today when it comes to lockdowns, when it comes to the social distance restrictions, when it comes to what happens over Christmas, when it comes to schools reopening, when it comes to free school meals. I could go on. That is not the way to run the Government, particularly during a global pandemic and during a crisis.

We need to have confidence in the Government. One of the reasons people give for the compliance not being as high as it could be is because the public does not have confidence in the decision-makers in Government. You cannot have a situation where the most senior adviser in the Government is driving hundreds of miles to test his eyes. That does not give confidence about people following the rules.

What we need is fewer U-turns and the Government getting a grip on how to handle this pandemic.

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. Thank you, Chair.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Hall, your supplementary?

Susan Hall AM: Thank you. I will start by saying thank you to the Mayor for supporting the vaccines so robustly. I would suggest that all Assembly Members do. We have already put 5 million jabs into the arms of residents and we should be very proud of that. On that, Mr Mayor, thank you for your support for the vaccines.

The question was about Brexit. I know, Mr Mayor, you constantly find fault with Brexit, but may I remind you that if it were not for Brexit, we would not have all these vaccines? Europe, very sadly, is in a right old mess. It is fine for you to talk like your boss, Captain Hindsight, about the things the Government could have done. It has been in a very difficult position. Having said that, it has ordered all of these vaccines that you and I, Mr Mayor, both approve of, thank goodness. We cannot find fault in Brexit on the basis that we would not have all of these vaccines if we were not going it on our own. I applaud the Government for having ordered so many and - please God - getting us out of this wretched pandemic as quickly as possible.

Would you agree that that is the best thing for businesses in not only London but the whole of the country if we can get ourselves out of this terrible health situation as soon as possible?

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Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I do not mean to be patronising, but this is the way to do it. We will disagree about issues, but the leader of the Conservative Group was spot on in relation to what she said about vaccines. I really appreciate what she said and the way she said it. We should applaud the fact that almost 5 million people across our country have received the jab and that is brilliant news. I am really pleased with what you said and the way you said it. Everyone deserves our thanks: the scientists, the volunteers, the NHS and others, and indeed Nadhim Zahawi [MP] and others in the Government who have done a great job. She is right.

In relation to the vaccines being approved, just to be clear - I do not want there to be any misunderstanding - the Government has confirmed that the EU will have been a roadblock to the British regulatory authority approving the vaccine. We must not give the impression that this would not have happened because they were approved when there were still transitional arrangements in place. In fact, for all intents and purposes, we were still members of the EU when the regulatory authority approved those two vaccines last year. The United Nations’ approval of Moderna I accept happened after the end of the transition period, but that is not quite right.

In relation to Brexit, it has happened now. I accept that it has happened now. The key point I made in answer to a previous question, Susan, was that we should build upon the deal we have to get a deal with finance. At the moment, there is no deal with finance. To reassure her, the Chancellor agrees with me and so the Treasury is working on what at the moment is a memorandum of understanding. We are trying to say to the Treasury that it is a building block for further deals. It is really important that in finance in particular we have a good trade deal with the EU.

Susan Hall AM: OK. I accept some of what you have said there, Mr Mayor. If you have time today, look at the Financial Times. There are some really good articles in there about how our financial sector is employing more and more people. I was really positive when I read that this morning. I will leave it there. Thank you, both.

2021/0118 - Oyster Auto Top-Up Keith Prince AM

In the light of your decision to make TfL ticket machines cashless, will you reduce the minimum Oyster Auto top-up from £20 to £10?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The current minimum auto top-up amount of £20 was set for technical reasons. It ensures customers will always have sufficient credit to cover some of the longer-distance journeys possible on the network covered by Oyster such as from Reading or from Gatwick and reduces the risk of customers not paying the correct fare. However, I can see that some customers might benefit from being able to top up less each time. I know TfL was recently contacted by London TravelWatch on this issue and will be meeting to explore this further.

As the Assembly Member is aware, TfL has recently decided not to proceed at this time with its proposal to temporarily remove cash payments at those stations that are still accepting them. While the coronavirus transmission rate is high and passenger numbers remain low, TfL will maintain the temporary cashless arrangements in place and get machines at other London Underground (LU) and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) stations and at London Overground and TfL Rail ticket offices as these arrangements are generally working well.

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The decision to pause the wider rollout follows engagement throughout November and December [2020] and I want to thank everyone, including Assembly Members, for their insights and questions, which have helped TfL further understand how the proposals might affect people, especially in the current context.

TfL will keep under review what the appropriate payment options should be on the network as the way people pay for their travel continues to change. This may include looking again at the role of cash payments in the future as there has been a significant reduction in the number of people using cash over the years. The feedback TfL got from this exercise will help to shape any future proposals. TfL will continue to monitor the situation, respond to any concerns raised and keep stakeholders updated on any further changes.

Keith Prince AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. That was very helpful. It was following a discussion with [London] TravelWatch. They asked me to raise the question and so credit to them. Credit to you and the team for recognising that there are limitations on where you can go cashless, although I understand the reasons for wanting to go cashless.

I would re-emphasise that at this moment in time, if there is not the technological barrier that there was previously on the amount of top-up, if you could reduce it to £10, it would really help and probably would encourage even more people to take that route in using the Oyster card.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes. Chair, to reassure the Member, I have seen the letter London TravelWatch wrote to the Commissioner [of TfL]. They make some really good points in the letter. I am sure they shared it with you as well. TfL is planning some changes to the way auto top-up works. To give you the reassurance I am sure you are looking for, TfL is exploring the feasibility of a new £10 top-up option as part of this.

Chair, I agree to keep the Member in the loop and I will keep all of the Assembly in the loop because other Members, I am sure, will be keen to get progress on this.

Keith Prince AM: Thank you.

2021/0104 - TfL station car park developments Andrew Boff AM

Do you intend to revise any of TfL’s station car park development schemes?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): London has a housing crisis. Quite simply, there are not enough homes. As the Assembly Member knows, the only way to fix this is to build more genuinely affordable homes.

There is no good reason for TfL to reduce or change its property development programme. TfL is one of the capital’s largest landowners and it must continue to transform its surplus land into the new homes that London desperately needs while also delivering a vital long-term income stream that can be reinvested into the transport network. My job is to make sure these homes are well designed, built in sustainable locations and, most importantly, meet Londoners’ needs.

Since 2017, TfL and its partners have already started building almost 1,500 homes with over 5,500 more having planning approval and planning applications for a further 2,000 have been submitted. Of these homes,

Page 27 50% will be genuinely affordable. The Government wants us to look creatively at new income streams. In fact, that is a condition of TfL’s emergency funding. This is one of the programmes that is meeting this goal.

Every site in TfL’s portfolio goes through a rigorous feasibility exercise to determine if the local is suitable and to assess what could be delivered. My London Plan sets out the underused brownfield sites such as carparks that should be considered for development.

TfL’s carparks are no longer used in the way they were when first introduced. Public transport then was not as affordable, frequent, safe or accessible as it is today with bus routes and cycling facilities providing alternative ways to reach these stations. At Cockfosters, for example, 96% of people driving to the station are within walking distance of alternative public transport options. We also have an urgent need to tackle inactivity and poor air quality, which we can help to address by encouraging people to travel differently to our stations. Of course, accessibility for all is vital and TfL will retain already provided Blue Badge parking spaces for those who need to park at stations. By transforming underused carparks, TfL is encouraging more sustainable travel while helping to solve London’s housing crisis.

Andrew Boff AM: As Chair of TfL, what lessons will you learn from the unanimous rejection by the Enfield [Council] Planning Committee of your high-rise planning application to build on the Arnos Grove Station carpark and the cross-party rejection last night by Harrow [Council] Planning Committee of your application at Canons Park?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, as the Member will know, I cannot comment on live applications. They are quasi-judicial. He will be aware that there is a role for the Mayor or Deputy Mayor [for Housing and Residential Development] when there is a conflict to call in an application. I cannot speak on that specific case. I can speak generally if he wants me to do so, but he will appreciate why I cannot speak on those cases.

Andrew Boff AM: If you have called them in, that is the case. Have you called them in?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): As I am speaking, I have not called either of those in.

Andrew Boff AM: You can talk about them because they are not live. They have been concluded as far as the Planning Committee is concerned. Until you actually call them in, you can talk about them.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): No, I cannot, Chair. I am really happy for him to take the same advice I have received. I cannot talk about them and I will not talk about them.

Andrew Boff AM: You choose not to talk about them and we understand why. Your Arnos Grove application included just 14 family homes out of 162, which is 9%. Overall, your five most recent applications have just over 135 family homes, 12% of the total. Should you be using these schemes as an opportunity to support and create local communities rather than just warehousing people?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I am not speaking about that particular application. It is really important that I put that on the record in case somebody is watching this and thinks I have formed a view.

In relation to family houses in general, we are really keen to have more family homes that are affordable to Londoners. Market-value family homes are not affordable to most Londoners. I do not subscribe to the view, for example, that homeless Londoners can afford a £5,000 deposit for a home.

Page 28 What we are seeking to do is to encourage the Government to give us more financial support for subsidised family homes. At the moment, the funding the Government gives us is more skewed towards shared ownership in relation to home ownership and in relation to smaller units.

The reason why that can be an advantage is when it comes to adult overcrowding in homes. We have heard many examples. One of the reasons for overcrowding in homes is because adult children cannot afford to purchased subsidised smaller units of one or two bedrooms. Having more subsidised one- and two-bedroom homes means they can leave those homes that are overcrowded, which makes those homes less overcrowded.

As and when the Government changes its funding formula so that it is skewed more towards subsidise low- market family homes, of course we would like it to do so if it is possible, but there is no point building family homes that only very few people can afford to buy or that landlords buy to then sublet to people to rent.

Andrew Boff AM: Mr Mayor, they are expensive because nobody is building them and you are continuing the trend.

Will your keenness to support family housing at some point be represented in the figures? Since you have been Mayor, the number of family-sized homes has declined drastically.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Let us deal with what the Member clearly does not understand. This is one of the reasons why many of us were not surprised that the Conservatives think homeless people can afford £5,000 deposits. That is how out of touch they are.

The average cost of a family home in London is north of £500,000. He may be able to afford those sorts of family homes, but the vast majority of Londoners cannot. Unless we are able to provide subsidised family homes for --

Andrew Boff AM: You are talking about the purchase target, Mr Mayor. Social housing is the same. There are just not the family homes.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Boff --

Andrew Boff AM: Thank you, Chair. He is saying the same old stuff and so I will finish now.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I have been asked a question. I am not sure why he is scared of the answer. This is a good example of --

Andrew Boff AM: No, I am not. No, I do not think so.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Boff --

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): -- answers they do not like and they do not want to hear them.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Boff, look, you are making various comments. Allow the Mayor to respond to the comments that you are making. You may not like them, but please show the courtesy of listening to him.

Andrew Boff AM: It works like this, Chair. I ask a question. The Mayor should answer the question I ask.

Page 29 Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Do not patronise him. Do not patronise him. He is the Chair, do not patronise him.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Can you stop here, please? Assembly Member Boff, stop here, please.

Andrew Boff AM: All right. Let us not continue the agony, shall we?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Can you stop here, please? Sorry, Mr Mayor.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, the Member may try to patronise the Chair but I listen to the directions of the Chair. As you have asked me to respond to the question from the Member, let me respond.

The fact is that the way the formula works from the Government is that it is skewed towards the one-bedroom and two-bedroom properties in the market in London and is also skewed against subsidised family homes.

I have seen, by the way, what the previous Mayor was doing in relation to affordable homes. He had two definitions of an affordable home, one costing £450,000 to buy or one costing 80% of market value to rent. I am not in favour of building luxury penthouse flats for foreigners to invest in, nothing against foreigners. I am in favour of building homes for Londoners. He may not like that but that is what Londoners voted for in 2016. Over the course of the next 100 days, I will be explaining to Londoners why the only way to get more affordable homes for Londoners is by voting for me on 6 May [2021] rather than the Conservative candidate.

Andrew Boff AM: Perhaps, Mr Mayor, you could send me a letter, which I will circulate to other Assembly Members, asking how many penthouses you have built. Thank you very much for that. I do not require an answer. We will get that in the letter. Thank you very much, Chair.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, let me answer. Let me respond. No, Chair, he has asked a question. Let me respond to that. Chair, I am not going to respond to him in writing because this is Mayor’s Question Time. If he wants to ask me a question for me to respond to now, I will respond to it. He may not like the answer, but it is my prerogative to answer the question. Chair, let me ask him. Would you like me to answer your question now?

Andrew Boff AM: No, I want a letter.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): There we go. Did you see?

Andrew Boff AM: I want a letter. I want you on the record.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): All right. Let us stop here. The Mayor has refused to give you a letter. He was happy to answer your question. Let us move on. We have a supplementary from Assembly Member Dr Moore.

Dr Alison Moore AM: Thank you very much, Chair. I think nobody who has been on this Assembly or a councillor would disagree with the fact that there is a real and clear need for genuinely affordable housing, particularly for families, although not only for families, in London. We are all very grateful that one of the first things you did as Mayor was to scrap that definition of affordable housing being 80% of the market rate, which [The Rt Hon] Boris Johnson [MP, Prime Minister] brought in when he was Mayor.

Page 30 If the Government changed its rules around affordable housing and made it genuinely affordable and provided TfL with the appropriate finances needed to deal with the pandemic, would TfL need to rely on maximising these long-term revenue streams so much?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): That is a really good point. There are a number of models out there. One way to raise revenues is to sell off surplus land. You get some money in, but it is gone then. It is like selling off the Crown Jewels. It is a one-off sale.

What I would rather do, which makes economic sense and also means we can get the homes Londoners need, is to keep the asset and to work with a developer partner to have a proportion, 50%, as genuinely affordable homes and the other half as market value. That means we have a revenue stream coming in in perpetuity that helps TfL going forward and we also have some additional money coming in because of the market-value sales as well. That is the sensible way to proceed in relation to the economics of TfL and also in relation to what London’s needs are.

There is going to be more and more pressure on TfL because of the way it is funded - or, should I say, not funded - by the Government. That is why we have to make sure that we continue to use all surplus land in a sensible way financially but also as to what London’s needs are.

Dr Alison Moore AM: Thank you. It is very much about the right scheme in the right place.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Absolutely.

2021/0057 - Action on the cladding and fire safety scandal Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM

What steps are you taking to support leaseholders and residents impacted by the cladding and fire safety scandal in London?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Can I thank the Member for raising this really important issue? I have always supported leaseholders and residents impacted by the building safety scandal in London and I remain deeply concerned about the impact this may be having on their safety, their personal finances and their mental health and wellbeing.

I have consistently lobbied the Government on this point. In December [2020] I proposed that it introduce a ground-breaking levy on major private property developers, which could raise £3 billion to raise the rampant inequality in building safety standards and fund vital cladding replacement work on properties across London. This proposal was supported by many cladding groups and by my Deputy Mayor [for Housing and Residential Development], who also raised this with the Minister [for Housing] directly.

In September [2020] I also wrote to the Government outlining five urgent steps to unlock the EWS1 [External Wall Fire Review form] crisis for the many thousands of leaseholders trapped in unsellable and potentially unsafe homes. I have not received a reply and I have chased this up.

In response to pre-legislative scrutiny on the Building Safety Bill, I called for protections for leaseholders from the costs of historic defects and I have been pushing for funding to cover the costs of interim safety measures such as waking watches.

Page 31 As well as lobbying the Government, where I have powers to act, I have ensured we are doing everything we can. My new London Plan takes ground-breaking steps to introduce fire safety into the planning system, ensuring that safety is considered from the very beginning. New homes on public land commissioned by my Development Panel are now required to meet higher standards than those set out in building regulations. This includes the requirement for sprinklers in all purpose-built blocks of flats and a complete ban on combustible materials on all buildings regardless of height. The same requirements have also been introduced for social landlords wishing to bid for funding from my new Affordable Homes Programme.

I am afraid the Government continues to fail to realise the scale of the building safety crisis. Its response has been slow, piecemeal and simply not good enough. I am astounded that over three and a half years since the awful fire at Grenfell [Tower] there is still no sign of a long-term and fair solution to the building safety crisis. Leaseholders and residents deserve better.

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. We agree that Government measures to tackle the cladding and fire safety scandal have not only been perilously slow, but continue to be wholly insufficient, leaving thousands of Londoners living in dangerous buildings and many leaseholders facing financial ruin. While I fully support and encourage the building of new affordable homes in our city - and I have heard your answer today - we continue to see some housing providers that you fund recording strong profits yet failing to protect and safeguard tenants and leaseholders in their buildings against serious fire safety defects and dangerous cladding.

I am wondering; will you make it a condition of future GLA funding that housing providers must demonstrate to you that they have explored all possible funding options for remediation with the exception of charging leaseholders and show that they have implemented and funded all necessary interim safety measures for any affected buildings they own?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Can I say, there is an issue in the way she has raised it. We speak on a regular basis with our partners to address the issues. Just so she is aware, one of the challenges they have is with finite resources they are really keen to build new affordable homes, but they have to deal with a backlog of remediation that you refer to, and rightly so. That is one of the reasons why we continue to lobby the Government in relation to both remediation but also new affordable homes. The challenge that the housing associations have is they have really acute pressures in relation to construction of new homes and additional obligations of new homes, at the same time as the backlog. That is why we continue to engage with them. We continue to want additional resources for them to remediate. As she said, what nobody wants is for leaseholders - leaseholders are not rich people - to have to pay for the remediation. By the way, they bought in good faith and nobody pointed out to them when they bought.

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Absolutely. But it could be something you could look at to assure yourself that those people you are giving money to have put in as many measures as they can.

I was also shocked to learn that under current legislation leaseholders have no legal right to see the fire risk assessment for the building in which they live. Will you consider trialling a public register of fire risk assessments in London so would-be renters and owners can check the fire-safety status of their potential new home? Such as the one that is used to register domestic energy performance certificates.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The Building Safety bill is currently going through Parliament. We are speaking to legislators about tweaks and changes there. That is one of the ideas that we are discussing with them. I am really happy to report back once we have had those discussions. My concern is also the obligations on the firefighters to do the inspections. One of the problems in London is we have more than twice as many

Page 32 of these buildings than the rest of the country put together. But also it is quite difficult to work out who the owners are. It is difficult. So those who manage the building, those who own the building. But I am more than happy to look at this issue in relation to whether the Building Safety bill is the way to force owners to give this information. Because often there is no obligation on them to do so.

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Lovely, thank you very much. A lot of attention is rightly on high-rise buildings, but we know it is also a serious issue in low-rise blocks. Of course buildings under 18 metres cannot access some of these funds, leaving thousands of leaseholders without any route to financial support. I am wondering what work you have been doing, Mr Mayor, to really push for those living in buildings under 18 metres high.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): There was an awful fire in Sutton, which was below five storeys, and as Assembly Member Boff knows too well, the awful fire in Barkingside, which was not a tall building as well. We are working with, not just the building owners and the building managers, but the local councils in relation to what they can do. Speaking to many of these private owners about remediating some of this combustible cladding that is not aluminium composite material (ACM), these are not 18-metre buildings but lead the fire service to think that the built environment is not what it should be.

Just so she is aware, one of the challenges the fire service has is it cannot now say, “Stay put”, because it is not sure whether that building is safe enough for people to stay put. It is a real problem and we are taking steps to address this issue.

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you very much.

2021/0290 - Policing implications of leaving the EU Unmesh Desai AM

What impact has there been on the Metropolitan Police Service’s operations following the end of the Brexit transition period and the loss of EU policing tools which were previously in place?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Thank you to the Member for this really important question. There is no doubt that the newly agreed Brexit deal does not come close to the benefits we enjoyed as members of the EU. Whichever way you slice it, the deal falls short of what is best for London.

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) will continue to work with European counterparts in security and policing under the new agreement, but they no longer have the same EU tools and powers as before. National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Chair Martin Hewitt said:

“The fallback systems will be slower, provide less visibility of information and intelligence, and make joined-up working with European partners more cumbersome.”

The UK has forfeited the use of the European Arrest Warrant, the Schengen Information System, and its membership of Europol and Eurojust, making it harder to keep track of terrorists, criminals, and serious organised criminal networks.

Instead, the UK has become a third-party partner with Europol and Eurojust, similar to the relationship with the United States. The police are now using alternative inferior arrangements. But these are not like-for-like

Page 33 replacements of the EU tools and powers. In most cases they are slower and less efficient and they represent a drop-off in capability for tackling cross-border criminality.

The loss of the Schengen Information System will have a major operational impact according to the NPCC. This database was aligned to European systems and, while the police are prepared to use Interpol in its place, this requires a more manual and slower process, with Forces circulating information on far-fewer persons and objects of interest.

That being said, I believe the historic bonds between London and the European agencies will endure. The MPS has good relations and will continue to work together with our European friends on the many challenges we face, including the fight against terrorism.

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor, for that answer. Mr Mayor, the Home Secretary, in an article in the Sunday Telegraph, has stated that she feels the UK will be safer following exit from the EU as UK police will be able to benefit from good stronger powers as a result of the deal.

Do you agree with these comments, especially in light of what you have said? What are the stronger powers? Have you or the MPS been given an indication of what impact these so-called stronger powers will have for policing in London?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): No, it is nonsense. It is just lies. There are no stronger powers. We discovered this week that we have left the EU but the Home Secretary still does not have control of her borders. They cannot even sort out the borders in relation to the virus, let alone additional powers to fight terrorism and organised crime. We had a former Commissioner [of Police of the Metropolis], [Sir] Ian Blair [QPM], talking on the radio recently, explaining his concern about, for example, terrorists he was able to bring back speedily in 2005 cannot now be brought back because we have left the EU and our access to the European Arrest Warrant.

Unmesh Desai AM: Mr Mayor, I am very conscious about time, but if I could ask you this one and final question. The Home Office has managed to accidentally delete around 400,000 fingerprints, DNA and arrest reports, from the Police National Computer. What has also been last reported is the Home Office, as a result of the Brexit deal, has been required to delete 40,000 alerts relating to European criminals. What impact could the loss of these records have on London?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): A huge impact because it means that police officers do not have up-to- date information on potentially dangerous people. We have to be honest about what Brexit means. Some people try to sugar-coat how bad it is. This is a live real example of the consequences of us leaving the EU.

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor.

2021/0352 - Support for the 3 million excluded Joanne McCartney AM

What actions have you taken as Mayor to help support those Londoners who are part of the 3 million excluded from current support packages?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I am appalled that, despite the clear evidence that so many are being denied the support they need through the pandemic, many are left in or at risk of severe financial hardship.

Page 34 The Government continues to ignore the millions excluded. This further current national lockdown will make matters even worse. The Government must now listen to what Excluded UK, London’s business groups and I have said. It is not too late for the Government to do the right thing. The Government has not put in place support for the newly self-employed, directors of limited companies, or those who have annual trading profits in excess of £50,000.

July figures show that hundreds of thousands of self-employed people in London could be excluded from the financial help they need. Many of those affected are not well off. They are self-employed freelancers and tradespeople across all sectors of our economy. They will be supporting families with mortgages, rent and other essential costs. We cannot forget or ignore the impact this is having on people’s mental health. People are in real financial despair.

I have been listening to the concerns of the self-employed and I continue to press the Government to fix this. In November [2020], I stood with seven other city region mayors, Excluded UK and self-employed people to call for action. In December, I wrote to the Chancellor to call for targeted financial support to the taxi and private-hire vehicles. Even with limited funds, I continue to provide whatever direct support I can for the self-employed, including the Pay It Forward platform, back-to-business grants, the Culture at Risk Fund and the Creative Economy Growth Programme. The London Business Hub and my Employment Rights Hub are updated frequently with help and signposting. We are also funding research by the Centre for London to make recommendations on supporting the self-employed.

Now the Government must urgently review the support for the self-employed or we risk more businesses in London, which were thriving until recently, being lost for good.

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you for that answer, Mr Mayor. Many of my constituents in Enfield and Haringey are among those workers who have received no support from the Government. We are now in another lengthy lockdown and by the end of this lockdown that will be almost a year without any support. You are quite right that there is great financial hardship. They feel ignored and let down by this Government. Many of them are freelancers working in the creative industries, which is so important to London’s economy. What should the Government be doing as a priority for these workers?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The Government needs to recognise that hundreds of thousands in London, millions across the country, have fallen through the cracks and have received no assistance, like you say, since last March [2020]. We estimate that over 60% of creative freelancers have lost all work. Equity estimates that 40% of its members have not been able to access support. That is why it is so important that the Government steps in to help these creative people, who contribute hugely towards our economy in good times and through the bad times, or we could lose them forever, not just from these industries but also from London. That is why I am imploring the Chancellor to do right by them in his forthcoming budget, preferably in advance of that, because they cannot wait until March [2021].

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Will you promise to continue to speak up for these workers? Could you just let me know a little bit more about the help that you have given, as far as you are able, to support those workers who have been excluded from Government support?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, we continue with limited funds to do what we can to help. With, in relative terms, a fraction of the money that Government has, we are doing much more, which just does not seem right, whether it is the Pay It Forward scheme or the Culture at Risk Fund. We have a new Business Hub doing an amazing amount of really good work. The back-to-business financial support we are giving. The grant scheme we are giving. I have recently given out a further £5.5 million towards the recovery.

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It is really important though that the Government steps in to help out. I had a call yesterday with business leaders and businesspeople and some of their stories are heart-breaking. The further national lockdown has compounded some of the challenges they had faced last year. These last-minute U-turns from the Government mean they cannot even plan for the future, which does not make sense either.

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Good luck in your lobbying efforts. Thank you, Chair.

2021/0238 - Electric Buses Tony Devenish AM

With the news that Coventry and Oxford are set to become the first UK all-electric bus cities, how long will it take London to join them?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): London now has the biggest zero-emission bus fleet in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. I want London’s bus fleet to become entirely zero-emission as quickly as possible. The scale of that challenge is many times larger in London than Coventry or Oxford, each operating hundreds of buses compared to our now 9,000. TfL has already made great strides since I became Mayor in bringing over 400 zero-emission buses into service. This is expected to rise to 700 by the end of this year and 2,000 by 2025, dependent upon TfL reaching an adequate financial settlement with the Government.

Since I became Mayor, we have made huge progress and now all buses in TfL’s 9,000-strong fleet meet or exceed stringent Euro VI emission standards. This important milestone has been achieved in less than four years. Air quality and carbon emissions will be further improved by moving towards a zero-emission bus network. That is why the financial sustainability plan that TfL has submitted to Government is clear about the scale of investment needed to deliver this as soon as possible. This is critical to meeting my zero-carbon target by 2030.

Decarbonising the transport network and cleaning up London’s air will also support green jobs in the bus industry across the UK. Around £85 million has been invested in retrofitting older diesel buses to meet or exceed the Euro VI emissions standard since 2017. Each retrofitted bus emits up to 95% less nitrogen oxides (NOx) and 80% less particulate matter than before, leading to significant air quality improvements across London. Twelve low-emission bus zones were delivered between 2017 and 2019 to tackle the worst air quality hotspots outside central London. This service has helped transform air quality.

Both Coventry and Oxford will receive funding from the Government to replace its entire fleet of buses with all-electric versions, to install new infrastructure such as charging systems, and pay for electric grid updates. TfL has outlined to the Government that with steady financial support it could make all buses in London zero- emission by 2030.

Tony Devenish AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. Mr Mayor, as you have said, the city of Coventry has overtaken our global city of London by 12 years in its ambition to have an electric bus fleet. As the son of a bus driver, are you not embarrassed by the poverty of your green ambition?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Who writes this stuff? Coventry is receiving 100% funding from the Government. The Government has written a £50 million cheque to Coventry, a separate £50 million cheque to Oxford, and has not given us any of the support we need. We have more electric buses in London than any city in Europe. It began after I became Mayor. We are not wasting money on vanity Routemasters.

Page 36 £326 million on 800 new Routemasters. We retrofitted all of our 9,000 buses and have an ambition to go fully electric as soon as possible. If he were more successful in persuading his mates in the Government to give us more support rather than being anti-London, we could get there sooner rather than later.

Tony Devenish AM: You could be a collegiate mayor, Mr Mayor, and maybe we could work together to achieve this. This is something you have made little progress on. You were Mayor for three and a half years before COVID. You have done, as usual, not a lot. I will leave it there because of the time.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I am really happy for the Member to let me know how many electric buses I inherited. How many hydrogen-powered buses did I inherit?

Tony Devenish AM: It is Mayor’s Question Time, Mr Mayor. Your record is appalling and you can try to hide behind it. Thank you, Chair.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): We have the most electric buses of any city in the country and in Europe. We have had a massive run over the last four and a half years. If we had a less anti-London Government --

Tony Devenish AM: He is very concerned about his appalling record, Chair, because he cannot stop. Get on with the job, Mr Mayor. That would be wonderful. Have a great day.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Sorry, I heard the shouting but I did not hear a question, Chair.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): There was not one.

2021/0356 - The Extraordinary Funding and Financing Agreement for Transport for London Dr Alison Moore AM

What does London need to make TfL financially sustainable by 2023?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Before the pandemic, TfL was close to achieving a level of financial sustainability unheard of among transport authorities around the world. COVID has led to the lowest Tube ridership since the 19th century and has decimated TfL’s finances, revealing that a funding model that is solely reliant on fare revenues is not sustainable. 72% of TfL’s operating income comes from passenger revenue, far more than any other major city. London contributes around 23% of the UK’s total gross domestic product (GDP) and in 2018 London contributed £39 billion net to the Treasury.

As part of the most recent funding agreement, TfL was required to produce a plan setting out how it could become financially sustainable by 2023/2024. A copy of this report was shared with the Government and the Assembly last week. It provides the starting point for discussions with Government ahead of the current funding agreement expiring in March [2021]. TfL is seeking Government support to drive a green recovery focused on maintaining service levels and decarbonising transport by 2030, while still achieving a level of financial sustainability greater than many other mass transit systems.

TfL has already explained that around £3 billion in support will be needed in 2021/2022 to make up for the income lost due to the pandemic. Although future demand remains unclear, London will certainly need support into the long term for investment in the city’s transport infrastructure. The funding model must be revised to ensure TfL can provide the services we need. The £1.6 billion annual funding for capital investment that TfL is requesting from 2023 onwards will be used to support London’s recovery from the pandemic by

Page 37 making London’s buses zero-emission, improving the safety and efficiency of our roads, and encouraging active travel.

Dr Alison Moore AM: Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. I would like to follow up with a couple of questions. I will start by saying, contrary to the somewhat shouty and inaccurate assertions by Assembly Member Devenish, you earlier this morning welcomed a cross-party approach on the issue of VED. Has the Government responded to your proposals to play fair with Londoners by allowing TfL to keep the £500 million a year in VED Londoners pay every year?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The discussions have just begun and I do not like giving running commentaries on negotiations. We will be able to see how effective Conservative Members of the Assembly are in relation to the response from the Government. I really welcome Keith Prince’s [AM] offer to work on a cross-party basis persuading the Government to allow London to keep the VED raised in London. We will see now what response the Government has to this cross-party approach from the GLA.

Dr Alison Moore AM: Thank you very much. I hope they will listen to that. What are the next steps for the independent review? Will you be formally responding to all the suggestions made? If so, what is the timeframe for that to happen?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): In due course we will be responding to the independent review. I will just bring up the point that we published both the London Sustainability Plan because we believe in transparency and we published the independent review conducted by experts for no cost at all. The Government, on the other hand, has paid for - using taxpayers’ money - a report done by KPMG and it is locked in a safe somewhere. We cannot get to see it. Yes, we will respond in due course. We are using that as the base source for discussions with the Government over the course of the next few days and weeks.

Dr Alison Moore AM: That begs a final question from me, then. You mentioned the KPMG review and the Government - as I understand it - has refused to share that KPMG review into TfL finances. How difficult is it to negotiate a funding agreement with the Government when they are guided by a report that you have not seen and therefore cannot respond to or indeed take fully into account in your submission?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is unheard of. Nobody can give me an example where anybody has worked under these conditions. One of the things I will be doing - let me just say loud and clear - over the next 100 days is letting Londoners know what sort of Government we have. That they would use taxpayers’ money to prepare a report in relation to TfL, which includes commentary on how TfL is doing, but also has ideas going forward, but refuses to share that document with TfL, not only the Mayor who is Chair of TfL, but the Commissioner or any of his staff. The version they give them has large chunks blacked out and redacted. It beggars belief.

Dr Alison Moore AM: It is really not playing fair. Thank you very much, Mr Mayor.

2021/0360 - Rough sleeping in the second wave - during winter Murad Qureshi AM

What action is being taken to support Londoners who are sleeping rough during this second wave of COVID-19, which has hit during the winter?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Can I thank the Member for this really important issue at this time of year?

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In partnership with boroughs, charities and the NHS, I will continue to do all I can to keep rough sleepers safe during the pandemic. It is essential that we are able to sustain our achievements so far. Since March [2020], accommodating well over 6,000 people, including almost 2,200 in GLA-procured hotels, avoiding an estimated 7,000 infections and 90 deaths as well as 390 hospital and 115 ICU admissions. The extent of the second wave, the further lockdown, the new variant and the onset of winter have made our task more challenging and more important. We are doing all that we can.

Across London, over 3,200 rough sleepers are currently being safely accommodated. Around 690 of these are in six GLA-procured hotels, two of which we opened this winter. We have also reopened our COVID isolation beds and, in addition, are taking referrals for people being discharged from hospitals, freeing up much-needed NHS beds. With GLA support, the faith and community sector has done amazing work to provide an alternative to the usual 800 spaces in communal winter night shelters, securing COVID-safe accommodation for over 270 rough sleepers. My team has also worked with the boroughs to make sure there is COVID-safe provision during severe weather, including up to 80 beds in a new GLA-procured facility.

Since last summer, London boroughs and I have been repeatedly urging the Government to provide the additional funding needed to safely accommodate everyone on the street over the winter, estimated at £24 million in London. The response from the Government has been both piecemeal and inadequate, £25 million nationally announced in October [2020] and a further £10 million nationally announced this month. The Government has continued to resist our calls to fund a comprehensive second everyone-in, perhaps because, unlike during the first wave, Dame Louise Casey [CB] is no longer there to spearhead a compassionate and life-saving approach. With the second wave even worse than the first, I can see no justification for this. Without it, I very much fear that much of the good work achieved so far will be undone and that London’s rough sleepers will face the bleakest of winters.

Murad Qureshi AM: Thank you for that comprehensive update. This time of year, as you have said, is a critical time of year and you have had to twice get things into operation because of how cold it is. One of the things you did not quite give us information on is how much of the extra £10 million that the Government has suggested is London getting at all.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): We are getting a portion of that. I do not have the exact figure here but I can write to you in relation to that. The £35 million is national, £10 million plus £25 million. Just for London, we need £24 million. You will be aware that in previous schemes we got a fraction of the amount we need.

Murad Qureshi AM: I will follow up after the meeting. How many people do you think have been left sleeping rough due to the Government not stepping up to give London the funding it needs?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): We worry there are hundreds of people out in London that should not be there. One of the downsides of the many upsides of there being fewer people on the streets because of the lockdown is they cannot let StreetLink know who is rough sleeping. What normally happens, as you are aware, is the StreetLink app is used to let the charities know where people are sleeping rough so we can send out outreach workers to help them. Because people are not out and about, they are not letting us know using StreetLink. But there are still many, many hundreds out and about sleeping rough in London. Outreach workers are going out, notwithstanding the pandemic. The issue is there are fewer places because what we do not want is people to be in a place that cannot be secure because the virus spreads quickly. That is why we need to get them off the streets as soon as possible and keep them once they are in.

Page 39 Murad Qureshi AM: There is no doubt, along the edge of the road where I jog, there are increasing levels of rough sleepers. It is quite clear the circumstances, as you have explained.

Can I just now move to private renters in this question? The National Residential Landlords Association said Ministers were doing more harm than good by repeatedly banning repossessions as it simply stacks up more tenant debt on top of their existing arrears. You have called on the Government to put in place a support package that would include providing grants to support renters to clear their rent arrears and remain in their homes. Do you expect the Government to take such measures in the future?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): “No renter who has lost income due to Coronavirus will be forced out of their home, nor will any landlord face unmanageable debts.” They are not my words but the words of the Housing Secretary in March [2020]. An example of a promise made and a promise broken. I am afraid the bad news is we are seeing tenants still leaving their homes because of arrears. Although there has been a winter truce on bailiff actions, we are still seeing court orders made. The Government should be supporting landlords who need the monies but also supporting tenants as well. It is really important the Government understands that they are creating problems for both tenants and landlords.

Murad Qureshi AM: Thank you for that response. I hope private renters and rough sleepers realise on whose side you are on, on these matters. Thank you very much.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Thank you very much.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): The next question, number 2021/0044, we are not able to take up as they are out of time.

Page 40 2021/0313 - Waking Watch Relief Fund Andrew Dismore AM

The Government has announced a Waking Watch Relief Fund that will pay for fire alarm systems to be installed in high rise residential buildings which have had to have waking watches as temporary fire safety measures because of fire safety defects which have still not been fixed three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower fire. This fund, however, will not actually pay for waking watches, only a fire alarm system. Many buildings need both. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) says there are, as at 18 December, 590 buildings with temporary fire safety measures and around 250 of these just have waking watches. Will you press the Government to actually fund waking watches as well as installation of fire alarm systems?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Since the horrific tragedy at Grenfell Tower, time and again the Government’s response has been too little too late. I am deeply disappointed to see that the latest fund announced by the Government does not go far enough. Average costs of a waking watch in London - at an eye-watering £256 per household per month - are double the average for the rest of the country. Some households are paying as much as £500 per month on top of astronomical insurance bills. The Waking Watch Relief Fund is a belated step in the right direction but it is not enough to fund all affected buildings. It fails to reimburse leaseholders. Leaseholders have already paid out for interim waking watch costs. It does not consider those who continue to need a waking watch as well as a fire alarm. Yet again it failed to address buildings under 18 metres.

It took the Government too long to ban combustible materials in new buildings and we are still waiting for its belated extension of the ban to buildings below 18 metres to take effect. Time and again, the Government’s solution has come up short. I will continue, with the support of at least some Members of the Assembly, to press for change.

Andrew Dismore AM: Thank you for that reply. Would you agree that the Conservative Government’s announcement is a fake-news shabby conflict because it gives no help whatsoever for the cost of waking watches? Leaseholders have been left in limbo, facing demands of hundreds of pounds a month. In fact, the figure we have from the Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning (FREP) [Committee] was that the average cost of a waking watch is £499 a month. The Local Government Association recently reported that they are now being pressurised by the Government to use trading standards departments to change the price of waking watches, but they have got no powers under which they can do so. It is the case, is it not, that the Secretary of State is giving beleaguered retailers empty promises, unsupported by entirely insufficient funding, dodging his responsibility by expecting cash-strapped London boroughs to step in where they have no jurisdiction?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Spot on. Spot on. This is a good example of the Government passing the buck without the resources. I am sure he has spoken to, as I have, heartbroken retailers, who simply cannot afford any more to pay for the waking watch, but they have to. They are taking on debt to pay for the waking watch and many of them are not just suffering financial hardship but mental anguish. I have spoken to people, Andrew - and I am sure you have - who are suicidal. Although the Government is offering to pay for a fire alarm to be installed three and a half years after Grenfell, some leaseholders require a waking watch and a fire alarm, but there is also no reimbursement for the money spent in the past and there is no way at all that council can step in. They are starved of resources as it is.

Andrew Dismore AM: Yes, and that is right. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has met the challenge of London’s built environment by stepping up inspections of buildings at risk, including monitoring the performance of waking watches to ensure that Londoners are as safe as can be achieved in these difficult

Page 41 circumstances. What has been the impact on the LFB’s finances and operational capacity of these extra demands, especially at the time of COVID? Is it fair the Government has refused to address the funding pressures this additional workload has created?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): There are a number of things happening to the LFB. One: we do not receive the right level of funding from the Government that the Fire Service requires as a global city. Two: additional obligations are placed on the Fire Service because of Grenfell Tower and the built environment. Three: there are even further obligations on the fire service because of the inspection regime, which he talks about. The Commissioner has got this invidious job of transforming the fire service for the reasons I set out before at a time of limited resources. That is one of the reasons I do not apologise for having to increase that part of the council tax to pay for the fire service’s additional obligations upon them. It still does not go far enough and the fire service is also having to make savings because we have lost business rates and council tax because of the COVID pandemic as well.

Andrew Dismore AM: Yes, it is a difficult position for the LFB. Can we just go back to the levy you mentioned earlier on? You recently called for a levy on housebuilders to fund remediation works on homes affected by dangerous cladding. I should say also it is not just cladding, but there are other problems with the built environment as well, which Andy Roe, the Commissioner, has identified. What has been the Government’s response to this proposal so far, if any, and would you think that this slowly should be extended to fund waking watches prior to remediation being completed?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): One of the things I called for is this developer’s levy and we think it will raise about £3 billion, not enough to pay for the remediation we are talking about as well. The good news is, as a result of the fantastic work of campaigning, the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail joined the campaign as well. So far, there is radio silence from the Government. By itself, this will not be enough to pay for the waking watches. It will help fund some of the remediation. We need the Government to step in in relation to the waking watches, but the sooner the remediation takes place, the sooner we can get rid of the need for the waking watch. That is why it is really important for the Government to understand that actually remediation is the way to not just address the issues of fire safety but to avoid additional costs later on as well.

Andrew Dismore AM: OK, thank you very much.

2021/0167 - Police Covid Impact Steve O’Connell AM

It has recently been reported that due to Covid, there were 1300 Met Police Officers either ill or self-isolating. What is the current situation and what impact has this had on policing London?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Thank you for raising this important issue at this important time. I firstly want to take this opportunity to thank our police officers, staff and volunteers, who have worked tirelessly throughout this pandemic to keep us all safe. It is important we all continue to recognise and support the dedication of our emergency services. The nature of policing, like all frontline services, is that officers inevitably come into contact with the virus and are at risk of infection.

COVID has directly impacted officers and staff and there is a pressure on the MPS workforce, both with people sick with the virus and of people needing to self-isolate if they come into contact with it. Latest figures show 12.9% of officers and staff were either sick or self-isolating. That is around 5,200 people, around 1,700 of whom are absent for reasons related to COVID. Many of those self-isolating are able to work from home. To

Page 42 manage the absences and ensure that the MPS continues to deliver frontline policing, it has had to flex resources across London.

That is why I support the Commissioner [of Police of the Metropolis] in her calls and I have written to the Secretary of State for Health and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, asking for the prioritisation of those delivering key public services like the police. I hope this will include these key workers, who are more vulnerable to infection due to the nature of their public-facing work and because they cannot work as effectively from home.

Steve O’Connell AM: Thank you very much, Mr Mayor, for your reply. Whilst on, I thank you for your rebuffing earlier about the debate about vaccines and the untruths around that. It is actually important that people take up the vaccine.

Now turning to your reply, we had the Deputy Commissioner last week tell us that there are up to 1,700 frontline officers and others self-isolating. There is an issue here and a real challenge for the MPS leaders to flex their resources and I hope that you will support them. I agree very much with your comments around priority for police officers and know the Chair [of the Police and Crime Committee], Unmesh [Desai AM] and myself are planning also to reinforce that by writing on behalf of the Police and Crime Committee. Ultimately, officers like others, are at the highest risk exposure and, indeed, we have shameful examples of bad people weaponising their own infections to attack officers, absolutely disgraceful behaviour by a very small minority of people. We need to protect those that protect us and I very much agree with you that we should be treating police officers as a priority.

I will really finish there and encourage you to continue that support for our frontline officers, Mr Mayor.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Can I say, Chair, that those words spoken by the Member will have been heard by police officers, staff and their families? I really welcome what he said, the way he said it. Can I just echo what he said and can I just join him in thanking those police officers and staff? It is unacceptable to ever assault a frontline worker, but it really is the worst when you weaponise this virus. He will have heard the Deputy Commissioner telling stories about officers being spat at by people claiming to have this virus. Also, he will be aware that protest, for very good reasons, is not allowed during this lockdown. We are seeing police officers having to police protests and having to explain to them they are breaking the law. Can I thank him for the words he said, which I completely echo and support?

Steve O’Connell AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor.

[The Deputy Chairman assumed the Chair from 12.13pm to 12.18pm for the duration of question 2021/0376.]

Page 43 2021/0376 - Reinventing the High Street Navin Shah AM

How is the London Recovery Board ‘reinventing the high street’ in Outer London and what actions are being considered, both during the pandemic and beyond to halt the decline of high streets and create self-sufficient neighbourhoods contributing to the local economy and that of London?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Good morning, Deputy Chairman. London’s high streets are the beating heart of our communities and an essential part of our economy. The London Recovery Board’s High Streets for All mission will support London’s boroughs to plan for, safeguard and deliver a diverse, resilient and thriving mix of high streets and town centre activity within easy reach of all Londoners. It will support local authority-led high street partnerships to work with land interests and businesses to better manage assets and experiment with new uses and support diverse communities in every London borough to revitalise underused high street buildings.

I have already increased the Good Growth Fund by £8.1 million to enable its focus on these recovery objectives in March. Alongside London councillors I launched the High Street for All Challenge Fund to support local partnerships and foster experimentation. I also announced my first round of pledges from the Make London Programme to enable local community and cultural organisations to participate in high street renewal. My London Plan sets a flexible, strategic framework for London’s town centres and high streets to ensure growth is sustainable and promotes the compact city model and deliver good growth.

Navin Shah AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Do you think that the 12 months’ freeze on business rates, which ends in 2021 tax year, introduced by the Chancellor [of the Exchequer] is adequate to stave off economic disaster or should this period be extended for a further 12 months?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Absolutely. I welcome the 12-month freeze in business rates. It has got to be extended by at least another year, but businesses need to know now. Businesses are planning now for next year. There is no point at the end of February announcing an extension. They need to announce it now because I worry businesses who are currently temporarily closed may become permanent closures because there is no extension, an extension on business rates relief to businesses but also VAT for those businesses in those sectors, who need support. The third thing the Government needs to do is provide targeted support for those really adversely affected by the pandemic and by the lockdown.

Navin Shah AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, I have an interesting couple of statistics here. One is that in London we currently have about 1,200 high streets and within London itself we have over 128,000 businesses, which account for 23% of London’s total business. Given the contribution they make to London’s economy, should the Chancellor use near £2 billion of business rates relief returned by supermarkets to help those struggling businesses impacted by the pandemic?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, it is good he is able to switch spending. I want to thank the supermarkets for returning the relief given to them, a really good example of corporate responsibility. The Chancellor [of the Exchequer] has monies he was not planning to have and he should use those monies to really help those businesses struggling. You will be aware - and you mentioned some numbers - actually, one of the joys of living in the suburbs is our high streets and our town centres and quality of life and we are in danger of losing those. That is why it is so important the Government thinks about the financial benefits of investment but also the benefits to our way of life by investing in our town centres and high streets.

Page 44 Navin Shah AM: Interestingly, Mr Mayor, you have mentioned quality of life, an associated contribution from high streets. Also, you mentioned earlier on the Good Growth Fund. Do you think that the London Plan’s Good Growth approach itself is fit for purpose? Or do you think that it needs alterations to regenerate high streets, given particularly what we will be facing come the recovery proper?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, that is a really good point you raise. I discussed this with the Deputy Mayor for Planning, Jules Pipe [CBE], and we looked into this. We think the London Plan, once it is finally approved by the Government - which has had it for more than a year now - is sufficiently adept and agile to adopt the changes brought about by COVID. You will be pleased to know that one of the nine recovery missions, as you said in your question, is around the high street. The good news is we are now able to leverage in also local councils’ local plans but also the plans of other parts of the London family as well. If there is a case in due course for us to amend the London Plan, we can issue what is called Supplementary Planning Guidance. There is no need to do so at the moment because we think the London Plan is sufficiently agile and flexible and forward-thinking to address some of the concerns that you otherwise would have.

Navin Shah AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. I am done, thank you.

2021/0351 - Impact of Government’s proposed new Permitted Development Right Nicky Gavron AM

In answer to my question 2020/4485 you expressed concern that the Government’s new Use Class E, that amalgamates shops, offices, surgeries, nurseries, gyms and light industry into a single use class, would be detrimental to the high street. Are you also concerned that further government proposed changes to permitted development rights, allowing any of these uses to become residential, will threaten London’s high streets and town centres even more?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The Government’s latest proposals would allow any shop, restaurant, office, light industrial premises, nursery, medical centre or indoor sports centre to be converted to a residential use. It makes no distinction between different places, whether the space is occupied or not, or the size of the premises. Existing Article 4 directions would have no power to stop the change of use and I have very serious concerns about these proposals. They could result in the eviction of countless high street businesses, disruption to hundreds and thousands of jobs and the closure of nurseries and medical centres.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all seen how communities have come to rely on their local high streets, as Assembly Member Shah alluded to in his last question. We know that the recovery must be a green recovery and that new ways of working are beginning to emerge, which will require commercial space to be available to be reused imaginatively. The Government’s proposals would undermine all of this at the worst possible time, encouraging people to use cars more as local shops and childcare disappear, driving up the rents of creative businesses and small enterprises as they seek to invest in future growth, pepper-potting high streets with dead frontages that will encourage no footfall just as local shops and restaurants try to get back on their feet.

Nicky Gavron AM: Thank you for that answer. I do agree with you how radical this change is. It is one of the most radical changes in planning that we have seen, ever, and you outlined some of it. It means that any building in any use of any size in virtually any part of London could become a block of flats, without going through the planning system. The Government says that its central objective in bringing in its very radical, all- encompassing permitted development right (PDR) is, I quote, “to support housing delivery”. Now how do you

Page 45 think it will support housing delivery, what kind of housing will that be and at what cost to the economy and to London’s need for services and jobs?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, spot on. The last two comments are really important. There is housing and there is housing, and there is also the unintended consequence of this policy relating to our economy and jobs. On the housing front, she will have seen and heard horror stories about some of the homes that have happened from permitted development, poor quality, poor design, not family homes, very little amenity space, if any. My worry is we are going to see an escalation of those sorts of poor-quality homes that do not have any control of the permission process from locally living councillors who know the community.

The other point is that you cannot blame a landowner who sees the opportunity of making a quick buck by flipping a property they own that is used for business to residential because they could make a quick buck doing that. That is why this is a short-sighted, naïve policy from the Government and we are urgently asking it to reconsider because we can see the unintended consequences being really adverse in many parts of our city.

Nicky Gavron AM: Thank you for that answer. Also, of course, no affordable housing.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): There is no requirement at all in relation to family houses, genuinely affordable homes or the sorts of homes a local community needs.

Nicky Gavron AM: Exactly. The PDR also includes the potential loss of some of our most critical neighbourhood assets like nurseries, crèches, gyms and surgeries. It just goes on, the list, also, of course, the potential loss of or making a huge dent in some of our most famous shopping and commercial districts. You have just been talking to Navin [Shah AM] about the High Streets for All mission, how we are going to recover from coronavirus and how important that mission is. Can you say a bit more about how it is going to undermine that?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes.

Nicky Gavron AM: Also, if I could just fit this in as well because I probably will not get another question in, what protections you might be asking for?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): One of the great things that has happened in the last few weeks and months, although it is very difficult to talk about silver linings with such an awful pandemic, is London government working far closer together. We have worked the London government, civil society and others, including the business community, about our nine missions, one of which is around protecting our high streets. The irony is at a time when councils are working closer together with the GLA and others, more than ever before, we are having powers taken away from us by central Government in relation to this policy that you are asking questions about. You have to have a great council, which gets the local community really well, wanting to have a diverse high street. But that opportunity to do so is taken away from them because a landowner, for reasons which you cannot blame them for, wants to make a quick buck by flipping it, which they can now do, without having to pay any attention to local plans, to heritage or to the diversity of a town centre. It makes it much, much harder to have thriving high streets and I am really worried you could have residential developments, which are out of scale to the local community. You will be aware of the huge amount of light industrial buildings used by the creatives, used by small businesses, who do not make huge amounts of money. Their landowners will be threatening them from light industry use to poor quality of residential use at the worst time possible where we need to be coming out of this pandemic with a swift recovery so we can have good growth with wealth and prosperity to create good jobs.

Page 46 Nicky Gavron AM: Absolutely. Just on the last bit, the lobbying, and the Planning [and Regeneration] Committee is putting in a response to this where the lobbying would be, “We do not want this to go ahead”. In fact, as you said earlier, all the protections that did exist under PDR are not there anymore, no Article 4s, no sanctions, etc. What will you be lobbying for in terms of protections?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, I mean, councillors have made it quite clear we are working with London councillors about the importance of Article 4. If you think about it, there are two good examples. We have heard recently about Oxford Street, about Debenhams and Topshop leaving their two flagship buildings in Oxford Street. You can see a situation where, in places like that, a landowner - I am not suggesting, by the way, those two landowners are - who wants to make a quick buck, could flip those to residential, which would be out of keeping with what Oxford Street needs. What we should be doing instead is working with the council, with New West End Company and others, to have a place that is a destination so it takes away the ability of Westminster Council, working closely with us, to have Oxford Street as a destination. You can think of other examples across our city where local councillors who know their patch better than Whitehall civil servants, are taking away the ability to do so by having the power to have an Article 4 direction. We are going to work closely, Nicky, with London Councils, work closely with really good businesses across London and residents to try to lobby the Government to change its mind on this policy.

Nicky Gavron AM: Thank you very much. Thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): All right, we are approaching 12.30pm. Can I ask the colleagues to agree to suspend Standing Order 2.9(b) in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order 1.1(h) so that we can continue with the remaining business on the agenda?

All: Agreed.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you very much.

2021/0228 - Traffic issues at Kew Green Tony Arbour AM

Are local residents wrong to strongly object to Richmond Council’s decision to move the Kew Gardens coach drop-off from the Victoria Gate to Kew Green?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Local residents have every right to make their views known to Richmond Council about this and other decisions. It is for the council to consider all the feedback they receive, both positive and negative, as part of its decision-making process. The proposals stem from a larger wish from the council scheme to review parking across the north Kew area following the redevelopment of Brentford Football Club stadium, which has resulted in increased parking pressure in the area. Richmond Council also temporarily suspended parking along Kew Road in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to extend the operating times of the cycle lane, which was previously only operational from 8am to 10am with parked cars allowed in the cycle lane outside these hours. The current layout is temporary, after which the Council would need to undertake a permanent traffic management order if the measures were to become permanent.

The Council has emphasised that the Elizabeth Gate has always been listed on the Kew Gardens website as its preferred drop-off point for coaches so has taken steps to ensure this can be accessed in a safe and convenient manner. TfL has been working with Richmond on these proposals, including where they overlap with the TfL road network and how the cycle lanes will link with Cycleway 9 at Kew Bridge.

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Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chair): Thank you, Mr Mayor. Have you visited Kew Gardens?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Quite often. You mean recently?

Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chair): Recently.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Not in the last few weeks, no. The last time was probably a few months ago when I visited as part of a planning application.

Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chair): Can I urge you to come again and visit Kew, especially in lilac time, not very far from Clapham? When you go, you will notice that the traffic conditions are not as you described when I asked you about this in September [2020]. In September, you said that Kew Road was a busy cycle corridor and that Kew Green was a quiet backwater and you will see that neither of those things are true. Currently, when we do not have the COVID situation, though nevertheless the Gardens are open, visitors who do not come by train come largely by coach and are dropped off in Kew Road, which only has buildings on one side. It is a very substantial road and the coaches park there.

The current proposal, which I would suggest to you really is linked to Richmond Council’s obsession with cycling - I mean, it is a feature, is it not, of Liberal Democrats that they are as keen on cycling as you are and TfL is - and that they are suggesting that the buses/the coaches now park at Kew Green at the Elizabeth Gate. This is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site. If those coaches can only drop off people at Kew Green, they are going to create enormous pressure on the traffic and the residential area, which is Kew Green, and is going to have an appalling effect on that.

Can I wrap up other things in this? You have mentioned Brentford Football Club and the pressure that, again when they are playing properly, that will have on Kew Road and Kew Bridge. Can I say that the terrible delays, which are still being caused by the closure of Hammersmith Bridge, are only going to exacerbate this? Far from being a ‘quiet backwater’, Kew Green is going to become a very substantial traffic hub. The coaches, which are to be diverted around Kew Green, are going to have to come out onto the south circular road, they are going to have to go onto Kew Bridge, and this is going to cause very substantial disruption.

Can I ask you, please, to reconsider your advice to Richmond Council on this one and say to them that the coaches should continue to park in Kew Road? I fear for your reputation on this one, Mr Mayor. It is an unusual thing for me to say. Currently, Richmond Council is getting all the blame for this, quite rightly. But I fear that if you give this one the nod, you will get the blame, the GLA will get the blame and, coincidently, I fear that I may get the blame as well. Can I ask you, please, to look into this one?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, the Member is assiduously raising legitimate concerns from local residents. I always take on board what he says and he is hugely experienced in these issues. He is right to remind me and those watching as to the Richmond Council scheme, but there are concerns. Why do I not ask my Walking and Cycling Commissioner to speak to the Council, Kew Gardens and Assembly Member Arbour - Will Norman does speak to residents as well - to see if there is a way to navigate the various interests here so we can get to a resolution that satisfies as many people as possible?

Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chair): Thank you very much. ‘Navigate’ is a very good term for this. Again, can I repeat to you and to all Members? Do come down to Kew in lilac time. Thank you, Chair.

Page 48 2021/0252 - Rickets in Children Jennette Arnold OBE AM

What work are you doing to combat rickets in children in London?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Every Londoner should have a healthy start in life. It is a source of huge concern that children in London in 2021 are suffering from diseases like rickets, which are entirely preventable and come from not receiving the vitamins you need through diet and sunlight. While the number of people suffering from rickets in the UK is low, over recent years there has been an increase in cases. During autumn and winter, all Londoners are at risk of vitamin D deficiency due to a lack of natural sunlight and those with darker skin are at greater risk. Current lockdown restrictions and school closures may mean that many children are not able to spend as much time outside, further exacerbating this issue.

Health professionals recommend that everyone in the UK should be taking a vitamin D supplement. Families who qualify for Healthy Start vouchers can access these supplements for free. My Healthy Schools London and Healthy Years London programmes champion healthy diets and support settings to embed healthy eating and drinking. This support is more important than ever, with schools and other settings under extreme pressure to adapt to the changing situation. Resources and support are still provided for staff, who are teaching from home. The importance of accessing a healthy diet is also recognised through a London Recovery programme. The Healthy Food, Healthy Weight mission focuses on Londoners’ access to healthy, sustainable and culturally appropriate food, and the London Food Board advises me on the food issues and advocates for actions across the capital.

Jennette Arnold OBE AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor, for that full and comprehensive answer and you are right. The NHS has recently changed to advising those who receive a letter from itself or the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), confirming their high risk from coronavirus and over the age of 18, to take vitamin D supplements and this is a positive step. However, there have been no comments from the Government on advice for children, especially those in homes relying on foodbanks and/or free meals and children of black and minority ethnic heritage who, as you highlighted, are more likely to be at a higher risk of vitamin D deficiency.

Can I urge you to keep the nutritional needs of these vulnerable children and young people on the list of the issues for your meetings with the London Regional Director of Public Health as one way forward would be for the Government to introduce an outstanding 2012 recommendation from the then Chief Medical Officer of Health, who recommended a Healthy Start vitamin programme? This, as we know, would then enable it to be a matter of course rather than something that is just highlighted during a pandemic.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Well, we check, and I thank the Member for raising again an issue that affects the most vulnerable in our city. I have been reading with keen interest recently the excellent work from [The Rt Hon] David Davis MP and [Dr] Rupa Huq MP on a cross-party basis to highlight this issue. She will be aware from her rich experience about how in previous years certain foods were fortified with vitamin D to make sure we got sufficient vitamin D. I am worried. I am speaking to London leaders today from the NHS and I will make sure I mention this to them today in relation to steps that can be taken to make sure we address this issue. It is really important we do and we know for the foreseeable future our children may not be receiving the sunlight they should receive because they have been asked to stay home. That is even more reason to make sure we find other ways for them to receive their vitamin D.

Jennette Arnold OBE AM: Absolutely, Mr Mayor. Government is no stranger to national programmes. One of the first national programmes I worked on as a health visitor was the Asian mother and baby campaign.

Page 49 That was evidence-based and there is enough evidence out there. This is known, and so just a vitamin programme that is universal would be so helpful.

At the end of my time, Mr Mayor, can I move away from you and say to my colleague, Assembly Member Tony Arbour, that if he will come to Clissold Park to see the blossoming trees in spring, I will gladly come to Kew once I am through my vaccine regime?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I am sure both Members are incredibly experienced and neither of them, for those watching, are breaking any rules. They are talking about promises after the lockdown is lifted and they are teasing each other, as they always do.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Or one can say that we are collectively promoting great aspects of London, the areas of character, history, heritage and all of that.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Sorry, Chair. Are you talking about Jennette and Tony or their respective parks and blossom trees?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): I did mention heritage. I do not know. It could be --

Jennette Arnold OBE AM: Excuse me. We are national treasures, if you do not mind.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): I am afraid that there are three questions, 2021/0119, 2021/0249 and 2021/0106, we will not be able to take up as the Conservative Group is out of time.

2021/0257 - Ambitious target, or empty rhetoric? Léonie Cooper AM

Do you agree with the Green Alliance that the Government’s ambitious 2030 emissions target will not be met unless the Government devotes resources to ensuring it is met?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Firstly, Chair, I am sure the Member - like me and every single Member of the Assembly - will be welcoming yesterday’s inauguration, which is relevant directly to the issue raised by Léonie Cooper [AM] today. It is the first time for ages actually, Chair, that David Kurten [AM] and Peter Whittle [AM] have not mentioned [former President of the United States] Donald Trump. I wonder why, but there you go.

I welcome the Government’s announcement of a more ambitious target. However, without the necessary policy framework and commitment of funding, this is, indeed, just empty rhetoric. The Government urgently needs to back up its claim with action if we are going to tackle the climate emergency. The reason why I refer to the inauguration, Chair, as you will know, one of the executive orders signed by President Biden was recommitting [the United States of] America to the Paris Climate Agreement, which is really good news and bodes well for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) later on this year.

The Committee said that the UK needs to spend £50 billion each year to achieve net zero. This is less than 1% of GDP and would be investment that pays back in terms of jobs, growth and reduced inequalities, but the Government is not doing this. The Government has recently announced its ten-point plan, only committed to spending £12 billion this Parliament when London alone requires £61 billion in total to get to net zero. France and Germany have committed to roughly £30 billion and £40 billion respectively to their Green Recovery

Page 50 packages. Our Government urgently needs to show that level of ambition. With the limited powers at my disposal, I can only deliver around half the actions needed to address the climate change and continue to call for powers and funding to be devolved to London, ensuring we get our fair share of funds.

Léonie Cooper AM: Mr Mayor, I am glad you noticed the executive order to re-enter the Paris Agreement being signed. I must say it is slightly off-topic for the rest of my question, except of course it is not in the sense that the context of all of this is the world needing to take effective action to tackle the climate emergency. The National Audit Office (NAO) stressed in its Achieving Net Zero report that:

“Arm’s-length bodies, regulators and local authorities all have critical roles in the achievement of net zero.”

It is very much a joint activity that we need to undertake. I just wondered if you could quickly outline for us what discussions the Government has had with you regarding achievement of the target of carbon neutral by 2030, our local London target. We made a declaration of a climate emergency in the Assembly, one of the first actually nationally. But also now it has to be our national target, does it not?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Absolutely. We have had very little discussion with the Government, not for want of trying from us. The last substantive engagement was when [The Rt Hon] Michael Gove [MP] had that job in Cabinet and we had really good engagements with him when he had the job, very little since then. When you look at some of the national pots of money that are available around this area, we get very little of that, whether it is building retrofit or vehicle excise duty. I have put forward a submission to the Government in relation to both the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) and also the Budget in relation to the Clean Air Fund in relation to electrification of our buses, in relation to local decarbonisation projects, in relation to electric vehicle charging infrastructure. If we get support from the Government, we can do much, much more. The reality is we are not going to get to zero carbon by 2030 without Government support in relation to resources and powers. The reality is I think Joe Biden being elected President and him re-signing the Paris Climate Change agreement may kick-start this Government responding more urgently to this really pressing issue.

Léonie Cooper AM: Assembly Member Devenish was asking about Coventry and Oxford and of course they are getting that support from Government that we do not get. We are net contributors, only one-way street, into the funding into Highways England, which is a bit disappointing. Overall, how much funding would you say that London needs in order to achieve net zero by 2030 and how much of that at all is being offered by the Government? It is very little, is it not?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is just worth reminding ourselves that actually this is a loss leader. Putting money in now not only saves our planet and further addresses the issue of climate emergency and climate change, but it leads to more jobs being created, more people paying taxes, saving money, saving bills and so forth.

I will give you an example in relation to buses. If we were to get the support we need for electrifying our buses, it means jobs across the country, 3,000 jobs across the country from Falkirk to Leeds to Scarborough to Ballymena. In relation to making London net zero by 2030, we have calculated we need roughly £60 billion, which might seem like a lot of money because it is a lot of money, but the reality is we get that back and some over the course of that coming period. It is a good example of investing to get money back in the medium to long term.

Page 51 Léonie Cooper AM: Absolutely. A lot of local authorities lashed out on putting in LED bulbs into streetlamps. But of course the payback is that you spend the money upfront on the capital costs but then later on you spend so much less on the revenue costs, and I think that is a lesson for all of us. Actually, buying an electric vehicle costs more in the first place, but of course when you are running it, the running costs are so much less than putting the fossil fuel, the petrol, into it later.

You have been doing an awful lot in London to improve the quality of London’s air from introducing the tier charge, the central London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), scrappage schemes to assist people. How helpful would it be to have a Clean Air Act for the whole of the country and to have some sort of scrappage scheme nationally so that we can really start to help people move forward if they still want to have a private vehicle rather than going down the route of using public transport or using active travel or joining a car club? How much would that help Londoners and the rest of the country to move forward more quickly towards these really important goals?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I think your question and its contents - and hopefully my answer - is a good illustration of the difference that politicians can make and the reason why politics matters. Every step over the last four and a half years, you and I have been opposed by the Conservative group in relation to this issue yet our policies have led to a 94% reduction in the number of Londoners living in areas exceeding the legal limits of nitrogen dioxide, opposed every step of the way by the Conservative member standing to be the Mayor on 6 May 2021 and seeing a spot into reminding me of the difference that politics can make with the right sort of politician in the position of power of influence.

Secondly, that should not be the limit of our ambition. With a new Clean Air Act, I think we can make real progress going forward because our powers are limited in relation to what we have got control over but also the resources are limited. So if we had more powers to do roadside, to do construction, to do buildings, to do the river and we had the resources, we could address 100% of the issues that lead to poor quality air rather than a maximum of 50%. That is why we are lobbying the Government for a new Clean Air Act with powers and resources but also an independent watchdog. We have left the EU now and so question “Who is the watchdog that makes sure the Government, councils and I are held to account?”

Léonie Cooper AM: And a watchdog with some teeth. Finally, Mr Mayor, you just mentioned the differences between the parties on this, which is a great regret to myself and other Members of the Labour Group on the Assembly. We really do need to expand the ULEZ from the central London ULEZ in October 2021 out to the north and south circulars, do we not? It would be a disaster for London’s air if that did not happen, would it not?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Let me just remind you. The Conservative Government wants us to extend the Congestion Charge up to the north and the south circular. I say “No” to that, but I say yes to extending the ULEZ up to the north and south circular. So you vote Conservative, you pay more for driving your car; you vote Labour, you get good quality air.

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor.

2021/0002 - Surface water flooding Caroline Russell AM

What are you doing to reduce the risk of surface water flooding in London?

Page 52 Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): In London 235,000 properties are at significant risk of surface water flooding. Through the London Environment Strategy and our Green New Deal recovery mission, we are working to reduce the risk of surface water flooding to make the capital more climate-resilient and protect vulnerable Londoners. This includes tackling urban water management, improving green spaces, adapting the built environment and raising awareness through events like London Food Awareness Week. Urban areas like London receive less Government funding to tackle flooding. By working with six pilot boroughs to quantify the benefits of small schemes, our officers have helped to secure £1 million of new funding for sustainable drainage schemes, paving the way for the approach to be rolled out across London. My Greener City and Grow Back Greener funds have contributed over £13 million since 2016 to green infrastructure projects to help London adapt to climate change, of which £1.8 million supports over 40 projects around surface water floor risk. Our officers have produced guidance now to prepare for climate change and flooding for schools in early year settings, social housing, hospitals, commercial and retail buildings, parks and green spaces, as well as providing training to over 200 highway officers on the benefits of sustainable drainage systems. My new London Plan is reducing surface water flood risk with every new development, and of the flow of applications

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Sorry. The Labour Group is out of time.

Caroline Russell AM: This is Green time.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): I am sorry. I am sorry. I was distracted --

Caroline Russell AM: Mr Mayor, continue and finish, but I want my time back.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): You will have your time back, no problem at all. Sorry I was distracted, working from home. One of these problems you have. My apology. Carry on, Mr Mayor.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Let me just end, Caroline, by just saying integrated water management plans in our housing growth areas are all in our sustainable strategy for reducing water demand and managing surface water flood risk.

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. I am particularly concerned about the overwhelming of drainage systems by rain and that is especially the run-off from roads. We need a greater sense of urgency on the issue of climate adaptation. I had a report out in summer 2019, London’s Warming, which highlighted the risks to London Tube stations, with 23 stations at significant risk of flooding from extreme rainfall.

My question is: sustainable drainage systems or SUDs are a solution to this problem. In your Transport Strategy, you have a target to drain 50,000 square metres of surface on and around roads each year into SUDs, rather than into conventional drains and sewers. Now you have only reported London’s progress over one year, which was 2019/20, and that reported 28,000 square metres against a 50,000 target and that was all from London boroughs and that was just about half your target. So is that 28,000 square metres all that you have achieved?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): No, there is a lot more we have achieved and it is worth reminding ourselves that actually local authorities are responsible for the local flood. They are considered the lead local planning authority. They have responsibility over their roads whereas we have responsibility over our roads, the TfL roads, as well. We are working closely with the highways authorities in relation to addressing this issue, working also with Thames Water. As an example of the difference we are making, I can give you a concrete example of a specific scheme. Around Old Street, we are using pluvial paving, rain gardens and a green roof and so you will see more progress, Caroline, going forward in relation to our policies being brought into effect

Page 53 because you are right. This issue is not going away and the more urbanisation we get, if we are not careful - we have seen this over the last few days and weeks - with rainwater we could have increased amounts of water from the surface running off to our stretched sewers.

Caroline Russell AM: Mr Mayor, if your target - and you are not meeting it - good to hear about Old Street and I am really looking forward to going to have a look at it but another location, in Islington, is the new pedestrianised area at Highbury Corner where there is a large water tank, but this does not seem to be proper, sustainable drainage. It is a big tank under the pavement, but judging by the consistent puddles on the surface, it seems to fill rather faster than the nearby trees want to drink from it. I am hearing that SUDs get value engineered out from schemes during the design and construction process within TfL. Do you think a simple commitment from you that every major TfL scheme should have SUDs would remove that risk and help you to meet your target?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): We have got, for the first time ever in the London Plan when it is finally approved, a prioritisation in relation to green over grey drainage measures. But for the first time ever, we have a sustainable drainage policy, which was not there before, and it sets out a quite clear hierarchy for developers to follow with the greenest, most sustainable nature-based - like you said, water going to trees - approaches to manage surface water at the top of the hierarchy. It is really important that local councils exert the pressure on developers to follow our guidance. You will be aware only the bigger schemes come to us or the schemes on our roads, but you are right. The councils must make sure that developers are following the policies we have set out.

Caroline Russell AM: Mr Mayor, it is absolutely about councils and developers, but it is also about you and with TfL you have got the belief, you have got the control, and I think you can show a leadership role here and particularly if there is good training for TfL officers of the importance that SUDs hold for our city. I am now out of time, so thank you.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Thank you for raising this important issue.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Mr Mayor, thank you very much for your answers and --

Len Duvall AM: Chair, the Labour Group has one minute and 42 seconds. Can we use that?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Absolutely. Please go ahead.

Len Duvall AM: Thank you. Mr Mayor, thank you for your answers and this is a very important debate. Will you commit yourself, GLA officers and TfL officers to sitting round with key members of the London Assembly to do some verbal work on this? This is a real good example where we can do some joint work. You have a grip of the issue, despite what the Green Group says about you and your targets. We have a plan. It would be really helpful. We in the Labour Group have done a report on flooding. Can we sit round the table with your officers and work through some of these issues to gain a better understanding so that we do not have to answer these questions? It is a yes or a no.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Absolutely. Just to remind ourselves that we published the first ever London Sustainable Drainage Action Plan when I became Mayor. It is an important issue and we have a grip on it and I do not complain at all about Caroline playing a bit of party politics. She is aware, privately if not publicly, about the good work we have done over the last four and a half years on this issue.

Len Duvall AM: Thank you.

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Navin Shah AM (Chair): All right, Mr Mayor, this time you can actually go and thank you very much.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Thank you all very much.

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Questions to the Mayor

21 January, 2021

WRITTEN ANSWER REPORT

Subject: MQT on 21 January, 2021 Report of: Executive Director of Secretariat

Covid-19 Data Question No: 2021/0044 David Kurten Which data sources do you use to inform your statements on Covid-19? Answer for Covid-19 Data The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Havering College Work Experience Question No: 2021/0119 Keith Prince I’ve been contacted by Havering College who would like to give their students some practical work experience. Given that Hornchurch Station ticket hall is looking tired and in need of some TLC, would you agree to TfL contacting me with a view to giving the students an opportunity to gain work experience by sprucing up the ticket hall? Answer for Havering College Work Experience The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Covid-19 Fines Question No: 2021/0249 Tony Devenish Please update us on the number of covid fines issued by the Met Police and TfL to date? Answer for Covid-19 Fines The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Census 2021 Question No: 2021/0106 Andrew Boff What involvement has your office had in the preparations for the 2021 Census? Answer for Census 2021 The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Priorities for a future coronavirus inquiry Question No: 2021/0003 Caroline Russell Testing and contact tracing services have been too slow and have not had enough capacity to play their full part in controlling the coronavirus pandemic. Would you support a rapid review of these services in London to ensure these tools are ready to support public health in a future pandemic? Answer for Priorities for a future coronavirus inquiry The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Environment representation on the London Recovery Board Question No: 2021/0004 Caroline Russell The London Recovery Board has a single representative from the environmental sector, and they are from a national charity. Why is there no representation for environmental sector organisations with a remit for London, such as the Environment Agency?

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Environment representation on the London Recovery Board The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 London Recovery Board members are appointed largely by virtue of their expertise and their position. The environment representative has been appointed to speak on behalf of the sector as a whole, and not just their organisation. Nonetheless, the RSPB has a team dedicated to city regions, including London, and a network of local groups, project work and a nature reserve within London. As part of the Recovery programme and the Green New Deal Mission engagement activities, we are directly engaged with a range of organisations from the public, private, academia and non-governmental sectors including the Environment Agency. This is in addition to GLA and London Councils existing engagement channels with the Environment Agency through the London Sustainable Development Commission, London Climate Chance Partnership, Water Advisory Group, London Infrastructure Group and others. We have also convened a Green New Deal expert advisory panel to consider and provide challenge to the work of the recovery programme and ensure buy-in to the mission.

Impact of fireworks on air pollution Question No: 2021/0005 Caroline Russell A constituent has raised the issue of the impact of fireworks on air pollution. What data have you collected on the impact of fireworks on air pollution across the year as well as the impact of the GLA fireworks each New Year’s Eve? Impact of fireworks on air pollution The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 As fireworks events are a rare occurrence, their impact is extremely short lived, localised and minimal. We do not hold specific air quality data on the impact of firework events. The GLA’s events are managed and delivered in accordance with our GLA Event Sustainability Policy [link] which includes air quality, carbon, energy efficiency, waste reduction, and considers the environmental impacts from transport. The New Year Eve celebrations this year were quite different to past New Year Eve events. Data provided by the event organiser showed that this resulted in a reduction of combustion by-products (including NOx, CO2, SO2 and other solids such as aluminium oxide) of 69% when compared to the 2019 New Year Eve celebrations. We are committed to continuing to improve our New Year Eve events and reducing our environmental impact.

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Air pollution and coronavirus mortality Question No: 2021/0006 Caroline Russell There is now peer-reviewed research by Francesca Dominici from Harvard University linking long-term exposure to air pollution with increased mortality from Covid-19. Will you commission new research to explore the impact air pollution may have had on coronavirus cases and mortality in London? Answer for Air pollution and coronavirus mortality The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Reviewing emissions inventories Question No: 2021/0007 Caroline Russell Department for Transport (DfT) road traffic estimates have been revised upwards, after a benchmarking exercise to review minor road traffic flows. Does this have a further knock-on impact on modelling of air pollution based on traffic counts such as the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (LAEI) 2016? Answer for Reviewing emissions inventories The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Increased minor road traffic Question No: 2021/0008 Caroline Russell Department for Transport (DfT) road traffic estimates have been revised upwards, after a benchmarking exercise to review minor road traffic flows. What work has Transport for London (TfL) undertaken to review their modelling and data in light of this revision? Answer for Increased minor road traffic The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Reducing nappy waste Question No: 2021/0009 Caroline Russell Real Nappies for London has calculated that, between 2016 and 2019, single-use disposable nappies created 46,843 tonnes of carbon emissions per year across London boroughs. What steps are you taking to reduce carbon emissions resulting from the use and disposal of single-use disposable nappies in London? Reducing nappy waste The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Please refer to my answer to Mayor’s Questions 2020/3832.

Breathe London sensors in bus depots Question No: 2021/0010 Caroline Russell Your announcement on 14 December 2020 stated that it was for community groups, charities and boroughs to ‘buy in’ to the Breathe London network. One of the first hotspots of concern identified in your 24 July 2019 press release was a bus garage in Holloway. Will you require bus companies to install air pollution monitoring in bus depots given this concerning finding, the cheap cost of sensors and the potential links from air pollution exposure to worsened outcomes from coronavirus and other causes? Answer for Breathe London sensors in bus depots The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Breathe London sensors in the community Question No: 2021/0011 Caroline Russell A constituent has written to me asking why Londoners affected by air pollution should have to pay to ‘buy in’ to the Breathe London network, rather than the businesses responsible for generating the toxic air that’s causing so much harm to people’s lives. In the wake of the Coroner’s finding in December 2020 that air pollution played a role in the tragic death of nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah in 2013, shouldn’t you be asking delivery and construction companies, for example, to pay for air pollution sensors? Breathe London sensors in the community The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021

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Last month I announced the next phase of Breathe London will be delivered by Imperial College London, and will include funding for around 130 air quality sensors. Deployment will be prioritised at hospitals and schools, as well as one in each London borough. Data will be available via a new Breathe London website, making it easier for all Londoners to access reliable, localised, real time air quality data. In response to demand from stakeholders, there will also be the option for businesses and other groups to buy-in to the service, at a reduced rate. Organisations can register on the website: https://www.breathelondon.org/. I already incentivise businesses, delivery and construction companies to reduce their emissions, including schemes such as the Ultra-Low Emission Zone, Londonwide Low Emission Zone and Non-Road Mobile Machinery Low Emission Zone and I will be encouraging them to buy into the network. The requirement for air quality monitoring at construction sites is formally addressed through the planning process. More information is available here: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/implementing-london-plan/london- plan-guidance-and-spgs/control-dust-and.

Engagement to develop the green new deal Question No: 2021/0012 Caroline Russell What engagement has taken place to date with environmental groups, Londoners and other stakeholders to develop the London Recovery Board’s green new deal? Engagement to develop the green new deal The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I have been clear that London’s route out of the Covid-19 pandemic must be a green and just recovery. The Green New Deal (GND) Mission aims to achieve large scale transformation by 2030. This will require an unprecedented level of collaboration, partnership and trust whilst ensuring that Londoners, communities and civil society are able to influence, shape and participate fully in London’s recovery. A wide range of stakeholders and Londoners were engaged as part of the initial phase of recovery engagement. During the month of August, our Talk London platform received almost 1,100 comments and 68,000 site visits, and over 60 organisations attended “community conversations” sessions. My officers also coordinated a workshop engaging over 70 stakeholders on the development of the GND mission. Further engagement will continue throughout the recovery programme, starting with a series of thematic workshops, commencing in January 2021, to further refine and develop the mission and action plan.

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Staff time spent on TfL funding agreements with the Government Question No: 2021/0013 Caroline Russell How many hours of Transport for London (TfL) employee time has been spent on negotiating funding deals with the Government since March 2020, and what has been the cost to TfL? Answer for Staff time spent on TfL funding agreements with the Government The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Cost of red route enforcement cameras Question No: 2021/0014 Caroline Russell A constituent has been informed that it costs Transport for London (TfL) £500,000 to install a new camera to enforce restrictions on red routes. Is this cost accurate, and why are you not pursuing low-cost but effective means for keeping bus lanes and red routes clear, such as using footage from existing cameras on buses? Answer for Cost of red route enforcement cameras The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Mapping data used in Travel in London 13 Question No: 2021/0015 Caroline Russell The annual Transport for London (TfL) report Travel in London 13 includes a number of maps which give a useful visualisation of changes in travel. You already publish many files for use in Geographic Information Software (GIS), such as the shapefiles providing data from the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (LAEI). Will you provide me with similar shapefile data behind the mapping within Travel in London 13? Mapping data used in Travel in London 13 The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I am happy to hear you making use of Transport for London’s (TfL) Travel in London 13 report, which provides an invaluable snapshot of Londoners’ travel patterns, including during the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic. As you can appreciate, the datasets underpinning Travel in London come from a wide range of sources. Some, like the

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London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (LAEI), are from wholly TfL-sourced datasets, which is what allows us to make them freely available online. Most of the datasets, however, are partly derived from non-TfL data and therefore come with restrictions as to their licensing and usage. This means that it is not always straightforward to provide the various data underpinning the maps in the report. I have asked TfL to contact you to precisely understand your requirements and how best to secure the data you require.

Early vaccination for bus, taxi and private hire drivers Question No: 2021/0016 Caroline Russell Front line transport workers, particularly bus, taxi and private hire drivers, have been at greater risk of infection from coronavirus during the pandemic. Will you support early vaccination for these front line workers as part of the national prioritisation process? Early vaccination for bus, taxi and private hire drivers The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Last month I wrote to Matt Hancock welcoming the JCVI’s initial prioritisation of people living in care homes and care workers and that alongside care home staff, frontline NHS staff will also receive the vaccine as early as possible. The JCVI recommends that phase two includes the roll out of the vaccine to others delivering key public services, which I welcome, and which should include prioritisation of key workers, who might be more vulnerable to infection due to the public-facing nature of their work and because they cannot work from home.

Some BAME communities are over-represented in these frontline occupations and have been disproportionally impacted by COVID-19.

I recently asked the Government’s Vaccines Minster to work with London leaders in preparation for a second phase of the rollout that may be more focused on occupation and roles that put people at greater risk.

Vision Zero action on in-car distractions Question No: 2021/0017 Caroline Russell Recent research suggests that new in-car entertainment, navigation and communication systems that connect to mobile phones, such as Apple CarPlay, cause greater distraction

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and danger. Findings from the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) found a 53 to 57 per cent increase in reaction time from these systems. Will you use your communication channels to educate drivers about these serious safety risks, and will you engage with vehicle manufacturers and technology companies to ensure they act to reduce them? Answer for Vision Zero action on in-car distractions The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Bus driver toilets programme completion (2) Question No: 2021/0018 Caroline Russell Thank you for your answer to my question 2019/17408, in which you said that bus driver toilets still to be installed would be provided as permanent facilities by Spring 2020. I appreciate that coronavirus will have caused some delays, but can you provide a list, by route and terminus, of the current toilet availability for bus drivers on all routes previously identified as not having a toilet facility? Answer for Bus driver toilets programme completion (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Toilet facilities for the recovery Question No: 2021/0019 Caroline Russell Thank you for your answer to my question 2019/17405, in which you said you would be informing customers of your plans for toilet facilities at Transport for London (TfL) stations. I now understand that it is no longer TfL policy to charge for toilet use at stations, which is welcome, but work to achieve this is still to be completed. Will you: a) confirm that TfL has now changed policy to stop charging at stations and b) support public health with more public toilets, including at TfL stations, as part of your recovery plans for London? Toilet facilities for the recovery The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The removal of charges for using London Underground (LU) toilets is a policy change and work is currently underway to remove the charging mechanisms and identify where new locks are required at the small number of stations which were charging for access. Transport for London is committed to providing toilet facilities for LU customers and will continue to review opportunities to do this when undertaking station upgrades.

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London & Partners Brexit preparedness Question No: 2021/0020 Caroline Russell Since 2017 the GLA has funded London & Partners’ teams in Paris, Berlin, Bangalore, Shenzhen, Toronto and Chicago to help with London’s Brexit preparedness. What has happened to these teams since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020? Answer for London & Partners Brexit preparedness The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Expanding the construction skills academies to other industries Question No: 2021/0021 Caroline Russell In the London Assembly Plenary meeting on 23 July 2020, Jordan Cummins, Head of London Policy at the Confederation of British Industry, said: “The construction skills academies that we have seen across some boroughs can be rolled out to different types of industries. […] there is more than one real anchor industry for London. […] I am thinking energy efficiency, retrofit. We can create jobs really quickly in those areas, but the skillsets are not quite there yet.” What action have you taken to expand the offer of the skills academies to future-proof Londoners’ skills and work opportunities? Expanding the construction skills academies to other industries The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Building on the good practice of my Construction Academy and other initiatives, such as my Digital Talent Programme, is part of the Helping Londoners into Good Work Mission, as identified by the London Recovery Board. The Mission aims to establish other sector- specific skills academies, including in green, digital and the creative industries, with long term growth opportunities. Other sectors will continue to be supported via the Adult Education Budget (AEB), including the Level 3 entitlement, and other skills programmes. Energy efficiency and retrofit, along with other green skills and occupations, will be a key part of this. The academy approach is likely to see different models developed to address opportunities in each sector. However, each will look to utilise the devolved AEB, along with apprenticeships and other skills programmes. They will also engage employers in identifying and shaping the content of training and will deliver high quality provision for Londoners.

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Annual survey of London’s ‘underbanked’ Question No: 2021/0022 Caroline Russell The London Assembly Economy Committee report, Short Changed: the Financial Health of Londoners, published in January 2018, contained the following recommendation: “The Mayor should commission a wide-ranging and representative annual survey of London households on their activities and interactions with financial providers to give policymakers and the industry a better understanding of how London’s ‘underbanked’ transact, borrow and save.” This recommendation has not been followed up; do you now have plans to do this to help with Londoners’ financial resilience as we look to recover from the pandemic? Annual survey of London’s ‘underbanked’ The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Survey of Londoners 2018/19 included questions about financial resilience, giving insights into levels of savings and the underbanked (available on the London Datastore, https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/survey-of-londoners-headline-findings). I also undertook polling published in February 2018 on the financial health of young people (available on the London Datastore as part of our February 2018 YouGov/GLA polling of 16–24-year-olds (https://data.london.gov.uk/gla-poll-results/2018-2/). These findings have been used to shape my programmes and policies, such as the Good Work Standard and Young Londoners Fund. Work on financial resilience in London’s recovery will be taken forward by the missions, ‘Robust Safety Net’ and a ‘New Deal for Young People’. A critical aspect will be work with Local Authorities and advice services to improve access to welfare, debt and money advice. This activity will focus on connecting financially excluded Londoners with advice, for example, by developing and scaling up existing approaches to embedding services in community settings.

Financial Inclusion Strategy Question No: 2021/0023 Caroline Russell The London Assembly Economy Committee report, Short Changed: the Financial Health of Londoners, published in January 2018, contained the following recommendation: “Local authorities in London should work together to share good practice and identify gaps in local welfare advice and money and debt advice services—as well as continue to review debt collection practices—with the aim that each borough develops a financial inclusion strategy.” The coronavirus pandemic makes this work more urgent, especially as so many support services have gone online and the people who experience financial exclusion are also digitally excluded. What steps will the London Recovery Board take to support boroughs to reach people who are digitally and financially excluded? Answer for Financial Inclusion Strategy

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Support for London’s disabled entrepreneurs Question No: 2021/0024 Caroline Russell The London Assembly Economy Committee report, Tackling London’s Disability Employment Gap, published in March 2019, contained the following recommendation: “Part of the Greater London Investment Fund should consider giving a share of its fund to disabled entrepreneurs wishing to scale up.” What action are you taking to support disabled entrepreneurs? Support for London’s disabled entrepreneurs The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Following a roundtable I held for disabled entrepreneurs, and the LEAP Diverse Entrepreneurs Summits in 2019 and 2020, my economic development team have identified a number of actions to support disabled entrepreneurs and small business owners. Disabled small business owners and entrepreneurs account for between 3.3 – 23.6% of London Business Hub initiative programme participants, depending on the programme. My London Business Hub continues to work with delivery partners to ensure outreach and programme design supports levels of take-up which represents London’s population. My Greater London Investment Fund (GLIF) has supported two disabled founders/co- founders to date. I am keen that we increase these numbers, and GLIF’s delivery body, Funding London, is hosting a roundtable discussion about under-represented groups accessing finance on 28 January 2021. The session will look at the needs of disabled entrepreneurs, as well as women and BAME entrepreneurs. Following the roundtable, we will use recommendations from the discussion to identify ways for the fund to better benefit disabled founders.

Support for London’s creative workers Question No: 2021/0025 Caroline Russell Much of London’s world-renowned arts and cultural industries rely on self-employed creative workers, many of whom have been excluded from the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s support packages during the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, many people have been made redundant from arts and culture institutions while money has been given by the Treasury to keep the buildings running. What support are you making available to these forgotten parts of London’s creative workforce?

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Support for London’s creative workers The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The creative workforce is key to London’s economy and provided 1 in 6 jobs in the capital. It has been devastated by the pandemic, with many freelancers left out of the Self Employment Income Support Scheme, and significant redundancies of employed workers across London. I have written to the Chancellor calling for him to urgently fill the gaps in support for self-employed workers. I welcomed the announcement of the Culture Recovery Fund but it does not go far enough to protect the 152,500 jobs estimated to be lost in London due to COVID-19. I invest in London’s creative industries through my Creative Economy Growth Programme, which in 2019/20 created over 13,000 employment opportunities. My Culture at Risk Business Support Fund has supported 122 organisations and 11,500 creative workers and my Culture at Risk Office provided advice to almost 700 creative businesses resulting, for example, in no closure of grassroots music venues. I have commissioned research by Centre for London into support for freelancers during the crisis and long term, which will publish recommendations in the Spring.

Community Land Trust housing at East Wick and Sweetwater Question No: 2021/0026 Siân Berry In your answer to my question 2016/1942, you said: “LLDC is liaising with the housing team at the GLA to understand better the lessons learned from the St Clements CLT in Tower Hamlets and, assuming the issues can be resolved, the selection process should begin later this summer, with a CLT (Community Land Trust) partner expected to be on board by the summer of 2017.” Could you inform me who this CLT partner is and, if one has not been appointed, what has happened to the promised 100 CLT homes at East Wick and Sweetwater? Community Land Trust housing at East Wick and Sweetwater The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The delivery of Community Land Trust (CLT) housing is progressing. A plot has been identified and concerns around viability and deliverability are being explored. Currently, the proposed route for delivery for CLT housing within East Wick and Sweetwater is advancing with partnership working between the LLDC, East Wick & Sweetwater Projects (a joint venture partnership between Places for People and Balfour Beatty Investments) and the GLA’s CLT facilitation organisation, Community Led Housing London (CLH).

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St Ann’s Hospital site Question No: 2021/0027 Siân Berry In your answer to my question 2019/14193, you said: “I cannot give you the answer in relation to the specific tender going out because that would be subject to discussion between the Housing team and StART,” which you followed up with a commitment saying: “I am not sure about whether they have signed off the tender process, but I can get someone to write to you about that.” Could you now tell me if StART, the community land trust that came up with the idea for community-led homes in the first place, agreed to the terms of the tender and the terms of their involvement going forward? Answer for St Ann’s Hospital site The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Cladding replacement on tower blocks under 18 storeys Question No: 2021/0028 Siân Berry Can you tell me how many tower blocks in London under 18 storeys high have been rejected for funding by the Government to have their Aluminium Composite Material cladding replaced, and what are you doing to help the leaseholders and housing providers affected by this problem of being excluded from support? Answer for Cladding replacement on tower blocks under 18 storeys The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Shared owners and lease lengths Question No: 2021/0029 Siân Berry One of the recommendations in the London Assembly Housing Committee letter to you after its review of affordable home ownership in March 2020, was that you: “require housing associations to report on an annual basis how many of their shared owners have 85 years or less remaining on their lease.” In your response you said: “I do not believe that requiring housing providers to report this information to the Greater London Authority (GLA) is appropriate […] However, I am encouraged that housing providers told the Committee that they would be interested in exploring what more can be done to offer longer leases […]. I have asked my officers to follow up with g15 representatives to discuss this further.” Could you update me on these discussions?

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Answer for Shared owners and lease lengths The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Affordable Housing Programme Question No: 2021/0030 Siân Berry In the document, Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026 Funding Guidance, published in November 2020, it states that £1 billion of the £4 billion allocated by the Secretary of State to London comes from the Long-Term Strategic Settlement. It said that these projects: “will be subject to additional approvals from central government, which the GLA will undertake with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.” Could you give me more detail on what these approvals will involve, and what impact they will have on your ability to deliver affordable homes for Londoners? Answer for Affordable Housing Programme The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Housing zones funding Question No: 2021/0031 Siân Berry Of the £200 million loan from the Government to enable affordable housing in London’s 30 Housing Zones, could you tell me: a) how much has the GLA loaned out, b) to which organisations/boroughs, c) at what interest rates, and d) what repayments have been received? Could you provide this information in an accessible table format? Answer for Housing zones funding The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Undercover police officers and sexual relationships (1) Question No: 2021/0032 Siân Berry Baroness Williams of Trafford, Minister of State for the Home Department in the House of Lords debate on the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill on 3 December 2020 said that undercover officers forming sexual relationships with those under

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surveillance: “was not acceptable and it was never lawful.” Do you share the Government view that undercover officers forming sexual relationships with those under surveillance is illegal now and was also ‘unlawful’ in the past? Undercover police officers and sexual relationships (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Metropolitan Police have apologised for the actions of certain undercover officers who formed sexual relationships with individuals who were under surveillance. All these matters are now being looked into by the Undercover policing Inquiry and by the Investigation Powers Tribunal. These Judge led hearings will be much better placed than me to decide on the legality of such acts. I am also aware that these cases were referred to the CPS who decided that no prosecutions would follow from these relationships.

Undercover police officers and sexual relationships (2) Question No: 2021/0033 Siân Berry Has the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) investigated and identified all past examples of undercover police taking part in sexual relationships with subjects whilst carrying out surveillance? Undercover police officers and sexual relationships (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 In all instances where allegations of sexual relationships with undercover officers are alleged an assessment will be undertaken to establish whether the matter should be subject to investigation. In relation to the Undercover Police Inquiry the Metropolitan Police has worked hard to identify and disclose all such cases.

Undercover police officers and sexual relationships (3) Question No: 2021/0034 Siân Berry Have all cases involving undercover Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers taking part in sexual relationships with subjects while carrying out surveillance now been reported to the chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry and will they be subject to legal proceedings? Undercover police officers and sexual relationships (3) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Metropolitan Police has fully engaged with the Chair of the Undercover Police Inquiry to disclose all instances where officers have been alleged to have been involved in sexual

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relationships whilst being deployed in an undercover capacity. Where appropriate, legal proceedings are/ have been pursued.

Safer Neighbourhood Teams in Basic Command Units Question No: 2021/0035 Siân Berry Could you tell me: a) the number of police officers and staff in each Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) in each London borough in 2016, and b) the number of police officers and staff now in 2021 (or the most recent data available) in each SNT within each Basic Command Unit (BCU)? Please provide this information in an accessible table format. Answer for Safer Neighbourhood Teams in Basic Command Units The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Update on name-anonymous recruitment in the GLA group (1) Question No: 2021/0036 Siân Berry In your answer to my question 2019/14230 you told me that, to date, no recruitment for Transport for London (TfL) had been name-anonymous but you planned future changes to support this. Have these changes now happened and does TfL now use name-anonymous shortlisting in recruitment? Update on name-anonymous recruitment in the GLA group (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) has introduced an anonymous recruitment process and approximately half of all its current recruitment campaigns redact any information in a CV or Cover Letter that pertains to an individuals protected characteristics, and some socio- economic factors such as address location and education level (unless required due to statutory obligation). TfL is working toward extending the use of anonymous recruitment across TfL, wherever it is appropriate for a specific campaign to do so.

Update on name-anonymous recruitment in the GLA group (2) Question No: 2021/0037 Siân Berry Can you confirm whether shortlisting for recruitment in all GLA bodies is now name- anonymous, including recruitment done through partner bodies, outsourced specialist

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recruitment agencies and for any other work programme, such as apprenticeship schemes run by the GLA and Transport for London (TfL)? Answer for Update on name-anonymous recruitment in the GLA group (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Planning decision on the Hondo tower application in Lambeth Question No: 2021/0038 Siân Berry There was huge disappointment at your planning decision reference 2020/6774 regarding the Hondo tower in Lambeth, and enormous confusion about how it was made, with the GLA not providing timely information about the decision via local planning officers to local campaigners, leading them to be told they still had time to influence your decision when it had already been made. I have experienced this problem before with information about the planning process not being published on the GLA website in a timely fashion. What are you doing to improve the efficiency and transparency of these processes? Answer for Planning decision on the Hondo tower application in Lambeth The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Cost of London’s Zero Carbon Pathways Tool Question No: 2021/0039 Siân Berry Could you tell me: a) the original cost of London’s Zero Carbon Pathways Tool, b) an estimate on the cost of updating it to shows the ways that carbon emissions might be reduced to net zero by 2030, and c) share the relevant Mayoral Decisions (MDs), Director’s Decisions (DDs) or Assistant Director’s decisions (ADDs) that funded the original programme? Cost of London’s Zero Carbon Pathways Tool The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 My 2030 net zero target does not necessitate a complete overhaul of our net zero carbon modelling. It is clear what actions we need to take now and over the next ten years to meet my target. My priority is to take climate action now, rather than focusing on further analysis.

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The analysis to underpin the Mayor’s 1.5C compatible climate action plan and Zero Carbon Pathways Tool was carried out by independent consultants for a fee of £250,000. This fee was paid directly by C40 Cities, as London was one of the cities participating in C40’s Deadline 2020 pilot programme. In exchange for this support, London has shared lessons learnt with other cities on how to produce a climate action plan compatible with the highest ambitions of the climate agreement. Since the consultants were paid directly by C40, no formal GLA Decisions were required.

Police recommendations from Hackney Account research (1) Question No: 2021/0041 Siân Berry The Hackney Account group’s research report, Policing in Hackney: challenges from youth 2020, published in December 2020 (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d234a046f941b0001dd1741/t/5f77795b9e2fdb 6bf67d3c7d/1601665467995/Final+Draft+-+Report+-+Account+%28Online%29.pdf), makes a number of recommendations for improved policing, including this on the Territorial Support Group: “a meaningful independent evaluation of the TSG is urgently needed. This evaluation must include a detailed review carried out by academic researchers, community partners and independent police expertise (such as ex-police officers). The review should be supervised by the Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime (MOPAC) and contain actionable public recommendations with a commitment to reform from the MPS.” What is your response to this recommendation? Answer for Police recommendations from Hackney Account research (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Police recommendations from Hackney Account research (2) Question No: 2021/0042 Siân Berry The Hackney Account group’s research report, Policing in Hackney: challenges from youth 2020, launched in December 2020 (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d234a046f941b0001dd1741/t/5f77795b9e2fdb 6bf67d3c7d/1601665467995/Final+Draft+-+Report+-+Account+%28Online%29.pdf), makes a number of recommendations for improved policing, including that the Basic Command Unit (BCU) covering Hackney signs up to the Home Office Best Use of Stop and Search (BUSS) scheme. Which BCUs across London are currently signed up to this scheme, and will you ensure that all of them do this? Answer for Police recommendations from Hackney Account research (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021

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Hate Crime (1) Question No: 2021/0045 Peter Whittle To ask the Mayor if Brexit and Covid-19 have caused a hate crime ‘spike’ in the Metropolitan Police District? Answer for Hate Crime (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Hate Crime (2) Question No: 2021/0046 Peter Whittle To ask the Mayor, how many ‘non-crime hate incidents’ were recorded by the Metropolitan Police in 2020? Hate Crime (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Between January and December 2020, the Met recorded 3,467 non-crime hate incidents. Non-crime incidents are noted when the incident does not amount to criminal behavior and are recorded using the specific Home Office Codes. It is important to note that there is currently no code for non-crime hate incidents linked to transgender identity.

This data was retrieved from the CRIS MIS database on 12/01/2021.

The Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm Question No: 2021/0047 Peter Whittle To ask the Mayor what progress has been made in appointments to his Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm? The Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm The Mayor

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Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Applications for the Commission for Diversity in Public Realm closed on 4 October 2020. Nearly 300 applications were received from a highly skilled range of people from a wide range of backgrounds, indicating the passion, knowledge and desire for action in this area. Shortlisted candidates have now been interviewed and final appointments will be announced shortly.

Tube Drivers and PPE Question No: 2021/0048 David Kurten Can you assure me that all drivers on the London Underground are satisfactorily equipped with the necessary personal protective equipment to enable them to carry out their jobs safely? Answer for Tube Drivers and PPE The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Bus Drivers and PPE Question No: 2021/0049 David Kurten Can you assure me that all drivers on London buses are satisfactorily equipped with the necessary personal protective equipment to enable them to carry out their jobs safely? Answer for Bus Drivers and PPE The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Police and the Coronavirus (1) Question No: 2021/0050 Peter Whittle How many officers serving with the Metropolitan Police are currently unavailable for duty, due either to having Covid-19, or shielding from it? Answer for Police and the Coronavirus (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021

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Police and the Coronavirus (2) Question No: 2021/0051 Peter Whittle How many Metropolitan Police officers have died from Covid-19? Answer for Police and the Coronavirus (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

New Years’ Celebrations Question No: 2021/0052 Peter Whittle To ask the Mayor, how much in fines was handed out by the Metropolitan Police to Londoners celebrating the New Year? Commander Paul Brogden, leading this year’s operation, said: ‘We are still dealing with the stark reality of fighting a deadly virus. Although the New Year is almost upon us, now is not the time for complacency or to meet with others and hold parties of any kind. If people insist on gathering and breaching regulations, then officers will attend and encourage people to disperse. Where necessary, enforcement action, including fines starting at £100 and working their way up to £10,000, will be considered. Please welcome in 2021 from the comfort of your own home instead of being stuck in central London with nothing to see and no easy way of getting home.’1 1 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/13614538/police-new-year-parties-fines-stay- home/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=sunpoliticstwitter&utm_medium=Social&utm _source=Twitter#Echobox=1609415674 Answer for New Years’ Celebrations The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

TfL Pension Fund Question No: 2021/0053 David Kurten I was most concerned to learn on 24 December 2020 that the pension fund operated by Transport for London has placed more than £25 million with Tencent, a Chinese technology company that the UN has accused of involvement in covert surveillance and censorship on

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behalf of the Communist regime. Tencent is said to be aiding and abetting China’s surveillance state and strict censorship of its own citizens, using covert technology to spy on the persecuted Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang province, who have been forced to pick cotton, have abortions and renounce their faith.1 What have you done to investigate these allegations and if proven true, what action are you going to take to divest from Tencent? 1 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9071717/Sadiq-Khan-blasted-Transport- Londons-25million-pension-fund-Chinese-firm.html Answer for TfL Pension Fund The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Covid-19 Policing Question No: 2021/0054 David Kurten Do you consider that the actions of the Metropolitan Police with respect to Covid-19 have been proportionate to its severity? Answer for Covid-19 Policing The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Public Health England Question No: 2021/0055 David Kurten In September 2020, you told the Assembly that you were seeking clarity from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on what the abolition of Public Health England, and creation of the National Institute for Health Protection, would mean for London. Have you received a response from Government to your concerns on this issue? Public Health England The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I have not received a response to the letter I sent to the Secretary of State in September. Since writing to the Secretary of State in September I have also called upon the government to protect funding and functions for health improvement and tackling health inequalities as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review. However, the Government have yet to provide further clarity on this issue.

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I continue to meet at least weekly with Public Health England’s Regional Director for London, Professor Kevin Fenton, and I will continue to work closely with our health and care partners through any structural changes.

Police Officers and PPE Question No: 2021/0056 Peter Whittle Can you assure me that all police officers, police specials, police community support officers and non-police support staff are satisfactorily equipped with the necessary personal protective equipment to enable them to carry out their jobs safely? Answer for Police Officers and PPE The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Turnover and Retention of Custody Nurse Practitioners in the Met Question No: 2021/0058 Caroline Pidgeon Please provide the turnover and retention statistics for the Met’s Custody Nurse Practitioners in each of the past five years? Please also provide the number of those who left in each year that had been in their role for less than one year. Turnover and Retention of Custody Nurse Practitioners in the Met The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The data for 2015, 2016 and 2017 is not readily accessible due to the change over in HR platforms between the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL). However, data from January 2018 to December 2020 is kept internally by Met Detention and this is as follows:

2018 20 - New starters 10 - Overall resignations

2 - Resigned within their first year with the MPS

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Retention rate of new starters was 18 out of 20 = 90%

2019 20 - New starters 4 – Overall resignations

2 – Resigned within their first year with the MPS Retention rate of new starters was 18 out of 20 = 90%

2020 35 - New starters 6 – Overall Resignations

6 - Resigned within their first year with the MPS Retention rate of new starters was 29 out of 35 = 83%

999 Response Times Question No: 2021/0059 Caroline Pidgeon Please provide the average Metropolitan Police response times for 999 calls categorised as i) I grade, ii) S grade iii) E grade and iv) R grade in 2020. Please provide a breakdown by i) month, and ii) borough. Answer for 999 Response Times The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Fatal Stabbings in 2020 Question No: 2021/0060 Caroline Pidgeon Please provide a table showing the number of people fatally stabbed in London in 2020, broken down by age.

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Fatal Stabbings in 2020 The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The data requested is published by the MPS through its homicide dashboard. The dashboard is updated on a quarterly basis. This shows that between January and September 2020 there were 53 victims of homicide by knife or sharp instrument. Apparent Age of victim Number of Records 0 to 12 4 13 to 19 9 20 to 24 9 25 to 34 10 35 to 44 10 45 to 54 4 55 to 64 4 65 and over 3 https://www.met.police.uk/sd/stats-and-data/met/homicide-dashboard/

Catalytic Converter Thefts (1) Question No: 2021/0061 Caroline Pidgeon How many catalytic converter thefts have been reported to the Met for each year since 2017? Please break this information down by i) month, and ii) borough. Answer for Catalytic Converter Thefts (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Catalytic Converter Thefts (2) Question No: 2021/0062 Caroline Pidgeon What measures are the Met taking to break the supply chain of metal from catalytic converters being re-sold? Answer for Catalytic Converter Thefts (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021

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Catalytic Converter Thefts (3) Question No: 2021/0063 Caroline Pidgeon How many arrests have the Met made for i) the theft of catalytic converters, and ii) the trading in metals from catalytic converters since 2017? Please break this information down by i) month and ii) borough. Answer for Catalytic Converter Thefts (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Responses to Freedom of Information and Subject Action Requests by the Met Question No: 2021/0064 Caroline Pidgeon Please provide details of how many Subject Access Requests and Freedom of Information Requests the Met has received in each year since 2016 broken down by i) month, and ii) the type of request (SAR or FOI) and how many of these were i) responded to within the statutory time limit, ii) responded to late. Answer for Responses to Freedom of Information and Subject Action Requests by the Met The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Concerns over the Met’s Response Time to Subject Access and Freedom of Information Requests Question No: 2021/0065 Caroline Pidgeon A report published by the Information Commissioner on 10 November 2020 about the Timeliness of responses to information access requests by police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland stated that it had taken formal action against the Met for failing in its data protection obligations by not responding to a significant number of requests on time. How are you working with the Met to improve the response time for such requests to ensure they are in line with the statutory time limits?

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Answer for Concerns over the Met’s Response Time to Subject Access and Freedom of Information Requests The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Number of Crimes Screened out in 2020 Question No: 2021/0066 Caroline Pidgeon How many crimes were screened out without further investigation within 24 hours of being reported in 2020, broken down by i) month, and ii) crime type? Answer for Number of Crimes Screened out in 2020 The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Rape Crisis Centre Waiting Times Question No: 2021/0067 Caroline Pidgeon What are the current waiting times for rape victims receiving counselling services from London’s four rape crisis centres? Please also provide an update on the review you assured me MOPAC would undertake around how data on waiting times was published in answer to MQ 2020/0003. Rape Crisis Centre Waiting Times The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Government’s testing and tracing scheme has been playing catch-up throughout the pandemic and the failings of the national system need to be independently investigated. I am working closely with all the agencies involved to support pan-London coordination networks and good practice exchanges to facilitate rapid learning and continuous improvement. The belated involvement of local authorities in the delivery of local schemes for testing and contact-tracing has made a real difference in reaching communities in London. Public Health England London is working with partners to support the development of London-wide strategies and improvement plans which bring together the lessons learnt across the London system, tracking a range of metrics and surveillance indicators to monitor the performance and impact of testing and contact-tracing.

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I will ask my Health Advisor, Dr Tom Coffey, to discuss with Professor Kevin Fenton, London Director PHE, if further support is needed to ensure learning is captured to support public health in the future. Answer for Rape Crisis Centre Waiting Times The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Met’s Response to IOPC’s Review of Stop and Search Question No: 2021/0068 Caroline Pidgeon I am pleased that the Met accepted all 11 learning recommendations from the IOPC’s October 2020 review of the force’s use of stop and search. In the Met’s response to the review it outlined numerous actions it would be taking – please provide an update on progress that has been made on each of these to date. Answer for Met’s Response to IOPC’s Review of Stop and Search The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Changes to Healthcare Provision in Met Custody Suites (1) Question No: 2021/0069 Caroline Pidgeon Do you share my concerns over the continued provision of senior clinical advice and support in custody suites across London given the changes being implemented to healthcare in Met custody suites, which includes the removal of all contracted doctors, known as Forensic Medical Examiners (FMEs)? Answer for Changes to Healthcare Provision in Met Custody Suites (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Safer Neighbourhood Boards (1) Question No: 2021/0070 Caroline Pidgeon What support is being given to Safer Neighbourhood Boards to meet virtually during the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Answer for Safer Neighbourhood Boards (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Safer Neighbourhood Boards (2) Question No: 2021/0071 Caroline Pidgeon How many times have each of London’s Safer Neighbourhood Boards met since January 2020? Please break this down by month. Answer for Safer Neighbourhood Boards (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Ambulance Call-outs to Police Stations Question No: 2021/0072 Caroline Pidgeon How many ambulances have been called to Met custody suites between 2016-2019? Please break this down by year. Ambulance Call-outs to Police Stations The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Please see attached the requested data for the period specified.

Downloading the NHS Track and Trace Application by Met Officers and Staff Question No: 2021/0073 Caroline Pidgeon What advice is the Met giving to officers and staff regarding downloading the NHS Track and Trace application on their work phones given officers in particular may visit several public and personal addresses throughout the time they are on duty? Answer for Downloading the NHS Track and Trace Application by Met Officers and Staff The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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OPDC’s Reliance on Uncertain Funding Sources and the Need for Resilience Question No: 2021/0074 Caroline Pidgeon Do you share my concerns at OPDC’s overreliance on the prospect of successfully applying for the National Homebuilding Fund, especially given the Government’s increasing desire to move funding away from London in many respects? How are you ensuring OPDC’s new ‘shift of focus’ and new plan are resilient and robust? Answer for OPDC’s Reliance on Uncertain Funding Sources and the Need for Resilience The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Further Conditions on Affordable Housing Programmes 2021-26 Question No: 2021/0075 Caroline Pidgeon Given you have stated that baseline conditions for the Affordable Housing Programme (AHP) 2021-26 were set in November, can you confirm if you will be putting in place any further conditions, in addition to the baseline ones, for Strategic Partners and Approved Providers once funding allocations are announced, as happened in the last AHP (2016-20)? Further Conditions on Affordable Housing Programmes 2021-26 The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 My new £4 billion Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026 sets out a number of new conditions and requirements that apply to all investment partners, which aim to increase the quality, safety, design and sustainability of new affordable housing in London. Funding agreement templates will be published shortly and will reflect these requirements. My Deputy Mayor Tom Copley wrote to partners on 22 January 2021 to outline an expectation that shared ownership homes built through the programme are offered 999-year leases where it is possible to do so (for example due to the basis of land ownership). There are no current plans to introduce further conditions on investment partners at this stage, however it is possible that changes may be required in the future – for example, to implement new requirements imposed by central Government.

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Biodiversity Considerations on OPDC Land Question No: 2021/0076 Caroline Pidgeon What measures are in place to ensure biodiversity is retained as much as possible on land within the OPDC area and that the replacement of felled trees happens as much as possible? Answer for Biodiversity Considerations on OPDC Land The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

TfL co-operation with London Ambulance Service Question No: 2021/0077 Caroline Pidgeon What steps is TfL taking to help ensure that all ambulances within the London Ambulance Service are routinely using sat navs that are accessing the most up to date information on the existence of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and Streetspace schemes? Answer for TfL co-operation with London Ambulance Service The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

TfL funding for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and Streetspace initiatives Question No: 2021/0078 Caroline Pidgeon Following feedback from the London Ambulance Service and other 999 services in relation to the impact on response times, will TfL be insisting on greater use of camera enforcement as opposed to physical closures in future Low Traffic Neighbourhood initiatives that it funds? Answer for TfL funding for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and Streetspace initiatives The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Response times of ambulances Question No: 2021/0079 Caroline Pidgeon What information is provided to TfL about the impact on the response times of ambulance vehicles from Streetspace and Low Traffic Neighbourhood initiatives? Is TfL specifically notified of ambulances that have missed ARP calls as a result of or attributed to Streetscapes and LTN schemes? Answer for Response times of ambulances The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Taxicard funding Question No: 2021/0080 Caroline Pidgeon What is TfL’s commitment to funding the Taxicard for the year 2021/2022? Will TfL ensure that the reduced levels of ridership and funding during the Covid pandemic are not used as a basis for future funding levels? Answer for Taxicard funding The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Record of Inquest of Ella Kissi-Debrah (1) Question No: 2021/0081 Caroline Pidgeon The Coroner’s record stated that Ella’s mother was not given information about the health risks of air pollution to exacerbate asthma, highlighting that if such information had been given “she would have taken steps which might have prevented Ella’s death.” Are you convinced that sufficient measures are now in place to provide relevant information to the public and especially parents about the health risks of air pollution, or do you believe further measures are now needed following the Coroner’s record of the inquest into the death of Ella Kissi-Debrah? Record of Inquest of Ella Kissi-Debrah (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Raising awareness about air pollution has been a major priority for me. In 2016 I instituted an alerts system to warn Londoners about pollution episodes. The alerts are displayed at

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2,500 bus countdown signs and river pier signs, at the entrances of all 270 London Underground stations and at 140 road-side signs on the busiest main roads. Additionally, London boroughs, the NHS and PHE are contacted via the resilience forum to cascade to their networks, and information is provided directly to schools across London. Borough support sharing the GLA’s pollution alerts is expected as part of their obligations to address air pollution. To provide more targeted information, Londoners can sign up to the airTEXT service to receive alerts specific to their borough I have also written to the major news broadcasters asking them to include more air quality information in their bulletins. More generally I have funded a number of awareness raising marketing campaigns. Environmental and health NGOs and campaigners have also been instrumental in helping to raise awareness of the health effects of air pollution and the importance of cleaning up London’s air. Finally, I piloted the Breathe London network which provides user-friendly information to Londoners to reduce their exposure to air pollution. The next phase will have a community focus, including funding for around 130 air quality sensors, with deployment prioritised at hospitals and schools. However, I agree with the Coroner that much more must be done to provide information to the public and health professionals on the health effects of air pollution. Given their critical national role, it is clear Government needs to do more and we hope they will learn the lessons of the inquest. The important issues raised at the inquest will be reflected as part of our continual efforts to ensure we provide relevant information as effectively as possible to Londoners.

Record of Inquest of Ella Kissi-Debrah (2) Question No: 2021/0082 Caroline Pidgeon Are you satisfied that every (a) Lewisham child and adult, and (b) London child and adult is not being exposed to levels of Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate Matter in excess of World Health Organization Guidelines that the Coroner recorded “possibly contributed” to Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death? Record of Inquest of Ella Kissi-Debrah (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 No. I have taken bold action to tackle London’s toxic air, leading to a 94 per cent reduction in the number of Londoners living in areas exceeding legal limits for nitrogen dioxide and a 96 per cent reduction in state schools in areas exceeding legal limits between 2016 and 2019. But we must do more.

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24 per cent of roads in inner London still exceed legal limits for NO2 and 99 per cent of London still exceeds the WHO recommended limits for PM2.5. Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone, in conjunction with my other air quality policies, is vital to achieving the minimum standard of legal compliance and will set us on track for meeting the more stringent health-driven WHO guidelines. But I cannot do this alone. There are a number of sources of both nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter and I have limited powers to tackle many of these, including non- transport sources such as wood burning and construction machinery. Government must do more and match my ambitions, including adopting legally binding WHO targets in the new Environment Bill and giving cities the powers and funding we need to eradicate air pollution once and for all.

Potential change of leases of platforms to London Overground Question No: 2021/0083 Caroline Pidgeon I understand that the existing leases to London Underground on the London Overground/National Rail platforms at West Brompton, Highbury & Islington and Blackhorse Road expire in 2024. Please set out what plans there are to deliver control of these platforms to London Overground and to ensure passenger improvements are delivered at these important interchanges. Answer for Potential change of leases of platforms to London Overground The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Brownhill Road/Torridon Road junction Question No: 2021/0084 Caroline Pidgeon Further to your reply in March 2020 to Question 2020/0990 where you stated: “Design work on a new pedestrian crossing at this junction is almost complete and there will be engagement with local people in the coming months, ahead of construction starting later this year” and noting the lack of your reply to Question 2020/3806, please provide an update as to when vital pedestrian improvements at this junction will actually commence? Please also set out what other schemes under the Healthy Streets programme which have been paused in 2020 will now commence, providing dates as to when this will occur. Brownhill Road/Torridon Road junction The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Design work on the pedestrian improvements at the Brownhill Road / Torridon Road junction was paused in April 2020, due to the impact of the pandemic on Transport for

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London’s (TfL’s) staff and finances. Funding has now been allocated to recommence design and public engagement is planned in early 2021 to capture views. Following this engagement, TfL intends to finalise the design and move to construction. This is subject to the outcome of its discussions with Government over the funding it requires to place its finances on a sustainable footing, after fare income was decimated by the pandemic. A number of other Healthy Streets schemes were similarly paused in 2020, while TfL focused on the rapid delivery of my London Streetspace programme to provide safe alternatives to private car use during the pandemic. TfL is currently remobilising the majority of these Healthy Streets projects. However, completion dates cannot be confirmed until TfL has agreed with Government the investment and continued longer-term support it requires.

Dean Street ticket hall at Crossrail Tottenham Court Road station Question No: 2021/0085 Caroline Pidgeon Further to my question 2020/3268 you stated: “The investigations into the Tottenham Court Road station roof slab leaks are ongoing, and the root cause is yet to be determined. It is not possible to know the full extent of the rectification works until the root cause is established, or therefore to estimate the total costs required to rectify the issue. This will be known once investigations have concluded.” Please clarify whether the investigations have now concluded. If they have concluded, please provide in full the information that was requested in question 2020/3268. If the investigations have not yet been completed, please state when they are expected to be completed by? Answer for Dean Street ticket hall at Crossrail Tottenham Court Road station The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Van scrappage scheme Question No: 2021/0086 Caroline Pidgeon TfL’s website currently states that “Due to unprecedented demand and limited funds, the Scrappage Scheme is currently suspended for van applications.” Will you clarify whether the scheme will re-open for van applications as is suggested by the repeated use of the term ‘suspended’ by TfL, as opposed to ‘ended”? Answer for Van scrappage scheme The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021

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Wearing of face masks on buses Question No: 2021/0087 Caroline Pidgeon Since TfL began enforcement activity on 4 July 2020 on the wearing of face masks on public transport please state the enforcement action specifically taken in relation to buses, showing figures for (a) the number of people stopped, (b) prevented from boarding, (c) ejected and (d) issued with Fixed Penalty Notices? Answer for Wearing of face masks on buses The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Copy of UCL Advice about Front-Door Boarding Question No: 2021/0088 Caroline Pidgeon In your 8 July 2020 response to Question 2020/1624 you promised to send me an “interim summary from UCL later this summer”. When can I expect to receive this information? Answer for Copy of UCL Advice about Front-Door Boarding The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Bus services to Whipps Cross Hospital Question No: 2021/0089 Caroline Pidgeon What engagement has TfL had with Barts Health NHS Trust about future public transport provision to Whipps Cross Hospital ahead of planned major redevelopment to the hospital? Is any consideration specifically being given to reviewing the frequency and last time of all bus services that serve the hospital, especially the W12 bus service? Is consideration also being given to improving the siting of bus stops at the hospital? Bus services to Whipps Cross Hospital The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021

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Transport for London (TfL) has been engaging with the Trust through its Masterplanning Transport & Access Working Group. I am also anticipating that the Trust will take part in TfL’s formal pre-application planning process. It is too early to comment on specific considerations, but TfL will be emphasising the importance of the redevelopment providing improved access to the site for buses and bus passengers, including the location of bus stops. TfL will also consider how the redevelopment can assist with better bus service provision on routes such as the W12. In the meantime, TfL will continue to review local bus services to ensure reliable and affordable access to healthcare locations

London becoming a dementia-friendly city by 2022 (1) Question No: 2021/0090 Caroline Pidgeon Is the removal of the ability to pay by cash at London Underground and London Overground stations in conflict with your commitment to make London a dementia-friendly city by 2022? What consultation with organisations representing people with dementia has TfL undertaken on its current proposals to completely remove cash payments and to expect people to use Ticket Stops which they might not be familiar with? Please also state whether any consultation was undertaken with organisations representing people with dementia before the initial removal of cash payments at the majority of London Underground stations. Answer for London becoming a dementia-friendly city by 2022 (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London becoming a dementia-friendly city by 2022 (2) Question No: 2021/0091 Caroline Pidgeon Please set out what you consider are the main policy changes that still need to be implemented before London truly becomes a dementia-friendly city by 2022? London becoming a dementia-friendly city by 2022 (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I continue to support Alzheimer’s Society and the Dementia Friendly London partnership. Together we are raising awareness, changing attitudes, taking action and encouraging and supporting others to act. We now have over 350,000 Dementia Friends in London including over 500 in the GLA, led by Mary Harpley, my Dementia Champion for the GLA family. We

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are approaching 1,000 dementia-friendly organisations. 25 boroughs are accredited or working towards Dementia-Friendly Community status. COVID-19 has hit people with dementia and Alzheimer’s Society hard. Work is underway to understand those impacts and where action is needed. Health and social care colleagues have worked tirelessly to provide care and wider support and to meet the challenges associated with social distancing and lockdown. Work is also underway looking at how we build dementia into recovery. Action is underway in the following policy areas: transport, policing and emergency services, high streets and retail, housing, culture and leisure.

Mayor’s Transport Strategy commitment to making 80 per cent of all trips in London to be made on foot, by cycle or using public transport by 2041 (1) Question No: 2021/0092 Caroline Pidgeon What is the current proportion of all trips in London made on foot, by cycle or using public transport? Mayor’s Transport Strategy commitment to making 80 per cent of all trips in London to be made on foot, by cycle or using public transport by 2041 (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Travel in London report 13 contains Transport for London’s latest estimates of the proportion of trips made by walking, cycling and public transport. The report gives consolidated estimates for the 2019 calendar year (pages 52-58) as well as indicative quarterly estimates for 2020 (calendar quarters 1-3, pages 185-187) as part of the assessment of the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on travel in London. Table 7.6, attached, summarises these estimates.

Mayor’s Transport Strategy commitment to making 80 per cent of all trips in London to be made on foot, by cycle or using public transport by 2041 (2) Question No: 2021/0093 Caroline Pidgeon Is the definition of measuring trips in London including trips by scooters? Mayor’s Transport Strategy commitment to making 80 per cent of all trips in London to be made on foot, by cycle or using public transport by 2041 (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021

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My Transport Strategy states, on page 20, “Throughout this strategy document, the term ‘walking and cycling’ is used for a range of end-to-end fully active modes of travel. Most of these are walked or cycled, but the term is used to include trips made by wheelchair and also by scooter, rollerblades and similar forms of active mobility. The term ‘cycling’ refers to all forms of cycling including trips made using tricycles, hand-cycles and other adapted cycles, and e-bikes.”

Mayor’s Transport Strategy commitment improve the overall accessibility of the transport system Question No: 2021/0094 Caroline Pidgeon Your Transport Strategy has the commitment to halve the average additional time taken to make a public transport journey on the step-free network compared to the full network. Please state what actual reduction in additional time has currently been achieved since the publication of your Transport Strategy? Mayor’s Transport Strategy commitment improve the overall accessibility of the transport system The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The latest position on differential journey times with regards to step free access are published in Travel in London report 13, page 118. As shown in the table below, the differential journey time, comparing trips made using the whole network against those using the step free network only, has reduced from 11 minutes in the 2015 baseline to 8 minutes in 2019 - a reduction of 3 minutes. Travel in London 13 also contains a projection of expected future improvements in this measure to 2041. Table 4.9 Average journey time by fastest available route and step-free network only, 2015 and 2019/20.

2015 (baseline) 2019/20 Average journey time by quickest route (minutes) 77 77 Average journey time using bus and step-free stations only 86 85 Relative additional journey time (minutes) 11 8

Source: TfL City Planning.Note: Journey times are modelled averages and do not reflect observed or frequently made journeys.

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Mayor’s Transport Strategy commitment to increasing tram capacity Question No: 2021/0095 Caroline Pidgeon Please state what actual increase in tram capacity has taken place since the publication of your Transport Strategy which had a commitment to upgrade the tram system to improve its reliability and to increase its capacity by 85 per cent to/from Croydon by 2030? Answer for Mayor’s Transport Strategy commitment to increasing tram capacity The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London Living Wage Question No: 2021/0096 Caroline Pidgeon Further to data provided in response to Question 2015/3961 please provide the most recent data for both the total number and proportion of jobs in Greater London paying less than the London Living Wage since the GLA first set the London Living Wage in 2005? Answer for London Living Wage The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Crossrail Complaints Commissioner (2) Question No: 2021/0097 Caroline Pidgeon Will all reports that are published by the Crossrail Complaints Commissioner be treated as public documents and routinely published by TfL online in a timely and unredacted manner? Answer for Crossrail Complaints Commissioner (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Crossrail Telephone Helpline Question No: 2021/0098 Caroline Pidgeon Please publish a table relating to the 24 hour Helpdesk telephone number 0345 602 3813 showing for each week since the 1st January 2020 (a) the average waiting time faced by each caller, (b) the longest waiting time faced by a caller, and (c) the total number of abandoned calls by people waiting to access a response to the telephone line. Answer for Crossrail Telephone Helpline The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Annual reports from the Crossrail Complaints Commissioner Question No: 2021/0099 Caroline Pidgeon When will the latest report by the Crossrail Complaints Commissioner be published? Please explain the reasons in the delay in publication of the latest reports? Answer for Annual reports from the Crossrail Complaints Commissioner The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Role of the Crossrail High Level Forum and Crossrail Planning Forum Question No: 2021/0100 Caroline Pidgeon What role will the Crossrail High Level Forum and the Crossrail Planning Forum continue to play in the oversight of Crossrail at a Borough level? Answer for Role of the Crossrail High Level Forum and Crossrail Planning Forum The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Vagrancy 2020 Question No: 2021/0101 Caroline Pidgeon Please provide a breakdown of the number of ‘vagrancy’ offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police in 2020, broken down by i) month, and ii) borough.

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Answer for Vagrancy 2020 The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Changes to Healthcare Provision in Met Custody Suites (2) Question No: 2021/0102 Caroline Pidgeon An advertisement for Custody Nurse Practitioner roles in the Met specifically states – “You won’t always have a team to call on or a doctor to consult.” Given the often-complex medical needs of those in custody, particularly around the prescribing of medication and treatment following taser use, and the need to safeguard officers and Met staff, do you think it is appropriate that the new healthcare model being introduced provides custody nurses with no face-to-face clinical support from doctors? Answer for Changes to Healthcare Provision in Met Custody Suites (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Crossrail Complaints Commissioner (1) Question No: 2021/0103 Caroline Pidgeon Following the governance of Crossrail being transferred entirely to TfL please state how the Crossrail Complaints Commissioner will be able to operate in investigating and raising grievances of individuals and businesses? How will the issues that the Crossrail Complaints Commissioner raises be regularly brought to the attention of the TfL Elizabeth Line Committee and TfL Board members? Answer for Crossrail Complaints Commissioner (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Question No: 2021/0105 Andrew Boff Does the Mayor agree that the Bowes LTN effectively pushes more traffic on to the North Circular Road and has failed to reduce NO2?

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Answer for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

TfL Junk Food Advertising Ban Evaluation Question No: 2021/0107 Andrew Boff In response to my question 2020/2662, you previously said that the “independent evaluation [of the junk food advertising ban] being conducted by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is due to be published by Spring 2021”. Can you please give an update on when you expect the evaluation to be published? Answer for TfL Junk Food Advertising Ban Evaluation The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

TfL Planning Applications Question No: 2021/0108 Andrew Boff Given your role as Chair of TfL, do you intend to personally determine any TfL planning application that is referable to the GLA, or will such applications be delegated? Answer for TfL Planning Applications The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Road charge (1) Question No: 2021/0109 Gareth Bacon MP Please publish your impact assessment on outer London boroughs, including Bexley and Bromley, on your proposed £3.50 road charge. Please specifically address the impact on local businesses and low income Londoners. Road charge (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021

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I have asked Transport for London (TfL) to undertake a feasibility study into a potential Greater London Boundary Charge for non-residents. As part of this, TfL will undertake an initial assessment of the impact of options on traffic, environment, health, equality and the economy, including local businesses. The full findings of the study are expected later in the year.

Road charge (2) Question No: 2021/0110 Gareth Bacon MP What assessment have you made of the impact of your proposed £3.50 road charge on vulnerable and disabled people who need to travel into London boroughs to access hospitals, GP surgeries and other vital services? Road charge (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I have asked Transport for London (TfL) to undertake a feasibility study into a potential Greater London Boundary Charge for non-residents. As part of this, TfL will undertake an assessment of the impact of options on traffic, environment, health, equality and the economy, including disabled people. The full findings of the study are expected later in the year.

Road charge (3) Question No: 2021/0111 Gareth Bacon MP Please publish the methodology used behind the proposals to introduce a £3.50 road charge, including how the reduction in journeys and revenue calculations were reached. Road charge (3) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) has undertaken an initial traffic assessment of a Greater London Boundary Charge for non-residents using a transport demand model and analysis. The impact on journeys was assessed for overall and cross-boundary trips and was estimated to reduce the total number of weekday car trips across the Greater London boundary by 10-15 per cent. Initial revenue assessment suggests this could raise around £500 million a year. This initial revenue calculation is derived based on the remaining crossings by non-residents after the reduction in car trips as result of the potential charge. I have asked TfL to undertake a feasibility study into a potential Greater London Boundary Charge for non-residents which will assess impacts of a potential charge in more detail.

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Road charge (4) Question No: 2021/0112 Gareth Bacon MP What engagement did you undertake with borough leaders in the development of your proposals to introduce a £3.50 road charge? Road charge (4) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I have asked Transport for London (TfL) to undertake a feasibility study into a potential Greater London Boundary Charge for non-residents. As part of this, TfL will undertake an assessment of the impact of options on traffic, environment, health, equality and the economy. The full findings of the study are expected later in the year. Once the feasibility study has been completed, further consideration will be given to its findings, including in discussion with borough councillors and officers. Any proposals to introduce a new charge would be subject to full public consultation.

Road charge (5) Question No: 2021/0113 Gareth Bacon MP How much would the £3.50 road charge cost to administrate per year? Road charge (5) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I have asked Transport for London to undertake a feasibility study into a potential Greater London Boundary Charge for non-residents. The study will consider implementation and operating costs. This will be informed by extensive experience and lessons learned from the delivery and running of current charging schemes including the central London Congestion Charge, Low Emission Zone, Ultra Low Emission Zone and the planned expansion of the latter.

Road charge (6) Question No: 2021/0114 Gareth Bacon MP Given your announcement on 8 January 2021 that the mayoral precept is set to increase by £31.59 per year at band D, will you now rule out introducing a boundary charge? Road charge (6) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021

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The council tax proposals look to raise revenue for policing and transport. Of this, £15 a year, if the rise was implemented, would specifically secure ongoing vital free travel on Transport for London (TfL) services for young people and the 60+ Oyster card after Government sought to remove these concessions while negotiating TfL’s emergency funding settlement. That proposal is to tackle a specific element of the funding settlement. More widely, I have called on the Government to allow London to keep the £500m a year that Londoners pay annually in Vehicle Excise Duty. Unless this happens, I will have to find other ways to raise this money. I have asked TfL to undertake a feasibility study into a potential Greater London Boundary Charge for non-residents. A small charge of this nature could have significant benefits in terms of managing congestion, reducing emissions and encouraging more use of sustainable modes of transport. Income from the charge would also be reinvested in the capital’s transport network.

Mayoral powers Question No: 2021/0115 Gareth Bacon MP What direct powers do you have to remove statues, monuments and plaques on GLA land and elsewhere in London? Mayoral powers The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Our capital’s diversity is its greatest strength, yet our statues, road names and public spaces reflect a bygone era. We must celebrate the achievements and diversity of all in our city and commemorate those who have made London what it is – as well as discussing the complicated legacies of our public realm. This is what I set up the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, which will work with boroughs, communities and institutions to address this. As Mayor of London, it’s not for me to decide which statues should or should not be removed. Planning decisions relating to historic monuments sit with local authorities and they should always be based on wide consultation, be subject to local democratic accountability and respect the wishes of local communities. Under the current planning framework any proposed removal requires consent by the property owner which also applies to GLA land. The Government announced new laws this week, which mean that in future any historic statue, listed or not will require planning permission to be removed. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legal-protection-for-england-s-heritage

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Precepts Question No: 2021/0116 Gareth Bacon MP Please provide a full breakdown of mayoral precept increases for the financial years 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, as well as proposed increases for 2021/22. Precepts The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Mayors council tax precept is outlined in detail within each annual budget published on the GLA website below. https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/governance-and-spending/spending-money- wisely/mayors-budget The table below includes both the police and non-police precept. Band D Police Band D Non Total Year on Year Mayoral Year precept police precept Band D Increase Decision 2016/17 £202.11 £73.89 £276.00 MD1611 2017/18 £206.13 £73.89 £280.02 £4.02 MD2075 2018/19 £218.13 £76.10 £294.23 £14.21 MD2240 2019/20 £242.13 £78.38 £320.51 £26.28 MD2434 2020/21 £252.13 £79.94 £332.07 £11.56 MD2588 2021/22 £267.13 £96.53 £363.66 £31.59 Not yet Final

GLA spending per borough Question No: 2021/0117 Gareth Bacon MP Please provide total GLA expenditure broken down by London borough for 2019/20 and 2020/21. GLA spending per borough The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 GLA expenditure isn’t necessarily wholly apportioned within the boundaries of a particular London borough. Therefore, officers cannot readily capture GLA spend broken down by local authority within London and as the expenditure data is not collated by borough it would require an extensive manual exercise to do so.

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Covid-19 and Bus Garages Question No: 2021/0120 Keith Prince Following up on Question 2020/1722, can you assure the Assembly that Phase 2 of the UCL research will establish the number of COVID infections, hospitalisations and deaths by bus garage week by week since the beginning of the pandemic, so that any potential clusters of infections can be identified and the role of infections in garages either established or ruled out? Answer for Covid-19 and Bus Garages The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Covid-19 Risk Assessments for Bus Depots/Garages Question No: 2021/0121 Keith Prince Please provide me with copies of the current approved Covid-19 Risk Assessment for each TfL Bus Depot/Garage. Answer for Covid-19 Risk Assessments for Bus Depots/Garages The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

TfL Discussions of Covid-19 Risk Assessments Question No: 2021/0122 Keith Prince Please provide me with copies of all documentation (emails, directives, decisions and handwritten notes) pertaining to TfL’s discussions—with Bus Operators, Unite the Union and, if applicable, the ORR and Health & Safety Executive—of Covid-19 Risk Assessments for TfL Bus Depots/Garages. Answer for TfL Discussions of Covid-19 Risk Assessments The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Face Masks on Buses Question No: 2021/0123 Keith Prince I have received a number of complaints from TfL Bus Drivers about the absence of TfL enforcement officers on Buses since March 2020. Following up on your response to Question 2020/2669, how many of the recorded enforcement incidents you cited involved Bus Passengers? Please provide me with a breakdown for the period provided in your response, showing the specific TfL service (i.e., Underground, Overground, Bus, PHV, Dial- a-Ride) involved. Answer for Face Masks on Buses The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Debate over Covid-19 Risk Reduction Interventions Question No: 2021/0124 Keith Prince When will you provide me with the documentation you promised to send me in your 5 October response to Question 2020/2694? Answer for Debate over Covid-19 Risk Reduction Interventions The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Overview and Precise Chronology of Covid-19 Risk Reduction Actions taken by Bus Operators Question No: 2021/0125 Keith Prince When will you provide me with the documentation you promised to send me in your 5 October response to Question 2020/2696? Answer for Overview and Precise Chronology of Covid-19 Risk Reduction Actions taken by Bus Operators The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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April 2020 Tripartite Agreement between TfL, Bus Operators and Unite the Union Question No: 2021/0126 Keith Prince When will you provide me with the documentation you promised to send me in your 5 October response to Question 2020/2701? Answer for April 2020 Tripartite Agreement between TfL, Bus Operators and Unite the Union The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Transport Workers and Covid-19 Question No: 2021/0127 Keith Prince Following up your partial response to Question 2020/2533, please provide me with an updated list of all Transport Workers who have died from Covid-19 in 2020, showing figures by month. This list should include: 1) sex and, if known, ethnicity, 2) date of reported death 3) name of TfL Contractor or TfL Division for whom each victim worked 4) place of work (e.g. Train Station, Bus Depot, Taxi, PHV) and 5) TfL Executive responsible for the transport mode in which each victim worked (e.g. MD Buses, LUL, Taxi and Private Hire, etc). Answer for Transport Workers and Covid-19 The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

TfL’s Lack of Data on Bus Workers hospitalised or on Long-Term Sick Leave as a result of Covid-19 Infections (1) Question No: 2021/0128 Keith Prince Given your admission in responses to Questions 2020/2535 and 2020/2536 that TfL had no data on both the number of Bus Workers hospitalised or on Long Term Sick Leave as a result of Covid-19 infections, how can you assure us that TfL can run a safe bus service for its Drivers and Passengers? Answer for TfL’s Lack of Data on Bus Workers hospitalised or on Long-Term Sick Leave as a result of Covid-19 Infections (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021

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TfL’s Lack of Data on Bus Workers hospitalised or on Long-Term Sick Leave as a result of Covid-19 Infections (2) Question No: 2021/0129 Keith Prince Given your admission in responses to Question 2020/2535 and Question 2020/2536 that TfL had no data on both the number of Bus Workers hospitalised or on Long Term Sick Leave as a result of Covid-19 infections, how is it possible for TfL to plan a robust service, since doing so would certainly require TfL to possess timely data on the availability of its contractors’ Bus Drivers? Answer for TfL’s Lack of Data on Bus Workers hospitalised or on Long-Term Sick Leave as a result of Covid-19 Infections (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Letter from TfL Commissioner to Bus Operators re ’Special Leave for Vulnerable Bus Drivers’ Question No: 2021/0130 Keith Prince In a 14 October 2020 letter I received from your Deputy Mayor for Transport, I was informed that on or around 8 April the ‘then Commissioner wrote to the bus operators to urge them to furlough staff who were both shielding and staff living with people who were shielding’ i.e., to implement the same policy the Commissioner had already enacted for TfL Staff. Please provide me with a copy of the Commissioner’s letter as well as confirmations from each Bus Operator that the Commissioner’s “urge” was accepted and implemented by them. Answer for Letter from TfL Commissioner to Bus Operators re ’Special Leave for Vulnerable Bus Drivers’ The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Taxi Age Limit Reduction Question No: 2021/0131 Keith Prince With regard to your answer to question 2020/3665, will the mayor provide revised 2025 taxi fleet emission estimates if the age limit in 2025 was a) 14 years, b) 13 years, c) 12 years? Answer for Taxi Age Limit Reduction The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

MD2527 on Crossrail Funding Question No: 2021/0132 Keith Prince In the light of your Mayoral Decision MD2527, what possibilities are you considering to complete the funding of Crossrail should available funds prove insufficient? Answer for MD2527 on Crossrail Funding The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

GLA Group Press Officer Spending Question No: 2021/0134 Shaun Bailey How much money has the GLA Group spent on press officers since May 2016? Please give a breakdown by organisation and amount. Answer for GLA Group Press Officer Spending The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

GLA Group Press Officer Numbers Question No: 2021/0135 Shaun Bailey How many press officers has the GLA Group employed each year since May 2016? Please give a breakdown by organisation.

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Answer for GLA Group Press Officer Numbers The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Job Creation Question No: 2021/0136 Shaun Bailey How many jobs have you created through different schemes in each London borough since you became Mayor? Answer for Job Creation The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

GLA IT Spending Question No: 2021/0137 Shaun Bailey How much money has been spent on GLA IT since the start of the pandemic and how does this compare to pre-covid spending? Answer for GLA IT Spending The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

City Hall Facilities and Maintenance Spending Question No: 2021/0138 Shaun Bailey How much money has been spent on City Hall facility management and building maintenance since the start of the pandemic and how does this compare to pre-covid spending? City Hall Facilities and Maintenance Spending The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The cost of the City Hall facilities management and building maintenance is £14,349,515 and for the same period previous year was £14,083,216.

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For accountancy purposes these figures are from start of the financial year to end of period 9 for both stated figures.

Pay It Forward Scheme Spending Question No: 2021/0139 Shaun Bailey How much have you spent on the Pay it Forward scheme and how much future funding has the scheme been allocated? Pay It Forward Scheme Spending The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Pay It Forward London has, so far, helped over 460 businesses raise over £1.7 million from the crowd to support them through the Covid-19 crisis. The total amount spent by the GLA is £64,000. Pay it Forward is delivered in partnership with Crowdfunder. The platform is self-sustaining and does not currently require any further public investment.

Pay it Forward Scheme Businesses Question No: 2021/0140 Shaun Bailey How many businesses have benefitted from the Pay it Forward scheme to date? Pay it Forward Scheme Businesses The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 As of 18 January 2021, 461 businesses have benefitted from Pay it Forward London.

Mayor’s Budget Question No: 2021/0141 Shaun Bailey How much was the Mayor’s Office budget for each year since May 2016? Answer for Mayor’s Budget The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Mayor’s Office Staff Question No: 2021/0142 Shaun Bailey How many staff were employed within the Mayor’s Office for each year since May 2016? Answer for Mayor’s Office Staff The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Boundary Charge Question No: 2021/0143 Shaun Bailey What is the latest with the £3.50 boundary charge for non-London residents? And by when do you expect to make a final decision? Boundary Charge The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I have asked Transport for London (TfL) to undertake a feasibility study into a potential Greater London Boundary Charge for non-residents. As part of this, TfL will undertake an assessment of the impact of options on traffic, environment, health, equality and the economy. The full findings of the study are expected later in the year. Once the feasibility study has been completed, I will consider its findings and then make a decision on whether to proceed to take the proposals forward for further development. Any proposals to introduce a new charge would be subject to full public consultation.

TfL Pension Fund Trustees (1) Question No: 2021/0144 Shaun Bailey What is the process for appointing a trustee of TfL’s Pension Fund and how are they selected? TfL Pension Fund Trustees (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Transport for London (TfL) Trustee Board is made up of 18 Directors. The Directors of the Trustee Board are nominated as follows: • Nine persons by TfL of whom at least five must be members of the Fund.

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• One person each by: - Transport and General Workers’ Union; the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers; the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen; the London Transport Joint Trades Committee; the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (or any successor body). • Two persons by and from Section One of the TfL Pension Consultative Council. • One person by and from each of Sections Two and Three of the TfL Pension Consultative Council. Members of the TfL Pension Consultative Council are Fund Members elected by their fellow members. Section One members are pensioners or deferred pensioners. Sections Two and Three are contributing members of the Fund.

TfL Pension Fund Trustees (2) Question No: 2021/0145 Shaun Bailey Will you urge TfL Pension Fund trustees to divest in companies complicit in human right abuses, in the same way you have asked them to divest of fossil fuel investments? Answer for TfL Pension Fund Trustees (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Tube Driver Advert Question No: 2021/0146 Shaun Bailey When was the last time a tube diver job was advertised externally? Answer for Tube Driver Advert The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Tube Usage Question No: 2021/0147 Shaun Bailey How many commuters have used the tube in each year since 2016? Tube Usage The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021

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The accompanying table shows the average number of Oyster and Contactless cards seen on the Tube network in the AM peak on a weekday by month since September 2016.

Funding Concessionary Fares Question No: 2021/0148 Shaun Bailey You have stated that TfL must raise around £130 million in order to pay for concessionary fares. Please provide a breakdown of this. Answer for Funding Concessionary Fares The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London - Major Incident Question No: 2021/0149 Shaun Bailey What tangible differences will occur as a result of you declaring a major incident in London? Answer for London - Major Incident The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Congestion Charge Reduction Question No: 2021/0150 Shaun Bailey What is your current timeline for reducing the increase in the congestion charge which you increased to £15? Answer for Congestion Charge Reduction The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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TfL Bailout #3 Question No: 2021/0151 Shaun Bailey What is the latest with the next stage of bailout negotiations between TfL and the Government? Answer for TfL Bailout #3 The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Thames Freeport Question No: 2021/0152 Shaun Bailey What assessment have you made of the Thames freeport bid and its potential impact on London? Thames Freeport The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Thames Estuary corridor in east London presents some of London’s greatest potential for growth. It also home to some of London’s (and the UKs) most disadvantaged communities, with relatively poor access to good quality housing and employment. The proposal for a freeport in Dagenham as an integral element of the broader Thames freeport bid needs to be examined in more detail. Whilst we should look to secure opportunities for investment and growth in London, they must align with my wider ambitions for Good Growth. London needs assurances that Freeports won’t simply displace jobs and economic activity from elsewhere in the region. Whilst the Government’s ‘Levelling Up’ agenda is a disservice to the contribution that London’s economy makes to the rest of the United Kingdom and ignores London’s own well evidenced deprivation, I am committed to ensuring that London’s economic successes serve London and the wider UK and if freeports can support this then they should be explored further.

GLA Precept Question No: 2021/0153 Shaun Bailey How much has the total GLA Family precept risen each year since the creation of the Mayoralty? Please provide a table. GLA Precept

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The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The table below includes both the police and non-police precept. Year Band D Year on Year Increase/ Decrease 2000-01 £122.98 2001-02 £150.88 £27.90 2002-03 £173.88 £23.00 2003-04 £224.40 £50.52 2004-05 £241.33 £16.93 2005-06 £254.62 £13.29 2006-07 £288.61 £33.99 2007-08 £303.88 £15.27 2008-09 £309.82 £5.94 2009-10 £309.82 £0.00 2010-11 £309.82 £0.00 2011-12 £309.82 £0.00 2012-13 £306.72 -£3.10 2013-14 £303.00 -£3.72 2014-15 £299.00 -£4.00 2015-16 £295.00 -£4.00 2016-17 £276.00 -£19.00 2017-18 £280.02 £4.02 2018-19 £294.23 £14.21 2019-20 £320.51 £26.28 2020-21 £332.07 £11.56 2021-22 £363.66 £31.59

GLA Advertising Question No: 2021/0154 Shaun Bailey Has any part of the GLA advertised in any local/regional newspapers since May 2016? If so please provide a breakdown of each campaign, cost, purpose and newspaper. Answer for GLA Advertising The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021

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TfL Consultancy Service Question No: 2021/0155 Shaun Bailey How much money has TfL received from its consultancy services for each year since May 2016? Please provide a list of which companies/organisations/Governments TfL provided services to and how much was received from each? Answer for TfL Consultancy Service The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

TfL - Hikvision/Dahua Question No: 2021/0156 Shaun Bailey Do Hikvision or Dahua have any contracts with Transport for London or have they had any since May 2016? If so, please provide details of what was provided and the cost breakdown. TfL - Hikvision/Dahua The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 No, Hikvision or Dahua have not had any contracts with Transport for London since May 2016.

MPS - Sepura Question No: 2021/0157 Shaun Bailey Has Sepura had any contracts with the Met Police since May 2016. If so, how much was it worth and please provide details of what they provided? MPS - Sepura The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Since May 2016, the MPS have agreed 3 Contracts with Sepura Ltd, with a combined value of £29.1m. The Contracts support operational policing activities including: supply of Tetra radio terminals, (handsets, fleet and base stations), replacing all the end-of-life Tetra

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radios, associated accessories, maintenance, support and repair. All contracts were awarded via Public Sector Frameworks, (Crown Commercial and Police ICT Company).

MPS Budget Cuts Question No: 2021/0158 Shaun Bailey By how much are you planning on cutting the Metropolitan Police budget? Answer for MPS Budget Cuts The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Safer Neighbourhood Boards (1) Question No: 2021/0159 Steve O’Connell What level of funding will Safer Neighbourhood Boards receive as part of your 2021-22 budget? Answer for Safer Neighbourhood Boards (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Safer Neighbourhood Boards (2) Question No: 2021/0160 Steve O’Connell If a decision on Safer Neighbourhood Board funding for 2021-22 has not yet been made, when is it expected? Answer for Safer Neighbourhood Boards (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Safer Neighbourhood Boards (3) Question No: 2021/0161 Steve O’Connell By which date will Safer Neighbourhood Boards be told their funding allocations for 2021- 22? Answer for Safer Neighbourhood Boards (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Court backlog Question No: 2021/0162 Steve O’Connell For each month of 2019 and 2020, how many MPS cases were awaiting to go to court? What is the current figure? Court backlog The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The post-charge management of cases takes place on Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) systems. Whilst the MPS are involved in the monitoring of backlogs throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, they do not own data on the number of cases waiting to attend court. National HMCTS data is available publicly via the HMCTS website, including weekly performance data published since the start of the pandemic - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-weekly- management-information-during-coronavirus-march-to-december-2020.

Outstanding warrants Question No: 2021/0163 Steve O’Connell For December 2018, December 2019 and December 2020, how many outstanding warrants did the MPS have? Answer for Outstanding warrants The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Police Staff Investigators Question No: 2021/0164 Steve O’Connell Please can you provide the number of Police Staff Investigators employed by the Met, broken down by area of investigation? What is the target number for each area of investigation? Answer for Police Staff Investigators The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Money Laundering Suspicious Activity Reports Question No: 2021/0165 Steve O’Connell For each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, how many Money Laundering Suspicious Activity Reports have been made in London? Money Laundering Suspicious Activity Reports The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 This information is held by the NCA. The United Kingdom Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) within the National Crime Agency has the national remit for the receipt, analysis and dissemination of intelligence gathered from Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).

National Fraud Intelligence Bureau referrals Question No: 2021/0166 Steve O’Connell For each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, how many National Fraud Intelligence Bureau referrals have been received by the MPS? National Fraud Intelligence Bureau referrals The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The following data has been supplied by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau within the City of London Police. The following table shows the number of fraud disseminations made to the MPS by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.

Year Sum of Enforcement Pursue Disseminations 2015 27,221

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2016 25,005 2017 22,114 2018 20,120 2019 8,753 2020 7,103 Grand Total 110,316

The reduction in 2019 coincided with the introduction of the new dissemination system and processes within the NFIB

London Business Hub Support in Croydon and Sutton Question No: 2021/0168 Steve O’Connell How many businesses in Croydon and Sutton have you supported through the London businesses Hub? Answer for London Business Hub Support in Croydon and Sutton The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Pay it Forward Scheme in Croydon and Sutton Question No: 2021/0169 Steve O’Connell How many businesses in Croydon and Sutton have benefited from your Pay it Forward Scheme to date? Pay it Forward Scheme in Croydon and Sutton The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 So far, 15 businesses in Croydon and 2 businesses in Sutton have benefitted from Pay It Forward London.

Government investment for Epsom and St Helier hospitals Question No: 2021/0170 Steve O’Connell What are you doing to support the £500m Government investment for Epsom and St Helier hospital?

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Government investment for Epsom and St Helier hospitals The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Epsom and St Helier Hospitals have provided valuable services to their local communities for decades, but are in need of considerable investment. I am very pleased to see the Government’s commitment to fund the development of a new hospital in South West London. Using my six tests, I was able to support the NHS to make improvements to the plans, particularly in the areas of health inequalities and hospital beds. For example, the plans include a renewed commitment to tackle health inequalities, including a further focused deprivation review; extending bus routes; and reviewing primary care services around the district hospital sites. The plans also now include a commitment to provide extra capacity at the district hospital sites when it is needed, and a commitment to enhance out-of-hospital care. I have also committed to continue to monitor the health inequalities aspect of the programme – including the impact that the proposals have on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and those living in more deprived areas.

MPS/MOPAC Commissioning (1) Question No: 2021/0171 Steve O’Connell Can you provide a breakdown of all MOPAC-specific commissioning spending for the last 3 years? Answer for MPS/MOPAC Commissioning (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

MPS/MOPAC Commissioning (2) Question No: 2021/0172 Steve O’Connell Can you provide a breakdown of all MPS commissioning spending for the last 3 years? Answer for MPS/MOPAC Commissioning (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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MPS/MOPAC Commissioning (3) Question No: 2021/0173 Steve O’Connell Can you provide a breakdown of all the VRU commissioning spending since its creation? MPS/MOPAC Commissioning (3) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The VRU Strategy contains eight core objectives:

1. Supporting individuals to be more resilient 2. Supporting stronger families 3. Young people leading change 4. Enabling communities to be strong, safe and resilient 5. Prioritising wellbeing and achievement in schools 6. Giving young people every chance to succeed 7. Making London a more compassionate and safer city 8. Increasing confidence in public institutions and changing the message around violence.

To deliver on these objectives, the VRU has commissioned 228 grants and contracts since being established, with greatest focus on the five key priority areas: • Youth Work • Education, Schools and Settings • Early intervention for Violence Prevention, including a parenting approach. • Neighbourhoods & Local violence Reduction Plans • Young People – giving them their voice

Details of the commissioned spending is contained within the attached spreadsheet.

MPS/MOPAC Commissioning (4) Question No: 2021/0174 Steve O’Connell What has been the total amount/percentage of commissioning funding carried forward to future years within MOPAC/MPS for the last 3 years? Answer for MPS/MOPAC Commissioning (4) The Mayor

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Female Reoffending (1) Question No: 2021/0175 Susan Hall Further to your press release in 2017 entitled “Mayor’s £500,000 boost to services to tackle female reoffending”, how successful has the Mayor’s £500,000 funding boost been, in terms of tackling female reoffending in the capital? What is the evidence that 950 offenders across London have since benefited? Please provide examples of work carried out as an enhancement to the previous work of the Minerva project, in terms of supporting women when leaving custody or serving their sentence in the community. Answer for Female Reoffending (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Female Reoffending (2) Question No: 2021/0176 Susan Hall Subsequent to your 2017 press release entitled “Mayor’s £500,000 boost to services to tackle female reoffending”, what evidence is there that the £500,000 Mayoral funding to tackle female reoffending in the capital has reduced the numbers of women reoffending since 2017? Please provide data. Answer for Female Reoffending (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Female Reoffending (3) Question No: 2021/0177 Susan Hall In relation to your 2017 press release entitled “Mayor’s £500,000 boost to services to tackle female reoffending”, If the funding has contributed to a reduction in female reoffending in London, do you propose to release further funding? If so, when and what will be the amount of further funding? Answer for Female Reoffending (3)

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New Homes (1) Question No: 2021/0178 Susan Hall Since your press release on 06.04.17 entitled “Mayor strikes landmark deal for 20,000 new homes”, please advise as to how many new homes have since been started? Answer for New Homes (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

New Homes (2) Question No: 2021/0179 Susan Hall In relation to your press release entitled “Mayor strikes landmark deal for 20,000 new homes, issued on 06.04.17, when will any remaining homes be started? Are these on track for March 2023? Answer for New Homes (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

New Homes (3) Question No: 2021/0180 Susan Hall Since the press release entitled “Mayor strikes landmark deal for 20,000 new homes” was released on 06.04.17, how many have been completed? Answer for New Homes (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Child Houses (1) Question No: 2021/0181 Susan Hall After the 2015 NHS England (London) review recommended that 5 Child Houses be implemented across the capital, has this been done? Answer for Child Houses (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Child Houses (2) Question No: 2021/0182 Susan Hall What evidence is there that this multi-agency approach i.e. the introduction of Child Houses, has gathered better evidence and increased the speed of delivery to court? Child Houses (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Child House model is based on long established international best practice originating in Iceland as well as the Child Advocacy Centre model from North America. As a pilot, my Office for Policing And Crime is currently evaluating what impact the service has had in a UK setting and legal system. Two interim evaluations have been published to date in 2019 and 2020: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/mayors-office-policing-and-crime- mopac/data-and-statistics/academic-research A third report is due to be published within the next month, which includes an examination of the police officer liaison roles based within the service. The final evaluation report is scheduled for summer 2021. That will examine the time taken for cases to come to court, comparing The Lighthouse to a control group, and looking at the quality of evidence gathered as a result of the service model.

Child Houses (3) Question No: 2021/0183 Susan Hall How have the new Child Houses helped to fill in the gaps in medical & emotional aftercare provided to young people & children? Please provide evidence. Answer for Child Houses (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021

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London must take back control Question No: 2021/0184 Susan Hall I refer to your 2018 press release entitled: “Sadiq Khan: Now Khan must take back control”. As you pledged at MQT on 14/11/19 when answering Gareth Bacon MP’s question no. 2019/20266, have you written to the Government since the general election, calling on them to deliver a new devolution settlement for London & England’s other cities & regions? If so, have you received a response and if so, could you please share the details of the response? Answer for London must take back control The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London Living Rent Scheme (1) Question No: 2021/0185 Susan Hall Further to the launch of your London Living Rent scheme in 2016, how much funding, to date, has the Mayor provided for affordable homes in London via the London Living Rent scheme? Answer for London Living Rent Scheme (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London Living Rent Scheme (2) Question No: 2021/0186 Susan Hall It was announced in 2016 that Hackney was to be the 1st borough to build 500 affordable homes for London Living Rent. Have all of these houses since been built? Answer for London Living Rent Scheme (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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London Living Rent Scheme (3) Question No: 2021/0187 Susan Hall Is the London Living Rent Scheme affordable housing programme on track? Which London boroughs have built affordable homes for London Living Rent since 2016? Please advise which boroughs have done so and how many have been built per borough. Please provide data specific to London Living Rent & not in combination with shared ownership. Answer for London Living Rent Scheme (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London Living Rent Scheme (4) Question No: 2021/0188 Susan Hall What evidence is there to date that, by participating in the London Living Rent scheme, renters have been able to save for a deposit and to go on to buy their own home within the 10 year time limit? Answer for London Living Rent Scheme (4) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London Living Rent Scheme (5) Question No: 2021/0189 Susan Hall How successful have you been to date in putting an end to so-called "rent conversions, which you pledged to put an end to in 2016, whereby existing social housing is re-let at higher rents? Answer for London Living Rent Scheme (5) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Unconscious Bias Training (1) Question No: 2021/0190 Susan Hall Can you provide a per-directorate breakdown of the cost of providing unconscious bias training within the GLA itself over the last two years? Answer for Unconscious Bias Training (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Unconscious Bias Training (2) Question No: 2021/0191 Susan Hall Can you provide a breakdown of the cost of providing unconscious bias training across the GLA’s functional bodies over the last two years? Unconscious Bias Training (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Unconscious bias training at Transport for London (TfL) is delivered on an ‘in house’ basis using our online e-learning system. TfL pays £5,000 per annum for the license to use a suite of training materials of which unconscious bias training is a part of. Additionally, in the last two years four trainer-led unconscious bias workshops were run, at a cost of £1,127.

Catalytic converter theft Question No: 2021/0192 Susan Hall For each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, how many catalytic converters have been reported stolen to the MPS? Answer for Catalytic converter theft The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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County Lines Question No: 2021/0193 Susan Hall For each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, how many county lines have been broken that originated in London? Answer for County Lines The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Facial recognition Question No: 2021/0194 Susan Hall In 2020, how many times has facial recognition been used by the Met and how many suspects were apprehended as a result? Facial recognition The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 There were three deployments of Live Facial Recognition in 2020. One suspect was arrested as a result. Full details of all deployments of Live Facial Recognition are published on the Met website: https://www.met.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/central/advice/met/facial- recognition/latest-past-deployment-data.pdf

MPS counselling services Question No: 2021/0195 Susan Hall For each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, how many personnel used MPS counselling services broken down by police officers, staff, and specials? Answer for MPS counselling services The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Covid Question No: 2021/0196 Susan Hall What impact has misinformation, fake news, and distrust in science and vaccines had on the fight against the epidemic in London? Covid The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 There is a lot of dangerous misinformation about vaccines. However, I am also aware that there are legitimate concerns among some people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, based on historic injustices perpetrated against their communities. I am concerned that polling and studies conducted by several organisations, including by the Royal Society for Public Health, show that BAME Londoners are more likely to refuse the offer of the vaccine than white British Londoners. It is vital we have clear and transparent data on the uptake of the vaccine so that we know that those who will gain the greatest benefit are receiving it. We need to know more to fully understand how potential worries about the vaccine are impacting on which groups of Londoners in taking up their offer. We must address the disproportionate impacts of this disease and so I am calling on the government to ensure that ethnicity is recorded within the vaccine programme and forms part of the regular data reporting. Building confidence in vaccines is vital to protecting all our communities in London and when making their decision on the vaccine, Londoners must have access to accurate and trusted information. We must all share the message that vaccines have and continue to save millions of lives around the world and that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe.

Covid (2) Question No: 2021/0197 Susan Hall What have you, your office and the wider GLA family done to tackle misinformation, fake news, and distrust in science and vaccines in London? Covid (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The best way to tackle misinformation about vaccines and anti-vaccination narratives is to clearly present the truth that vaccines have saved millions of lives around the world and to reassure Londoners about their safety and efficiency. We continue to work with partners across London, including NHS London, PHE London, local authorities and community stakeholders to deliver a campaign to promote the COVID-

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19 vaccine to Londoners. This has included sharing content on all our channels from trusted sources like the NHS and Public Health England and producing our own messaging. In addition to my visit to Croydon University Hospital on the first day of vaccination, I was pleased to recently join a virtual visit to St Thomas’s. I promoted both visits through TV interviews and social media. I also took part in a live Q&A on vaccines with a scientist on TikTok to counter vaccine hesitancy amongst young people. My team had been working with stakeholders and using advertising, social media and traditional media to ensure Londoners have the right information. We are also looking at translating information into key languages and working with social media platforms to tackle disinformation. We share assets with community and faith groups to help promote uptake, and we continue to support the NHS and PHE in a regular public health briefing to community groups. These briefings include discussions about the vaccine and provide an important opportunity for communities to directly ask the experts about their concerns. I will continue to do all I can as Mayor to use my platform and communications channels to speak to Londoners about vaccines and to tackle disinformation.

Covid (3) Question No: 2021/0198 Susan Hall Have you had any contact with social media companies to remove dangerous/misleading online Covid-19 posts? If so, how many have been removed? Covid (3) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 As outlined in the 47th Mayor’s report to the Assembly, GLA officers and the Mayoral Director of External and International Affairs met with Facebook/Instagram (18th November), Google/Youtube (20th November), TikTok (16th November), Twitter (25th November) and Nextdoor (23rd November) to raise concerns I have about the role misinformation and disinformation is playing in driving vaccine hesitancy in London, and to explore how the platforms can work more closely with partners in London to promote uptake of COVID vaccines.

All the platforms have policies in place enabling the removal of medical disinformation and misinformation that is likely to cause real-world harm and have asked that GLA officers forward on any content they become aware of that may breach these policies. All the platforms have made commitments to work with the GLA and other London partners on an ongoing basis to help promote public health messaging. This support includes content and influencer partnerships, technical advice on improving the reach of campaigns and anonymised insight and intelligence about online discussion in London.

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My teams have established an escalation process where we refer posts to the Cabinet Office’s Rapid Response Unit and the Counter Disinformation Unit for escalation where they are flagged or referred to us, or where misinformation or disinformation has been identified, but we don’t routinely monitor social media specifically for disinformation. We don’t have a record of which posts were successfully removed following our referral.

Covid (4) Question No: 2021/0199 Susan Hall Has your office undertaken any research/polling on the number of people who intend to refuse a Covid vaccine in London, and if so, please can you share the data? Answer for Covid (4) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

MPS Job Titles Question No: 2021/0200 Susan Hall For the MPS, how many job roles have at least one of the words, equality, diversity or inclusion in the job title broken down by pay grade? Answer for MPS Job Titles The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

GLA Job Titles Question No: 2021/0201 Susan Hall For the GLA, how many job roles have at least one of the words, equality, diversity or inclusion in the job title broken down by pay grade? Answer for GLA Job Titles The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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TFL Job Titles Question No: 2021/0202 Susan Hall For TFL, how many job roles have at least one of the words, equality, diversity or inclusion in the job title broken down by pay grade? Answer for TFL Job Titles The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

City Hall holds Met & justice partners to account Question No: 2021/0203 Susan Hall The above referenced press release, dated 27.06.16, advised that regular public meetings were to be held going forward, so that the MPS & criminal justice partners would be held to account; additionally to ensure that everything possible was being done to meet one of your key priorities and objectives i.e. to keep Londoners safe. Can you therefore please advise me as to whether the public meetings have: - taken place on a regular basis since 2016? - so far contributed to assisting in keeping Londoners safe? If so how do you measure this? - helped to improve services for victims of crime? Please provide examples. - have improved trust & confidence between the police and the communities they serve? Please provide examples. - managed to shape the future of the Met & Criminal Justice System, thereby reassuring Londoners that police on the streets are out there to protect them & reduce the impact of crime on them? Please provide examples. Answer for City Hall holds Met & justice partners to account The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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London Fire Brigade Question No: 2021/0204 Susan Hall Please could the Mayor confirm how many Grenfell Inquiry recommendations LFB has completed to date? Answer for London Fire Brigade The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Cladding Question No: 2021/0205 Susan Hall Could the Mayor confirm how many private sector buildings have had funding allocated from the cladding remediation fund administered by the GLA and what is the total value of this allocation? Answer for Cladding The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

50,000 affordable new homes (1) Question No: 2021/0206 Susan Hall Your press release of 13/07/17, entitled “Mayor strikes deal for 50,000 affordable new homes” made reference to your deal for 49,398 genuinely affordable homes to be built over the following 4 years, in all London boroughs and the City of London. How many have been started and how many have been completed? Answer for 50,000 affordable new homes (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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50,000 affordable new homes (2) Question No: 2021/0207 Susan Hall Of the houses built since your press release “Mayor strikes deal for 50,000 affordable new homes”, has each London borough and the City of London benefitted, as you pledged? Answer for 50,000 affordable new homes (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

50,000 affordable new homes (3) Question No: 2021/0208 Susan Hall Of the total houses built since your press release “Mayor strikes deal for 50,000 affordable new homes”, have 17,500 been available to rent at social levels, as you promised? Answer for 50,000 affordable new homes (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

50,000 affordable new homes (4) Question No: 2021/0209 Susan Hall Of the total houses built since your press release “Mayor strikes deal for 50,000 affordable new homes”, are just under 32,000 a combination of your London Living Rent & Shared Ownership schemes as you pledged in 2017? Answer for 50,000 affordable new homes (4) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London Business Hub Spending Question No: 2021/0210 Susan Hall How much money have you spent on the London Business Hub to date and how much funding has been allocated for future years?

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European Londoners Hub Question No: 2021/0211 Susan Hall How many European Londoners has the European Londoners Hub supported each year since its creation? European Londoners Hub The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The European Londoners Hub has been accessed by over 1 million unique users since its soft launch in October 2018. In 2018 the Hub had 46,240 unique visitors In 2019 the Hub had 336,860 unique visitors In 2020 the Hub had 687,821 unique visitors So far in 2021 (12th January), the Hub has had 1,002 unique visitors

European Londoners Hub Spending Question No: 2021/0212 Susan Hall How much money has been spent on the European Londoners Hub for each year since its creation? European Londoners Hub Spending The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Between 7th September 2018 and 30th June 2021, a total of £119,235 has been spent on developing and maintaining the European Londoners Hub, including user testing, translating material and video production. This is part of a wider programme to provide outreach, advice and support to European Londoners navigating the consequences of Brexit.

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European Londoners Hub Future Spending Question No: 2021/0213 Susan Hall How much money has been allocated to the European Londoners Hub for future years? European Londoners Hub Future Spending The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 We currently have two active suppliers developing and updating the European Londoners Hub. £23,664 to develop and maintain the content of the Hub between November 2020 – June 2021 and £19,700 to translate key guidance and information into community languages between December 2020 – June 2021. We also have up to £35,000 for video production allocated up until April 2021. The Hub continues to be a vital source of information for European Londoners and their family members as we approach the EU Settlement Scheme application deadline 30 June 2021. The Hub will also be important to EU citizens moving to the UK post-Brexit, who will now be subject to the government’s new immigration system. Budget for future financial years is still under consideration as part of the overall GLA budget process.

Brexit-related project spending Question No: 2021/0214 Susan Hall How much have you spent on Brexit-related projects since May 2016? Please give a breakdown of how much money you have given to each project each year and whether you fully or partially funded it. Answer for Brexit-related project spending The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Brexit Business Hub Question No: 2021/0215 Susan Hall How many Londoners did the Brexit Business Hub support?

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Brexit Business Hub The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 In October 2018 I launched my Brexit Business Resource Hub to help London businesses to prepare for Brexit challenges. It brought together advice and guidance on preparing for potential ‘no deal’ outcomes as the UK and EU negotiated the Withdrawal Agreement and the subsequent new trade relationship. It is now focussed on helping businesses to understand how they will be affected by the new rules of the UK-EU Trade Agreement agreed on 24 December 2020. Between October 2018 and October 2020 there were 15,486 visits to the Brexit Business Resource Hub; at which point Brexit support was switched to the new London Business Hub: https://www.businesshub.london/. Alongside this, between March 2019 and March 2020 1,440 small business owners participated in a support programme of workshops, presentations and advice clinics focussed on resilience and Brexit preparedness (called ‘Navigating Brexit for SMEs’)

Brexit Business Hub Funding Question No: 2021/0216 Susan Hall How much funding was allocated to the Brexit Business Hub for each year since its creation? Answer for Brexit Business Hub Funding The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London & Partners Independent Funding Target Question No: 2021/0217 Susan Hall When do you aim to stop the GLA funding to London & Partners so they can be fully independently funded? London & Partners Independent Funding Target The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 London & Partners (L&P) was set up as a not-for-profit public private partnership to promote London internationally as the best place to invest, visit and study and grow. Its public partnership structure means that L&P will continue to receive grant funding from the GLA whilst also securing private sector funding from commercial activities to re-invest

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into the promotion of London as well as supporting London’s economic recovery during and after the pandemic.

GLA Funding For London & Partners Commitment Question No: 2021/0218 Susan Hall Will you commit to ensuring the GLA’s share of London and Partners’ funding does not exceed 50% of their total funding even if income from other sources decreases? GLA Funding For London & Partners Commitment The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 At a time of incredible financial challenge, London & Partners’ (L&P) have yet to see how their income from other sources will be affected by the economic impacts of the pandemic. I am committed to ensuring L&P are resourced to help protect jobs and support growth in our city as part of London’s recovery. They have a crucial role to play in the economic recovery of our city when the virus is supressed. I have had to make some tough budget decisions and my draft budget proposal includes a proposed grant of £11.1m for L&P for 2021-22 which is a 15% reduction from 2020-21. The proposed reduction is part of a wider package of necessary savings.

Restorative Justice for Londoners (1) Question No: 2021/0219 Susan Hall Further to the launch of your £1.3m restorative justice programme, Restore: London in November 2017, what evidence is there to date that the police and criminal justice agencies are living up to the Victims’ Code of Practice? Answer for Restorative Justice for Londoners (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Restorative Justice for Londoners (2) Question No: 2021/0220 Susan Hall Further to the launch of Restore: London, how many Londoners affected by crime, have taken advantage of the opportunity to meet their offender at every stage of the criminal justice system?

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Answer for Restorative Justice for Londoners (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Restorative Justice for Londoners (3) Question No: 2021/0221 Susan Hall Since the inception of Restore: London, has meeting their offenders helped victims to recover from their experience? How has this been measured and are you able to provide examples please? Answer for Restorative Justice for Londoners (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Restorative Justice for Londoners (4) Question No: 2021/0222 Susan Hall Has Restore: London encouraged more victims or witnesses to attend trials, thereby improving their effectiveness? Answer for Restorative Justice for Londoners (4) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Restorative Justice for Londoners (5) Question No: 2021/0223 Susan Hall What evidence is there that Restore: London has encouraged offenders to meet their victims and to reduce reoffending? Answer for Restorative Justice for Londoners (5) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Restorative Justice for Londoners (6) Question No: 2021/0224 Susan Hall What evidence is there that under the Restore: London initiative, having met their victim, an offender has been able to understand and come to terms with the impact of their crime and been able to make amends? Answer for Restorative Justice for Londoners (6) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

GLA Employees Receiving Total Remunerations of £100,000+ per year Question No: 2021/0225 Susan Hall How many employees within the GLA group have received total remunerations of £100,000 per year since May 2016? Please give a breakdown by organisation and amount. Answer for GLA Employees Receiving Total Remunerations of £100,000+ per year The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

GLA Group Advertising Question No: 2021/0226 Susan Hall How much money has the GLA group spent on advertising each year since May 2016 and how much has been allocated for future advertising budgets? Answer for GLA Group Advertising The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

TfL developments size mix Question No: 2021/0227 Tony Arbour Further to your response to question 2020/2653, for each of the developments at Arnos Grove, Canons Park, Cockfosters, Colindale, Finchley Central, Harrow-on-the-Hill, High Barnet, Hounslow West, Northwood Town, Rayners Lane, Stanmore, Sudbury Town and

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Wembley Park, please give the number of homes by 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroomed homes, broken down by affordable and other, that will be or have been submitted in the planning applications. Answer for TfL developments size mix The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

North Kensington Vaccine Take-Up Question No: 2021/0229 Tony Devenish What more can you do to publicise flu vaccine take up rates in North Kensington and will you use the local bus and tube network to press home this vital public health message please? North Kensington Vaccine Take-Up The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 This is a repeated question and the answer form last month has been uploaded- https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2020/4793 Each year the flu kills around 11,000 people and hospitalises thousands more. This year it’s more important than ever for people at risk to get their free flu vaccine. The vaccine is the best protection for you and those around you. I have supported the NHS London Campaign to encourage eligible Londoners to get their flu jab promoting this through my social channels and stakeholder networks, and I had my own at the end of September. The NHS has access to TFL’s commercial advertising estate in the normal way, as it has already been doing for its current Coronavirus information campaigns. We will continue to work with local governments as the roll out of the COVID vaccine continues across London. We hope that the experience and lessons learned through this will also strengthen our approach to future campaigns for other vaccines and immunisations, including the flu jab.

GLA Group Legal Fees (1) Question No: 2021/0230 Tony Devenish Please provide a full breakdown of all fees paid to law firms across the GLA Family of organisations and the reasons for the fees since May 2016 to date?

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Answer for GLA Group Legal Fees (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

GLA Group Legal Fees (2) Question No: 2021/0231 Tony Devenish Is any work being undertaken across the GLA and its functional bodies to ensure in house resources are more fully utilised to mitigate the cost of fees paid to law firms? Answer for GLA Group Legal Fees (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Centre for Governance and Scrutiny Engagement Question No: 2021/0232 Tony Devenish How have you engaged with the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny since becoming Mayor? Centre for Governance and Scrutiny Engagement The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 We welcome the work of CFGS and its contribution to improving governance and scrutiny in local government and more widely. GLA staff are engaged with the Combined Authority Governance Network, with which CFGS is also involved. Generally speaking, however, the work of CFGS, which until recently was known as the Centre for Public Scrutiny, has tended to relate more to Assembly than Mayoral matters. We will of course be alert tor opportunities to work with the CFGS and to learn from any best practice guidance it produces.

Support for Older Londoners in Tier 4 Question No: 2021/0233 Tony Devenish What more are you doing to support older Londoners now we are in tier 4? Support for Older Londoners in Tier 4 The Mayor

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Last updated: 25 January, 2021 My officers have been engaging with and responding to the concerns of older Londoners since the pandemic took hold last year. With the return to national lockdown and the roll- out of the vaccination programme, we are continuing this engagement and will be holding a roundtable discussion later this month with Age UK and other charities – specifically to focus on the challenges faced by those classed as clinically vulnerable. As well as continuing to ensure the needs and experiences of older Londoners are informing the recovery programme – for instance addressing the digital exclusion of older Londoners through the Digital Access for All mission, I am also working through my London Food Board to ensure the food needs of older clinically extremely vulnerable Londoners are being met. I have contributed nearly £10 million to the London Community Response Fund to support groups responding to the needs of communities in the capital affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Older people’s organisations have been beneficiaries of all funding waves, helping to support people who are socially isolated or shielding, and providing advice.

Stalking (1) Question No: 2021/0234 Tony Devenish An article published by the CPS on 4th December 2020 shows that 84 per cent of stalking cases involved complaints against ex-partners and three-quarters reported domestic abuse had previously occurred during the relationship. What are you doing as Mayor to tackle this in London? Answer for Stalking (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Stalking (2) Question No: 2021/0235 Tony Devenish In an article published by the CPS on 4th December 2020, data from the National Stalking Helpline found that 100 per cent of reports involved some form of digital stalking. What are you doing as Mayor to tackle this in London? Answer for Stalking (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Stalking (3) Question No: 2021/0236 Tony Devenish For each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, how many instances of stalking were recorded by the Met, how many involved social media and how many involved ex-partners? Answer for Stalking (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Stalking Protection Orders Question No: 2021/0237 Tony Devenish From 20th January 2020 to 19th January 2021, how many Stalking Protection Orders (SPOs) have been issued in London? Answer for Stalking Protection Orders The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

CS8 Streetspace Programme Question No: 2021/0239 Tony Devenish Will you ensure that the CS8 Streetspace programme includes proper engagement with the several thousand residents and businesses which live and work in the vicinity? Answer for CS8 Streetspace Programme The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Oakley Street Traffic Issues (1) Question No: 2021/0240 Tony Devenish Will you commit to the reopening of the left turn westbound from Grosvenor Road onto Chelsea Bridge for traffic? Answer for Oakley Street Traffic Issues (1)

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Oakley Street Traffic Issues (2) Question No: 2021/0241 Tony Devenish Will you commit to up to date traffic monitoring of the Chelsea Embankment? Answer for Oakley Street Traffic Issues (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Oakley Street Traffic Issues (3) Question No: 2021/0242 Tony Devenish Will you commit to air quality monitoring of the Chelsea Embankment? Answer for Oakley Street Traffic Issues (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Oakley Street Traffic Issues (4) Question No: 2021/0243 Tony Devenish Will you support a coach and HGV ban on Oakley Street? Answer for Oakley Street Traffic Issues (4) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Unsafe Junction between Cheyne Walk and Beaufort Street Question No: 2021/0244 Tony Devenish With regard to my question 2020/4792, an FOI request has revealed that there have been 10 accidents between 1st April and 31st October 2020 at the Junction between Cheyne Walk and Beaufort Street. Do you agree with my constituents that this is unacceptably high and will you redouble efforts to achieve pedestrian improvements at this junction? Answer for Unsafe Junction between Cheyne Walk and Beaufort Street The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Temporary Hammersmith Bridge Question No: 2021/0245 Tony Devenish There are three temporary bridge proposals between Hammersmith and Barnes: the Pell Frischmann pedestrian and cyclists bridge proposal, the Beckett Rankine temporary road bridge and the Ritblat/Foster/COWI Road Bridge. Showing detailed explanation, what evaluation has Transport for London done on the benefit to cost ratio of each proposal? Temporary Hammersmith Bridge The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Before producing a benefit cost appraisal of any proposals, an assessment is completed to determine whether they are practical and deliverable. The three temporary bridge proposals which you refer to are all at different stages of development: The Pell Frischmann pedestrian and cycle bridge was commissioned by Transport for London (TfL) and has been subject to extensive engagement and development with stakeholders to ensure its viability. This has a benefit cost ratio of 1.24:1. The Beckett Rankine proposal, as I have made clear in responses to previous Mayor’s Questions (2020/0894, 2020/0934, 2020/1195, 2020/3750), is not considered viable and a benefit cost ratio has not therefore been produced. The Ritblat / Fosters / COWI proposal was only recently shared with TfL. Hammersmith and Fulham Council has commissioned Fosters/COWI to further develop the proposal in order to demonstrate its viability. TfL is engaging with Fosters/COWI to support this work.

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Transport in Hammersmith & Fulham During Covid (1) Question No: 2021/0246 Tony Devenish The answers to FOI requests have revealed that neither Hammersmith & Fulham Council nor the Council’s Cycling and Walking Residents Commission have produced new evaluations of cycle usage, bus usage and motor vehicle usage in Hammersmith & Fulham during the Covid pandemic. Do you recognise that the failure to do so is a dereliction of duty? Answer for Transport in Hammersmith & Fulham During Covid (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Transport in Hammersmith & Fulham During Covid (2) Question No: 2021/0247 Tony Devenish Do you agree that with temporary cycle lanes erected, there has been an excellent opportunity to assess the efficacy of CW9 and consider whether any redesign or changes would be necessary or appropriate? Answer for Transport in Hammersmith & Fulham During Covid (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Transport in Hammersmith & Fulham During Covid (3) Question No: 2021/0248 Tony Devenish What measures have been taken and are being taken to measure cycle usage, bus usage and motor vehicle usage in Hammersmith & Fulham during the Covid pandemic? Please provide the data that is being collected and break it down by month in 2020 so it is possible to see what has happened during the temporary traffic measures. Answer for Transport in Hammersmith & Fulham During Covid (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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GLA Group Pensions Question No: 2021/0250 Tony Devenish Can you provide a brief/layman’s analysis of the pensions across the GLA family: GLA, LFB, Met Police, TfL and any others and compare to other public sector pensions (LGPS, NHS, Whitehall civil service), with an executive summary of the highest rated in terms of generous provisions to the recipients and cost to the taxpayer? Answer for GLA Group Pensions The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London Business Hub Support Question No: 2021/0251 Susan Hall How many businesses has the London Business Hub supported since its creation? Please give a breakdown of which borough the businesses are located in and the size of the businesses. Answer for London Business Hub Support The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Black curriculum Question No: 2021/0253 Jennette Arnold OBE The Edexcel exam board has dropped the only black composer from its music A-level syllabus. Given your calls for a more diverse national curriculum, have you written to Edexcel and other exam boards about the importance of diversity within their syllabus? If so, can you share your communication? Black curriculum The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I made it clear in my letter to the Secretary of State for Education that the government must work with exam boards to ensure the literature, art and music they set better reflects the rich ethnic diversity of British writers, artists and lived experience.

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It is therefore a great shame that this short-sighted decision has been made against the backdrop of important discussions and campaigns around diversity in the national curriculum.

I understand that this is a temporary measure to alleviate the workload of teachers and students during the pandemic, and that the change has already been communicated to schools. Therefore, I look forward to Pearson Edexcel re-instating Courtney Pine on their A- level music exam as soon as is reasonably possible. The exam board has also committed to reviewing their specification ahead of 2022 exams. They must take this opportunity to ensure their syllabus is more diverse, inclusive and representative of all students.

Adult Education Question No: 2021/0254 Jennette Arnold OBE Are there any courses funded by the Adult Education Budget in London that have not been made available online through the course of the pandemic? Adult Education The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 As part of my skills response to the pandemic I launched my £11m Skills for Londoners COVID-19 Response Fund to support adult education providers develop their digital infrastructure so they had increased capacity to deliver provision online while Londoners were unable to attend their courses in person. Almost one third of learning aims in recent AEB programme data were reported as being delivered wholly online. However, due to data reconciliation processes we will not be able to see the full picture of delivery for the current academic year until December 2021. Not all courses can be delivered wholly online, for example where specialist equipment or facilities are required, or where higher levels of support are required by learners, including delivery which usually takes place in community learning settings. Onsite learning also continues for vulnerable learners, or those who may have difficulty engaging with remote education at home.

Home visits for vulnerable children Question No: 2021/0255 Jennette Arnold OBE The majority of social workers are still working from home; replacing home visits and meetings with virtual ones. Are you concerned about some vulnerable children in London “slipping through the net” as the pandemic continues and what are you doing to ensure they don’t?

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Home visits for vulnerable children The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Local authorities are working hard to ensure that no vulnerable child falls through the net during the pandemic. Many face-to-face visits are still taking place after full risk assessments have been carried out. Where visits are not possible social workers are engaging with families virtually, providing regular contact and support. In addition, social workers have been working closely with schools to ensure as many vulnerable children with social workers can continue to access schools as possible.

MOPAC is a key partner in the London Safeguarding Children’s Partnership. It supports organisations to meet their statutory responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The group has continued to meet during the pandemic to coordinate resilience and multi-agency work and brings together representatives from the Association of London Directors of Children’s Services, London Councils, the MPS, MOPAC and NHS England.

High Streets for All recovery mission Question No: 2021/0258 Leonie Cooper When will the consultation and development phase of the High Streets for All mission end, so that actions and recommendations can be published to give high street business owners clarity over how they will be considered in Mayoral recovery plans? High Streets for All recovery mission The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Following initial stakeholder engagement and mission scoping the GLA, jointly with the London Boroughs and London Councils is working to support the delivery of enhanced public spaces and exciting new uses for underused high street buildings in every London Borough. As part of this, local partnerships involving property interests, businesses, representatives of London’s diverse communities and local anchor institutions, will be supported to develop local strategies for renewal and develop exemplar projects tailored to meet local challenges. Exemplar partnerships will be supported with enabling funds, expert advice and best practice sharing. Details on this support offer will be made available in March – with the launch of the High Streets for All Challenge fund.

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Tier 4 support Question No: 2021/0259 Leonie Cooper What additional support was provided to London’s businesses after the announcement of Tier 4 restrictions by a) the Government, and b) the Greater London Authority? Tier 4 support The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Following the move to Tier 4 restrictions on 19 December, the Government announced new support for the UK worth £4.6bn, including one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses. The formula to calculate the allocation is: • £4,000 for businesses with a rateable value of £15,000 or under • £6,000 for businesses with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000 • £9,000 for businesses with a rateable value of over £51,000 A further £594 million discretionary fund was also made available to Local Authorities to support other impacted businesses; however, Government again utilised a formula that significantly disadvantages businesses in areas of London such as Westminster and City of London. My London Business Hub continues to support businesses facing uncertainty though programmes like my Property Advice Service, EU Transition Support, and Investment Readiness Programme. Over £1.1m in London Business Hub’s Recovery Grants has been awarded and are in the process of being paid out to successful applicants. I continue to lobby Government for additional support, including an extension of the VAT relief scheme, extension of the business rates relief scheme, further expansion of the grants programme and distribution to local authorities based on number of businesses not residents.

Support for parents and carers Question No: 2021/0260 Leonie Cooper You have rightly called for a delayed opening to secondary schools across London to curb the spread of COVID-19. What support is the Greater London Authority providing to parents and carers who cannot work, or have difficulties in working from home because their children are at home? Support for parents and carers The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021

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Under the rules of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, parents and carers can request that they are furloughed if they are unable to work due to caring responsibilities. While employers do not have to agree to this request, I have encouraged business stakeholders to consider flexible working measures. The majority of employers are doing the right thing, but I support Trade Unions and others in calling out the minority who aren’t. My Employment Rights Hub has been updated with tailored advice. Social media advertisements for the hub have been boosted and targeted to help parents know and enforce their rights at work. The GLA is supporting its staff through flexible working options and paid leave. Its new Carers’ and Dependency Leave Policy allows parents and carers up to 10 days paid leave to care for their dependants in an emergency per annual leave year.

Adult Education Recovery Fund (1) Question No: 2021/0261 Leonie Cooper When will skills providers be able to apply to the Adult Education Recovery Fund announced in December 2020? Adult Education Recovery Fund (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Through the AEB Good Work for All Fund, I will award grants to providers for the delivery of GLA AEB-funded adult education and training services, to support the London Recovery Programme in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be open to all education and training providers with a delivery site located within London and its fringe authorities to apply. This important funding opportunity will be launched in February.

Adult Education Recovery Fund (3) Question No: 2021/0262 Leonie Cooper How will you be publicising the Adult Education Recovery Fund? Adult Education Recovery Fund (3) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 As I launch the AEB Good Work for All Fund I am committed to ensuring that all of London’s education and training providers are aware of this new funding opportunity and have the chance to apply for funding. Information on how to apply will be shared via provider mailing lists and other online communication channels. GLA officers will be engaging directly with sector representative organisations and market warming events will be held during the application period.

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Sustainable Transport and Covid-19 Question No: 2021/0263 Leonie Cooper With concerns about the H69/V70 strain of Covid-19 rising, what reassurance can you give to Londoners that sustainable forms of transport are safe as well as vital to a better recovery from the pandemic? Answer for Sustainable Transport and Covid-19 The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Government Commitment to London’s Air quality Question No: 2021/0264 Leonie Cooper Was enough done during the previous mayoralty to prioritise improvements to London’s toxic air? How is the Government, now led by the previous Mayor, showing a commitment to improving London’s air quality? Government Commitment to London’s Air quality The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Ministers and the previous Mayor have acted too slowly in the past to clean up London’s air. When I came into office King’s College London estimated it would take 193 years to reach legal compliance. Air pollution is a public health crisis and one of social injustice, and this is unacceptable. The policies I have implemented mean that London will now be compliant with legal pollution limits by 2025. Whilst the Government’s recent announcement that most combustion engine cars and vans will no longer be sold after 2030 is welcome, this does not reduce the need for further and faster action to improve air quality. They must now learn the lessons from the coroner’s conclusion in the inquest into the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah and do much more to tackle the deadly scourge of air pollution in London and across the country. An important first step in increasing ambition would be for the new Environment Bill, which is currently progressing through Parliament, to include legally binding World Health Organization recommended pollutant limits to be achieved by 2030, with the new Office for Environmental Protection empowered to hold the Government to account. The draft bill only mandates that two air quality targets (including one for PM2.5) are set by October 2022 and the targets themselves may not need to be achieved for 15 years or more. Greater urgency and ambition are needed for the protection of human health. To then achieve these targets, Government must give cities additional funding through a national £1.5 billion Clean Air Fund, as well as powers over non-transport sources of

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pollution like construction, the river, buildings and wood-burning. Crucially, London must be given access to its fair share of funding from national funding pots, which we are currently excluded from.

Green Finance Initiative and Carbon Neutral by 2030 (1) Question No: 2021/0265 Leonie Cooper In December you announced a partnership with the Green Finance Initiative in order to unlock private investment to make London carbon neutral by 2030. Please provide details of meetings with the Green Finance Initiative, including dates, times and points of discussion. Green Finance Initiative and Carbon Neutral by 2030 (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 We started working with the Green Finance Institute (GFI) in September 2020. As approved by ADD2461 the GFI is exploring opportunities to accelerate the development of bankable environmental projects and maximise the flow of private capital into them, and will then set out how this could be achieved. My officers have fortnightly meetings with the GFI project team and expect the Institute’s interim report and recommendations in February. Discussions have focussed on: assessing other international city initiatives to kick start private finance; local authority and private sector expectations; design and recommendation of funding and capital structures to maximise the impact of public funds; potential governance structures; and an implementation plan including a critical path to establishing new arrangements.

Finance Initiative and Carbon Neutral by 2030 (2) Question No: 2021/0266 Leonie Cooper How will the ‘pipeline of investable projects’ referred to by Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chief Executive of the Green Finance Institute, be identified? Finance Initiative and Carbon Neutral by 2030 (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 As stated in my response to 0265 we started working with the Green Finance Institute (GFI) in September 2020. My environment programmes are already developing a pipeline of investable projects by providing technical support to develop business cases. For example through my Retrofit and Local Energy Accelerators, London Community Energy Fund and the Mayor’s Energy Efficiency Fund. There is considerable work being undertaken by London Boroughs and London Councils too. As part of our Recovery programme, we have

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worked together to identify a pipeline of £1.1 billion of shovel-ready opportunities across London aligned to the Green New Deal. However, to meet my net zero ambitions the scale of projects and the rate at which projects are developed must be accelerated. The GFI is exploring options to identify and support the pipeline of investable projects alongside assessing new financing mechanisms that can help catalyse investment into environment projects to maximise the flow of private capital. My officers expect their interim report and recommendations in February.

Finance Initiative and Carbon Neutral by 2030 (3) Question No: 2021/0267 Leonie Cooper What do you anticipate the role of the GLA being in the unlocking of private investment in order to make London Carbon neutral by 2030? Finance Initiative and Carbon Neutral by 2030 (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 To get to net zero carbon by 2030 we need to mobilise far greater levels of finance, especially from the private sector. Following the London Sustainable Development Commission’s (LSDC) report ‘Financing for a Future London’ in March 2020,I have appointed the Green Finance Institute (GFI) to assess the LSDC report’s recommendations, including one to create a ‘London Future Finance Facility (LFFF). I have asked the GFI to also explore other potential options on the role the GLA should play to accelerate the development of bankable projects and the subsequent flow of private sector capital. As per my response to MQ 0265, we started working with the Green Finance Institute (GFI) in September 2020 and my officers expect their interim report in February.

Improving PM2.5 levels Question No: 2021/0268 Leonie Cooper Whilst improvements to London’s PM2.5 levels have been made, what further work is being undertaken to improve levels of PM2.5 across London and what more can be done? Improving PM2.5 levels The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Since 2016 there has been a 15 per cent reduction in PM2.5 in London. However, I want to go much further that’s why in my 2017 London Environment Strategy I committed to achieve the WHO recommended guideline limit for PM2.5 by 2030. To do this I will need additional powers and resources which I have urgently requested from Government. The draft Environment bill only mandates that two air quality targets (including one for PM2.5) are set by October 2022 and the targets themselves may not need to be achieved for 15

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years or more. Greater urgency and ambition are needed for the protection of human health. The Government must now learn the lessons from the coroner’s conclusion in the inquest into the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah and do much more to tackle the deadly scourge of air pollution in London and across the country. Around a third of the PM2.5 emitted in London comes from road transport, with a large proportion also coming from construction, wood burning and commercial cooking. The ULEZ expansion in October will help to reduce PM2.5 from transport sources. We have created a wood burning working group and are working with boroughs to reduce emissions from wood burning. We are also investigating ways to reduce emissions from commercial cooking. Around half of PM2.5 measured in London’s air comes from transboundary sources outside of London, which is why the Government must take further action to improve air quality.

TfL’s energy supply Question No: 2021/0269 Leonie Cooper Please provide an update on progress made in moving TfL to a green energy supplier. Answer for TfL’s energy supply The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Green New Deal Funding and Green Spaces (1) Question No: 2021/0270 Leonie Cooper How do you intend to use the funding for the Green New Deal announced in November to improve Londoners’ access to green spaces? Green New Deal Funding and Green Spaces (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The package announced in November will tackle some of London’s defining environmental challenges, including the climate and ecological emergency. It aligns with the London Recovery Board’s Green New Deal mission priorities including enhancing Londoners’ access to green space. £3m has been allocated to a ‘Future Neighbourhoods’ programme to support exemplar, transformative area-based projects across a range of environmental priorities. This includes enhancing existing green spaces, greening the public realm and improving access to green space in areas where there is currently limited access. Support will focus on communities

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most impacted by coronavirus as well as those with the highest levels of deprivation and climate vulnerability. It complements funding awarded in 2020 including 34 community-led projects being delivered by civic society organisations. Over 90% are in areas of deprivation and over 80% in areas where less than half of households have good access to open space. 84 hectares of new publicly accessible woodland is also being created in London’s Green Belt.

Green New Deal Funding and Green Spaces (2) Question No: 2021/0271 Leonie Cooper Will the Green New Deal funding provide for the creation of new green spaces in London; if not how is it anticipated to improve access to green spaces for those currently with limited access? Green New Deal Funding and Green Spaces (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Green New Deal ‘Future Neighbourhoods’ programme will build on the success of my Greener City Fund, helping increase green cover in the public realm, particularly where access to green space is limited. Creating new parks in more densely developed areas is unlikely to be possible. Where access is limited, projects will be supported that green the public realm through; tree planting, constructing rain gardens, green roofs and walls; reallocating street space; improving walking and cycling including connections between green spaces. My London Plan compliments this, requiring development to provide adequate open space and incorporate greening. Guidance on implementing the Plan will be published once it is adopted. My recently awarded Grow Back Greener grants also address this issue. Over 90% of projects supported are in areas of deprivation and over 80% in areas where less than half of households have good access to open space. 84 hectares of new publicly accessible woodland is also being created in the Green Belt.

Green New Deal Funding and energy efficient homes (1) Question No: 2021/0272 Leonie Cooper How many cold and damp homes will the green new deal funding help to become more energy efficient and warmer?

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Green New Deal Funding and energy efficient homes (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Green New Deal Mission supports London’s recovery and will tackle the climate and ecological emergencies and improve air quality whilst doubling the size of London’s green economy by 2030 and accelerating job creation for all.. As part of the work under this mission GLA and London Boroughs have already secured £11.54 million this financial year for London through the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme.

More broadly, though my existing energy efficiency programmes, my Warmer Homes Advice Service has assisted 7,541 households and Warmer Homes has improved the energy efficiency of 1,406 homes to date. GLA is working with London Boroughs and Housing Associations to secure more investment into reducing fuel poverty and making London’s housing more energy efficient which should help an additional 1000 homes.

Green New Deal Funding and energy efficient homes (2) Question No: 2021/0273 Leonie Cooper What criteria will be applied to ensure that funding to improve the energy efficiency of cold damp homes will reach those most in need? Green New Deal Funding and energy efficient homes (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Applicants for my Warmer Homes programme will continue to be deemed eligible based on one of two routes: being in receipt of means-tested or disability benefits; or through being declared as eligible through my Energy Company Obligation Flexible Eligibility scheme. This permits local authorities to assess and declare households eligible according to local income and vulnerability criteria and we have common criteria for all of London to take into account higher housing costs and our health priorities. The original Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme had tighter criteria, but I successfully lobbied for these to be broadened to include more low income households. My Warmer Homes Advice Service also works with several hundred referral agencies across London to ensure that those living in cold, damp homes are reached.

SMEs and Green New Deal funding Question No: 2021/0274 Leonie Cooper How much support is the Green New Deal funding offering to London’s SMEs?

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SMEs and Green New Deal funding The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The first tranche of my Green New Deal funding is providing a total of £1.8m to support SMEs through two GLA projects: Better Futures and Advance London. The projects aim to work with and support the growth of London-based businesses who produce technologies, goods and services that reduce negative impacts on our environment. Each project has been awarded £900,000 from the Green New Deal fund to help expand their programme of business support and increase their engagement with and support for more diverse communities through their respective programmes.

Funding solar energy panels for Londoners Question No: 2021/0275 Leonie Cooper Currently the cost of installing solar PV panels is often prohibitive, with many people struggling to make back initial costs over the lifetime of their panels. How will the Green new Deal funding address this, encouraging Londoners to move to renewable energy sources? Funding solar energy panels for Londoners The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 The first year of my Green New Deal Fund provides £420,000 for the fourth round of my successful Solar Together London (STL) project. STL uses a collective purchasing approach to support domestic rooftop solar. STL has reduced costs by up to a third for participants, driven higher quality installations and maximised the likelihood of purchase and installation (compared to individuals buying separately). Previous phases have enabled around 1,000 PV systems since 2016 on homes and secured over £3m of investment from London residents. The fourth phase of my London Community Energy Fund provides up to £500,000 capital funding to help deliver renewables. This support helps counter the impact that the removal of Government funds and support schemes, such as the ending of Feed in Tariffs (FiTs), has had on Community Energy groups. Further details of expenditure in the first year of my Green New Deal Fund can be found in MD2708. We are assessing how the Green New Deal can continue to support these programmes going forward.

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Skilling Londoners up for the green economy Question No: 2021/0276 Leonie Cooper How will the Green New Deal up-skill Londoners in order to exploit the job opportunities in a low carbon circular economy? Skilling Londoners up for the green economy The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 My Green New Deal (GND) programme has been developed specifically to help deliver a green and fair recovery. The GND will help to ensure that London’s recovery from the pandemic will lead to a cleaner, fairer, more equal city with a renewed drive to tackle the climate emergency, whilst also creating good quality jobs. A green recovery will not only drive action to make London fairer, but it will also help strengthen our existing economy and jobs. In 2019/20 London’s low carbon and environmental goods and services sector was worth around £48 billion and employed around 315,000 people across the sector. £48 billion in sales and employed around 315,000 people My GND Fund has provided funding for two projects - Better Futures and Advance London (awarded £900K each). Both of these programmes aim to support the growth of London- based SMEs who produce technologies, goods and services that reduce negative impacts on our environment. The money will help expand their programmes of business support and to increase access to more diverse communities through their grants and internship programmes. It will also support the development of a digital platform to increase access to market, an SME accelerator programme and bespoke support to SMEs hit by the impacts of the pandemic. As part of London’s wider recovery programme, it will link with the Helping Londoners into Good Work Mission to develop a green skills academy. This will develop a high-quality training offer to help build London’s skills base to meet the growing demand for green jobs. I will also be launching an Adult Education Budget (AEB) recovery fund in February to support training in London’s key growth sectors, including low carbon. Recognising that achieving a net-carbon zero economy by 2030 will require an influx of new skills, jobs and training opportunities, we are undertaking a research project involving employers, borough councils and training providers to understand where and how the GLA can best support London’s green industries.

Improving London’s toxic air (1) Question No: 2021/0277 Leonie Cooper On what day in each year of the last decade, 2010-2020, did Putney High Street breach air quality legal limits?

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Improving London’s toxic air (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The data requested is included in the attached table. From 2010 to 2017 the monitoring site at Putney High Street breached the hourly threshold for nitrogen dioxide in January. In 2018 it exceeded later in the year in March, and in 2019 and 2020 it did not exceed at all. This improvement was made possible by the completion of the Low Emission Bus Zone on Putney High Street in October 2017, and implementation of other policies Londonwide to tackle air pollution. The table also includes the number of hourly exceedances recorded each year, which reduced from 1,272 in 2016 to just 11 in 2019 (before the coronavirus pandemic). This is a reduction of 99 per cent. More information about the improvement in London’s air quality between 2016 and 2019 is available: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/pollution-and-air- quality/air-quality-london-2016-2020

Improving London’s toxic air (2) Question No: 2021/0278 Leonie Cooper What impact have the 12 Low Emission Bus Zones had on air quality, since implementation? Answer for Improving London’s toxic air (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Improving London’s toxic air (3) Question No: 2021/0279 Leonie Cooper How many non-compliant vehicles have entered the ULEZ since its launch, broken down by month? How many were private cars, vans or private hire vehicles? Answer for Improving London’s toxic air (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Covid in Schools (1) Question No: 2021/0280 Leonie Cooper Do you know how many teaching staff have taken sick time off with Covid in Wandsworth? Covid in Schools (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Greater London Authority does not collect data on the number of teaching staff that have taken sick time off due to Covid-19.

As part of their daily education settings survey the Department for Education (DfE) asks schools how many of their teaching assistants and other staff are unable to attend and reasons include: suspected or confirmed Covid-19, and requests to remain at home due to contact with confirmed cases. The DfE publish weekly statistics on attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. From 19 January the DfE will publish national workforce absence data backdated for the autumn term and will update this weekly.

You can make specific borough data enquiries to the DfE by contacting [email protected]. I hope the DfE can share with you the information you are seeking.

Covid in Schools (2) Question No: 2021/0281 Leonie Cooper Do you know how many teaching staff have taken sick time off with Covid in Merton? Covid in Schools (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Please see response to Mayoral Question 2021/0280.

Covid in Schools (3) Question No: 2021/0282 Leonie Cooper Do you know how many Teaching staff have died from Covid in Wandsworth?

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Covid in Schools (3) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Greater London Authority does not collect data on the number of deaths of teaching staff due to Covid-19. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published provisional analysis of deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), by different occupational groups, among men and women aged 20 to 64 years in England and Wales, for the period of 9 March to 25 May 2020. However, borough-level statistics on the number of deaths of teaching staff are not published. Specific questions regarding this data should be directed to [email protected]. I hope the ONS can share with you the information you are seeking.

Covid in Schools (4) Question No: 2021/0283 Leonie Cooper Do you know how many Teaching staff have died from Covid in Merton? Covid in Schools (4) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Please see response to Mayoral Question 2021/0282.

Hammersmith and Fulham Bridge Question No: 2021/0284 Leonie Cooper How much has the Government spent so far on the plans/repairs for the bridge? Answer for Hammersmith and Fulham Bridge The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

EU settlement status (1) Question No: 2021/0285 Leonie Cooper Do you know how many residents in Wandsworth have still not applied for settled status?

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EU settlement status (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 It is not possible to accurately know the number of people eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, hence impossible to know how many people still need to apply. The most up to date population figures from year ending June 2020 show Wandsworth as having 34,000 EUSS eligible residents, yet, 50,700 applications to the EU Settlement Scheme have been received from Wandsworth residents according to Home Office statistics up to September 2020. There are several reasons why we cannot compare numbers of people granted status with official EU citizen population estimates. For example, Home Office counts the applications from individuals twice if they receive pre-settled status and then convert to settled status, or if they re-apply after an initial application is not granted. Furthermore, the resident data sources that we rely on are outdated and have important limitations. This report from the Migration Observatory on understanding the EUSS data goes into more details: https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/wp- content/uploads/2020/06/Report_Not-Settled-Yet-Understanding-the-EU-Settlement- Scheme-using-the-Available-Data.pdf

EU settlement status (2) Question No: 2021/0286 Leonie Cooper Do you know how many residents in Merton have still not applied for settled status? EU settlement status (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 It is not possible to accurately know the number of people eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, hence it is impossible to know how many people still need to apply. The most up to date population figures from year ending June 2020 show Merton having 23,000 EUSS eligible residents, still, 35,50 applications to the EU Settlement Scheme have been received from Merton residents according to Home Office statistics up to September 2020. There are several reasons why we cannot compare numbers of people granted status with official EU citizen population estimates. For example, Home Office counts the applications from individuals twice if they receive pre-settled status and then convert to settled status, or if they re-apply after an initial application is not granted. Furthermore, the resident data sources that we rely on are outdated and have important limitations. This report from the Migration Observatory on understanding the EUSS data goes into more details: https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/wp-

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Cost of Fireworks (1) Question No: 2021/0287 Leonie Cooper A constituent would like to know: what was the cost of this year’s New Year’s Eve fireworks? Cost of Fireworks (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 This year’s budget was £1.5m – substantially less than in previous years. The final cost is still being calculated and is within the allocated budget.

Cost of Fireworks (2) Question No: 2021/0288 Leonie Cooper A constituent would like to know: How were this year’s fireworks paid for, given there were no ticket sales? Cost of Fireworks (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The budget of £1.5m was allocated from the GLA events budget and was substantially less than in previous years.

Previous New Year’s Eve events have been ticketed to support crowd and safety management only. The funds raised by the ticket sales only cover the costs associated with the ticketing process (e.g. logistics of tickets and infrastructure around viewing areas).

Noise level of Fireworks Question No: 2021/0289 Leonie Cooper A constituent would like to know: were noise levels monitored and how much quieter were the drone displays?

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Noise level of Fireworks The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Given the short duration of the show, and that it was held over a number of different locations, sound levels were not monitored. However, as you will be aware drones are significantly quieter than fireworks.

The fireworks in the show were reduced to around a third of previous years’ displays and so created a lower sound impact overall when compared to previous New Year’s Eve events.

Brexit and Policing – European Arrest Warrant Question No: 2021/0291 Unmesh Desai How many requests for extradition have been made by the Met Police to European Union Member states since the end of the Brexit transition period? How many European states have refused extradition requests so far? Answer for Brexit and Policing – European Arrest Warrant The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Brexit and Policing – Information sharing Question No: 2021/0292 Unmesh Desai How many Interpol notices have Met officers received from EU members states since the 1st January? How many notices did it receive through the Schengen Information System II in the same period last year? Brexit and Policing – Information sharing The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The MPS are not the receiving agency for any Interpol Notices or SIS alerts. This information is held by the NCA.

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Brexit and Policing – European Investigation orders Question No: 2021/0293 Unmesh Desai How many European Investigation Orders did the Met make in each of the last 4 years? What was the average time by which the evidence requested was provided? Answer for Brexit and Policing – European Investigation orders The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Brexit and Policing – Letter rogatories Question No: 2021/0294 Unmesh Desai How many letter rogatories have been sent to EU member states police forces by the Met since the beginning of January? How many have been accepted and how long do you expect these requests to take on average, moving forwards? Answer for Brexit and Policing – Letter rogatories The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Officer abstractions Question No: 2021/0295 Unmesh Desai How many officers, if any, have been abstracted to Kent to help with the disruption to freight and any other issues caused by a) the coronavirus pandemic and b) due to Brexit? Please provide the dates and number of officers abstracted on each date for each purpose since the 20th December 2020 if possible. Answer for Officer abstractions The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Body worn video reviews Question No: 2021/0296 Unmesh Desai Please advise what types of body worn video footage are currently reviewed by community monitoring groups and any other public scrutiny groups, including how the dip sampling process functions. Answer for Body worn video reviews The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Cameras in custody suites Question No: 2021/0297 Unmesh Desai Please advise what proportion of Met custody suites currently have CCTV/video cameras within them. Answer for Cameras in custody suites The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Body worn video disciplinary footage Question No: 2021/0298 Unmesh Desai How many Met police officers have received formal or informal disciplinary action, or been dismissed, as a result of a body worn video footage review in each of the last four years? Answer for Body worn video disciplinary footage The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Body worn video footage Independent Office Police Conduct referrals Question No: 2021/0299 Unmesh Desai How many Met police officers have been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct as a result of a body worn video footage review in each of the last four years?

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Body worn video footage Independent Office Police Conduct referrals The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Data on Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) referrals to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is not recorded in a way that allows the extraction of cases where Body Worn Video (BWV) is the reason for referral. The reason for disciplinary action or an IOPC referral is not the BWV footage itself, but the behaviour that was captured, and this is what is recorded and therefore searchable on the system. It is the MPS policy to review BWV (when available) in relation to every public complaint and allegation of misconduct.

Stop and search disciplinary action Question No: 2021/0300 Unmesh Desai How many Met police officers have received formal or informal disciplinary action, or been dismissed, as a result of a stop and search incident in each of the last four years? Answer for Stop and search disciplinary action The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Use of force disciplinary action Question No: 2021/0301 Unmesh Desai How many Met police officers have received formal or informal disciplinary action, or been dismissed, as a result of an incorrect use of force in each of the last four years? Answer for Use of force disciplinary action The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Officer assault locations Question No: 2021/0302 Unmesh Desai If possible, please provide details of where assaults on officers took place by type of location (e.g. outside, in custody suites, inside private residences/venues) in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Answer for Officer assault locations The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Pupil Referral Unit safer schools officers Question No: 2021/0303 Unmesh Desai How many in total and what portion of safer schools officers are based within Pupil Referral Units (PRUs)? Please provide details as to how many are based in PRUs permanently or part time, if possible. Answer for Pupil Referral Unit safer schools officers The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Tier 4 travel fines and arrests Question No: 2021/0304 Unmesh Desai Please advise how many people have been a) arrested b) fined for breaching the Tier 4 Covid-19 restrictions relating to travelling out of London. Answer for Tier 4 travel fines and arrests The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Tier 4 car travel Question No: 2021/0305 Unmesh Desai Please advise how many cars Met Police officers have stopped to check for breaches of Tier 4 restrictions put in place relating to travelling out of London.

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Answer for Tier 4 car travel The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Covid-19 fines and arrests Question No: 2021/0306 Unmesh Desai Please advise how many fines and arrests have been made for breaches of Covd-19 related restrictions in each of the following: October 2020, November 2020, December 2020, January 2021 to date. Please provide this data by borough, if possible. Answer for Covid-19 fines and arrests The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Illegal raves and gatherings Question No: 2021/0307 Unmesh Desai Please advise how many £10,000 fines have been issued by the Met for organising illegal gatherings. Please provide a breakdown by borough of where each fine was issued, if possible. Illegal raves and gatherings The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The COVID-19 dashboard contains data on the number of fixed penalty notices sent to ACRO for approval by the MPS, since 23rd March 2020. The dashboard contains the type of offence and when the fixed penalty notice was sent. The data that populates the dashboard is downloadable. The dashboard does not include data as to the value of fines issued. The National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) website indicates that they will provide more thorough analysis of payment of FPN data at a future date. https://www.met.police.uk/sd/stats-and-data/met/covid-19-dashboard/

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Cost of Brexit to the Met Question No: 2021/0308 Unmesh Desai Please provide an estimate of how much money has been spent by the Met police on preparing to leave the European Union, including putting in place contingency measures to cover the loss of databases such as the Schengen Information System and tools such as the European Arrest Warrant. Please provide, if possible, a) the estimated cost to date and b) the estimated future total cost. Answer for Cost of Brexit to the Met The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Budget cuts since 2010 Question No: 2021/0309 Unmesh Desai Please provide the cumulative cost of cuts to the Met’s budget since 2010 as well as those to come by the end of the financial year 2022/23. Answer for Budget cuts since 2010 The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Suspects identified using Prum database Question No: 2021/0310 Unmesh Desai How many suspects for each of the following types of crimes have the Met identified using the Prum database in each of the last 4 years: Homicide, Rape, Burglary, Assault? Answer for Suspects identified using Prum database The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Suspects identified using Schengen Information System II Question No: 2021/0311 Unmesh Desai On how many occasions has the Met identified a suspect for the following types of offences through the use of the Schengen Information System, in each of the last 4 years: Homicide, Rape, Burglary, Assault? Suspects identified using Schengen Information System II The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 This information is held by the NCA.

Suspects extradited through European Arrest Warrant Question No: 2021/0312 Unmesh Desai How many suspects of the following types of crime have been extradited from EU countries to the UK following a request from the Met Police using the European Arrest Warrant in each year since 2010: Homicide, Rape, Burglary, Assault? Suspects extradited through European Arrest Warrant The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 This information is held by the NCA.

Slipway from Colney Hatch Lane to A406 Question No: 2021/0314 Andrew Dismore Residents report repeated incidents and near misses involving pedestrians using the crossings at the top of slip roads Atlas Way and Bobby Moore Way that join the A406 at the junction of Colney Hatch Lane. Vehicles often totally ignore the red lights whilst pedestrians are crossing on a green man. Will you ask TfL to look into the safety of this junction and propose improvements to make pedestrians safer? Slipway from Colney Hatch Lane to A406 The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I remain committed to a Vision Zero approach to road danger. Officers from TfL and the London Borough of Barnet have previously carried out remedial works such as the removal of vegetation near the traffic signals on the slip roads to make the traffic signal heads more visible to drivers. I will ask TfL engineers to work with the borough and colleagues in the

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Metropolitan Police to investigate whether further measures can be identified to reduce road danger at this location.

Mogous Abay Question No: 2021/0315 Andrew Dismore Several members of the Police and Crime Committee received communications from campaigners on behalf of Mogous Abay, who died on June 30th 1990. The pathologist’s report stated that his death was caused by multiple injuries consistent with a fall from a great height. However, the campaigners are concerned about the police investigation into his death, and are seeking for an investigation into the handling of the case. Who is the relevant authority to investigate this and have any investigations taken place? Answer for Mogous Abay The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

LFB Funding from Government (1) Question No: 2021/0316 Andrew Dismore Please provide details of the funding LFB have received directly from Government in the years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and so far in 2020/21? Answer for LFB Funding from Government (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

LFB Funding from Government (2) Question No: 2021/0317 Andrew Dismore How much of the funding LFB have received directly from Government has been received as a result of LFB making applications to government funds? Please provide a breakdown financial year by financial year. Answer for LFB Funding from Government (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021

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LFB Funding from Government (3) Question No: 2021/0318 Andrew Dismore How many funds did LFB apply to unsuccessfully in the financial years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and so far in 2020/21? Answer for LFB Funding from Government (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

LFB Funding from Government (4) Question No: 2021/0319 Andrew Dismore On average how many person hours does a funding application take? Answer for LFB Funding from Government (4) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

LFB Funding from Government (5) Question No: 2021/0320 Andrew Dismore What are the average annual costs to the LFB of making applications for government funding? Answer for LFB Funding from Government (5) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Staff Absence (1) Question No: 2021/0321 Andrew Dismore How many days of leave for LFB staff were cancelled during 2020? Please provide a breakdown between operational, control, non-operational and non-uniformed.

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Answer for Staff Absence (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Staff Absence (2) Question No: 2021/0322 Andrew Dismore How many working days were lost as a result of LFB staff needing to self-isolate during 2020? Please provide a breakdown between operational, control, non-operational and non- uniformed. Answer for Staff Absence (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Staff Absence (3) Question No: 2021/0323 Andrew Dismore How many sickness days were taken by LFB staff during 2020? Please provide a breakdown between operational, control, non-operational and non-uniformed. Answer for Staff Absence (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Staff Absence (4) Question No: 2021/0324 Andrew Dismore What help and support is available to LFB staff either needing to self-isolate or to take sick leave? Answer for Staff Absence (4) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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LFB Staff Welfare (1) Question No: 2021/0325 Andrew Dismore Please provide an update on the programme for staff welfare within LFB and how this has been adapted during Covid-19? Answer for LFB Staff Welfare (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

LFB Staff Welfare (2) Question No: 2021/0326 Andrew Dismore How has LFB improved support for the mental wellbeing of staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly those who have worked on the frontline either with PMART or LAS? Answer for LFB Staff Welfare (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Staff Welfare (3) Question No: 2021/0327 Andrew Dismore How many sickness days have been taken by LFB staff due to stress in the year 2020/21? Please provide a breakdown month by month. Answer for Staff Welfare (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Staff Welfare (4) Question No: 2021/0328 Andrew Dismore How many sickness days were taken by LFB staffs due to stress in the year 2019/20? Please provide a breakdown month by month. Answer for Staff Welfare (4)

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Staff Welfare (5) Question No: 2021/0329 Andrew Dismore How many sickness days were taken by LFB staff due to stress in the year 2018/19? Please provide a breakdown month by month. Answer for Staff Welfare (5) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Waking Watch Relief Fund (1) Question No: 2021/0330 Andrew Dismore Do you anticipate the Government’s Waking Watch Relief Fund will reduce the workload of LFB? Answer for Waking Watch Relief Fund (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Audits, Inspections and LFB resources Question No: 2021/0331 Andrew Dismore The need to carry out audits on high-risk high-rise buildings with fire safety defects and to continue safety inspections for those with temporary fire safety measures in place because of fire safety defects is creating additional work for the LFB and using up its resources. Will you press the Government properly to compensate the LFB for having to pick up the slack from ineffective building regulation and stepping in to make sure Londoners are kept safe until these defects are fixed? Answer for Audits, Inspections and LFB resources The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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HSE and LFB Stations (2) Question No: 2021/0332 Andrew Dismore What recommendations did HSE make following their visits to London fire stations since March 2020? Please provide a station by station breakdown. Answer for HSE and LFB Stations (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

HSE and LFB Stations (4) Question No: 2021/0333 Andrew Dismore With rising rates of Covid-19 and staff numbers being impacted by the need to self-isolate it is vital that mitigations for staff safety are in place and that managers understand how to achieve this. How rigorously are individual fire station Covid-19 risk assessments being evaluated by the LFB? Answer for HSE and LFB Stations (4) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

HSE and Training (1) Question No: 2021/0334 Andrew Dismore What mitigations have been put in place to keep staff safe whilst participating in face-to- face training during the pandemic? Answer for HSE and Training (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

HSE and Training (2) Question No: 2021/0335 Andrew Dismore Why has LFB’s face-to-face training not been moved to online virtual training which offers similar features to enable discussion?

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Answer for HSE and Training (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

HSE and Training (3) Question No: 2021/0336 Andrew Dismore In the light of current restrictions, will face-to-face training still continue during lockdown or will it be paused? If it is to be paused, what will be the criteria for restarting it? Answer for HSE and Training (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

ADA and taking Appliances off the run Question No: 2021/0337 Andrew Dismore How many appliances have been taken ‘off the run’ in order to allow for ADA? Please provide a month by month breakdown for January-December 2020 Answer for ADA and taking Appliances off the run The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Control, Operational Response and Special Operations Group Merger (1) Question No: 2021/0338 Andrew Dismore Please provide an update on the proposed merger between these LFB departments and how this is anticipated to impact upon the work of the LFB. Answer for Control, Operational Response and Special Operations Group Merger (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Control, Operational Response and Special Operations Group Merger (2) Question No: 2021/0339 Andrew Dismore What consultations with staff took place regarding the proposed merger? What were the conclusions and recommendations from these consultations? Answer for Control, Operational Response and Special Operations Group Merger (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Non-Critical Work and Covid-19 (1) Question No: 2021/0340 Andrew Dismore Which non-critical work has the Brigade stopped in order to provide for the emergency response to Covid-19 in December and January? Answer for Non-Critical Work and Covid-19 (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Non-Critical Work and Covid-19 (2) Question No: 2021/0341 Andrew Dismore How will stopping non-critical work impact upon the ability of LFB to maintain response times during the second wave of Covid-19 in London? Answer for Non-Critical Work and Covid-19 (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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EU deal and security Question No: 2021/0342 Andrew Dismore Now that there is a deal with the EU, what are the policing and security implications; and do you consider London to be safer or less safe as a result? EU deal and security The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The UK has forfeited the use of the European Arrest Warrant, the Schengen Information System and its membership of Europol and Eurojust, making it harder to keep track of terrorists, serious organised criminal networks and criminals. Instead, the UK have become a ‘third party’ partner with Europol and Eurojust, similar to the arrangement with the United States. The police are now using alternative arrangements; however, they are not like for like replacements of EU tools and powers. These replacements, in most cases are slower, less efficient and present a drop off in capability for tackling cross-border criminality. The loss of the Schengen Information System will have a ‘major operational impact’ according to the NPCC. This database was aligned to European systems, and whilst the police are prepared to use Interpol in its place, this requires a more manual and slower process, with forces circulating far fewer persons and objects of interest.

Vaccinations for front line police Question No: 2021/0343 Andrew Dismore What is the plan for the rollout of vaccines for front-line police officers, who patrol in the public and come into regular contact with people from outside their households? Can they be provided with prioritisation in the Covid vaccine rollout? Vaccinations for front line police The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Last month I wrote to Matt Hancock and the JCVI welcoming the initial prioritisation of people living in care homes and care workers and that alongside care home staff, frontline NHS staff will also receive the vaccine as early as possible. This way we can rapidly protect those most vulnerable to the virus, lift the burden on our NHS, and to ensure the country can begin to recover from this crisis. The Government’s COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan recommends that phase two considers the rollout of the vaccine to others delivering key public services, which I welcome, and which should include prioritisation of key workers, including teachers, TfL staff and the Metropolitan Police who might be more vulnerable to infection due to the public-facing nature of their work and because they cannot work from home. I have urged the

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Government to work with London leaders in preparation for this second phase of the rollout.

Tube noise in Golders Green Question No: 2021/0344 Andrew Dismore What is the cause of the recent increase in tube noise in Golders Green, especially around Morland Close? What actions are TfL taking to reduce the noise? Answer for Tube noise in Golders Green The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Bus Stop CL on the Finchley Road Question No: 2021/0345 Andrew Dismore The West Hampstead Amenity and Transport group, WHAT, have been in correspondence with TfL regarding the coach stop CL on Finchley Road - the stop that serves Finchley Road Station for passengers travelling North to the airports. They consider this stop to be inappropriately located because of the width of the pavement at that point making it dangerous for both coach passengers and pedestrians using that stretch of footway regularly. More recently the stop has been closed and coaches are temporarily using the stop outside Waitrose, stop FK. They regard this as a far more satisfactory arrangement and are grateful that TFL have relocated the coaches to this more appropriate place. However, TfL will not give a guarantee that this will be permanent but say that when the proposed road rearrangement is finalised stop CL will be brought back into use. Will you reconsider this decision and retain the use of stop FK for permanent for coach use? Further, can stop CL be covered so that it is obvious it is not in use? Bus Stop CL on the Finchley Road The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The temporary relocation of this coach stop has only been made possible by reduced coach services as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, Transport for London cannot commit to keeping the stop in this temporary location once coach services recover to their pre-pandemic levels: at pre-pandemic service levels, the number of coaches that would require the stop would introduce a significant conflict with buses and would likely affect the interchange provided between bus services and Finchley Road station. TfL will therefore keep the current arrangement under review. Signage at the former stop is directing coach customers to the relocated stop. In addition, a hood will be placed on top to indicate that it is out of use. This work will be fitted in around

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the need to prioritise safety critical works across at London at night – as this is the only time such change can be done safely and in line with coronavirus-safe practices.

Pedestrian safety improvements Question No: 2021/0346 Len Duvall OBE In light of Lewisham’s recent approval of a planning app that allocated s278 funds, can you provide an update on TfL’s plans for pedestrian safety improvements at the junction of Blackheath Hill/Lewisham Road/Greenwich South Street? Answer for Pedestrian safety improvements The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

The Future of Suburban Black Cab Service Question No: 2021/0347 Len Duvall OBE Do you and TfL understand the frustration of the suburban black cab drivers with regards to the following: a) the lack of meaningful dialogue around the future of the service; b) allowing other black cab organisations to veto their service development proposals, even when in the interest of service users; c) lack of transparency and non-responses to issues raised by them? The Future of Suburban Black Cab Service The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I am very conscious of the difficulties being experienced by all taxi drivers, including those working in suburban areas, as a result of the pandemic that has significantly impacted the industry. I recently wrote to Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to draw his attention to the plight of taxi (and private hire) drivers in London and ask for assurances that at the very least they can source effective levels of support from the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). I appreciate your continued support of taxi drivers. Transport for London (TfL) engages with a variety of trade groups and drivers and throughout the pandemic has met at least fortnightly with the industry to understand the concerns being raised and to help support drivers through this difficult period. TfL engages with the London Suburban Taxi Coalition

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(LSTC) specifically in correspondence and by phone and has met with LSTC on a number of occasions when the need has arisen. I know TfL would be happy to provide any information or answer any specific queries the LSTC may have and recommend they contact TfL in the normal manner.

Public health debate – vitamin D Question No: 2021/0348 Len Duvall OBE Is now the time to begin a public debate in London on the importance of vitamin D recognising along with other actions, how it can play a part in boosting the human body immune system? Public health debate – vitamin D The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 While there is currently not enough evidence to support taking vitamin D to prevent or treat COVID-19, we do know that vitamin D is important in supporting a healthy immune system and that many Londoners struggle to meet their vitamin D requirements. Public Health England and NICE recommend that everyone in the UK should be taking a vitamin D supplement in the winter months to ensure their needs are met and to protect their health. Families that qualify for healthy start voucher scheme can access these supplements free of cost. The NHS, local authorities and Public Health England have a range of services to tackle conditions that stem from vitamin deficiency and poor nutrition.

Economic recovery – allied issues Question No: 2021/0349 Len Duvall OBE What practical steps can be taken here in London to tackle and minimise child poverty? Economic recovery – allied issues The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I am deeply concerned about the effect of the pandemic on low-income families in London and have committed to doing everything in my power to help address child poverty. Helping low-income families access advice and support to prevent financial hardship is a key aspect of the London Recovery Programme. Details of the Robust Safety Net mission can be found here - https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/recovery_programme_overview.pdf. To tackle the immediate impacts of the pandemic, I have pledged nearly £10m to the London Community Response Fund for civil society organisations giving food and financial advice to struggling families. My officers are bringing together boroughs to form joint plans

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to tackle food insecurity, and I am sharing advice for low-income Londoners on benefits, crisis loans, debt advice and employment rights through London.gov.uk, which over 35,000 Londoners have viewed so far.

However, the true levers to address child poverty lie in the hands of the Government and further action is needed. I have continually called for the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit to be made permanent and extended to all benefits; for the removal of the five-week wait for UC; and for increases to child benefit. Ministers should also remove No Recourse to Public Funds conditions to give all families immediate access to financial support, and scrap the two-child limit and benefit cap.

Protection and enhancement of open spaces in Lewisham Question No: 2021/0350 Len Duvall OBE Will you ask your officers to make contact with Grove Park Neighbourhood Forum in Lewisham, and Lewisham Council to examine the potential of a Grove Park urban park project with a view to lend practical support to this initiative? Protection and enhancement of open spaces in Lewisham The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The project is a welcome proposal to enhance and better connect green spaces along a linear corridor in Lewisham. Lewisham’s draft new local plan and Parks and Open Space Strategy acknowledge this project, indicating that the distinctive network of green spaces in the Grove Park area should be protected and enhanced. Development proposals should also seek to enhance the character, amenity and environmental value of this network. The ambitions of this project are supported through the policies in my new London Plan, which state that the capital’s network of green infrastructure should be protected and enhanced. These new policies, including the Urban Greening Factor, have the potential to help accelerate the delivery of this project. Whilst the project is best taken forward at a borough level, my officers would be happy to advise on relevant initiatives or funding opportunities and will be in touch. Grove Park Neighbourhood Forum have already been supported through my Good Growth Fund to produce a toolkit to improve the area

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COVID Vaccine Advice and Messaging Question No: 2021/0353 Joanne McCartney What work are you and partners undertaking to ensure that Londoners are given accurate advice and information on the need to be vaccinated against COVID-19? COVID Vaccine Advice and Messaging The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Building confidence in vaccines and ensuring Londoners take up the COVID-19 vaccine when their turn comes is vital to protecting all our communities in London.

That’s why I am working with partners such as London’s councils, NHS London, PHE, community groups, faith leaders, businesses, unions and others to provide accurate information to Londoners about the COVID-19 vaccine, respond to specific concerns and support the vaccine’s equitable roll out in the capital.

Since the vaccine roll out began in December, I have visited a number of vaccine sites, including Croydon University Hospital on the day the first vaccine was administered, virtually attending St Thomas’ Hospital to see the first Oxford-Astra-Zeneca vaccines being administered to Londoners, and visiting Network House in North West London. I also plan to visit a GP practice this month. I will continue to attend vaccination hubs and use these visits as an opportunity to promote vaccine take up to a wide range of media outlets, including those reaching Black, Asian and minority ethnic Londoners.

Last month, I took part in a live Q&A on TikTok, talking about vaccines with scientist Dr Anna Blakney to counter vaccine hesitancy amongst young people. In addition, my team have been using targeted advertising, social media, and press to ensure Londoners have the right information about the COVID-19 vaccine. This includes regular media interviews to national and regional media, and those that reach Black, Asian and minority ethnic Londoners, about the importance of the vaccine.

We know working with trusted community voices and medical professionals is an important method of reaching people who might be vaccine hesitant. My teams continue to support this work, including through sharing assets on facts and safety with community and faith groups.

In addition to sharing content, my communities and health teams convene regular briefings for faith and community networks with speakers from PHE and NHS. These events provide

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updates on vaccines, community safety and allow attendees to ask questions. Over 600 organisations are invited to attend and responses to frequently asked questions are shared via email after each briefing. My team is also working with the NHS and PHE engagement leads to support a community-led approach to information on vaccines, focused on equipping and training leaders from within the community to engage with their peers

I will continue to do all I can as Mayor to use my voice and platforms to ensure Londoners are given accurate advice and information about the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine. On behalf of all Londoners, I’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to the NHS and all the medical professionals, community leaders and volunteers who continue to work tirelessly to support the roll out of the vaccine.

UK Withdrawal from Erasmus Scheme Question No: 2021/0354 Joanne McCartney What is the likely effect on London students as a result of the Government’s decision to withdraw from the successful Erasmus Scheme that has allowed thousands of our young people to study abroad? What does any UK replacement scheme need to include? UK Withdrawal from Erasmus Scheme The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I have consistently made the case for the UK’s ongoing participation in Erasmus+ and am disappointed in the Government’s decision to withdraw from the scheme. The Erasmus programme has fostered a greater understanding between EU nationals over many decades and offered huge benefits both to our students studying abroad and those coming to London in return. Government must now work closely with Higher Education providers to ensure the proposed replacement Turing Scheme offers a high quality experience for students. No student should lose out on the opportunity to study abroad as a result of this change and adequate financial support must be provided. The new scheme must also ensure that London and the UK remain an attractive study destination for international students. This means providing clarity on how incoming students to UK universities will be supported through the scheme, to enable reciprocal exchanges to take place.

Car Sharing Schemes in Outer London Question No: 2021/0355 Joanne McCartney What action have you taken and are you planning to take to encourage more car sharing schemes in outer London, such as in my constituency of Enfield & Haringey?

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Car Sharing Schemes in Outer London The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Car clubs can enable Londoners to drive less when delivered as part of a wider package of measures to reduce car use and this is reflected in my Transport Strategy. Transport for London (TfL) is promoting car clubs as part of the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), encouraging Londoners who own a non-compliant car to consider alternatives, including car clubs. The TfL website has a webpage dedicated to car clubs, listing their benefits and links to car club operators. ULEZ expansion communication material includes promotion of car clubs as an alternative to private car ownership. TfL is also promoting offers from car clubs as part of the ULEZ car and motorcycle scrappage scheme. TfL is working closely with London Councils to promote a more consistent approach to car clubs across London boroughs, both through a new framework for data collection and work seeking to simplify procurement processes. This includes financial support from TfL. TfL also continue to roll out electric vehicle charging points at pace, which supports car clubs in transitioning their fleets to electric vehicles. TfL supports the roll out of car club services in outer London where they can help Londoners reduce their reliance on cars by providing an alternative to car ownership in areas where this is highest. However, car club operators have historically focused their activities in inner and central London. TfL will continue to work closely with boroughs and car clubs to ensure their services help accelerate the shift to more sustainable travel in line with my Transport Strategy.

Thameslink Question No: 2021/0357 Alison Moore Whilst welcoming the recent addition of the Thameslink to the Tube Map, will you make it a permanent addition, and if not, why not? Thameslink The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) will review keep under review whether it would be helpful to keep Thameslink on the Tube Map permanently. This will be considered when it is planning the December update to the Tube map. The decision has initially been made on a temporary basis to offer customers choice about moving across the capital while social distancing is in place.

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Like other rail services which are included on the London Tube and Rail map, but not the Tube Map, the Thameslink services are not operated by TfL. TfL will have a period of monitoring to ensure that its inclusion is working effectively for customers and staff.

E-Scooter Trial (1) Question No: 2021/0358 Alison Moore During the rental e-scooters trial, how will TfL collect and monitor the type and number of collisions involving e-scooters? E-Scooter Trial (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Safety is at the heart of Transport for London’s (TfL’s) approach to the e-scooter trial. The purpose of taking a collaborative approach between TfL, London Councils and the London boroughs is to drive up the safety standards for London, and it will seek to ensure that all operators adhere to the set safety criteria throughout the trial. In order to monitor the trial and build our understanding of e-scooter use, once trials begin, operators will be asked to provide logs and regular reports to TfL on multiple topics including incidents. TfL will also be working closely with the Metropolitan Police to monitor collisions and other impacts associated with the trial. The Metropolitan Police will continue to enforce against the use of privately-owned e-scooters.

Further safety criteria will be explored with operators throughout the procurement process as the trial progresses, and as part of this, TfL will work to ensure it can monitor any additionally agreed aspects.

E-Scooter Trial (2) Question No: 2021/0359 Alison Moore During the rental e-scooters trial, how will TfL monitor and enforce against the potential increase in private use of e-scooters? E-Scooter Trial (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Enforcement against the use of privately-owned e-scooters will continue to be a matter for the Metropolitan Police Roads and Transport Policing Command (RTPC). The rental e-scooter trial will be the only legal way of riding e-scooters in public places within London. Use of privately-owned e-scooters in any public place will remain illegal.

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Should the Department for Transport (DfT) bring forward any further legislative proposals affecting the use of e-scooters, the data and experience gained from the London trial will be key in enabling TfL, London Councils and the boroughs to inform DfT’s legislative changes and to take evidence-based policy positions on these vehicles. Transport for London and I will continue to influence the appropriate use of e-scooters in the capital, prioritising the safety of all Londoners.

Homes for Londoners Board Question No: 2021/0361 Murad Qureshi What plans, if any, do you have to broadcast the board meetings live, in the same way TfL Board meetings are broadcast? Homes for Londoners Board The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The Transport for London Board is directly responsible for major financial decisions. Its meetings fall under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 and accordingly they are held in public. We broadcast the meetings to maximise public access. The Homes for Londoners Board is a strategic and problem-solving forum convened to support me to maximise the building of new and especially of affordable homes. It provides important expert advice but is not a decision-making forum. All formal decisions are taken by me or by GLA officers, as appropriate, in accordance with the GLA’s mayoral decision- making framework. There are no plans to broadcast Homes for Londoners Board meetings, but in line with my commitment to be open and transparent in my administration their agenda, papers and minutes are published.

Rough Sleepers (1) Question No: 2021/0362 Murad Qureshi In October, it was announced that new rules making rough sleeping a legal ground to cancel or refuse permission to stay in the UK would come into force on 1 December 2020. Although the Mayor has indicated that the GLA would not be co-operating with the Home Office to enforce these new rules, there may be homeless EU citizens who will either no longer have access to support or may not feel safe enough to access the support available. With the Brexit transition having come to an end on 31 December, what steps will the Mayor take to ensure that migrant rough sleepers get the support they need? Rough Sleepers (1) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021

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London’s COVID-19 rough sleeping response has highlighted the high numbers of homeless migrants with insecure immigration status in our city. I am continuing to provide safe accommodation to rough sleepers regardless of their immigration status, with support through our specialist support services to determine eligibility and apply to the EU Settlement Scheme or make other relevant applications. I also intend to launch a new fund to boost the immigration advice and specialist support available for migrant rough sleepers to prove or obtain secure immigration status and enable a positive move-on from the streets.

A recent Court of appeal decision[1] means that a significant number of destitute EU nationals with pre-settled status should soon be able to access the support they need and positively move from the streets or from emergency accommodation. I will continue to urge the Government to provide sufficient funding and to suspend all immigration-based exclusions from welfare and homelessness assistance to ensure that everyone has access to essential support. Working with the charity sector, I will also continue to press for the removal of the draconian rules referred to in the question. [1]https://cpag.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/resource/Fratila%20v%20SSWP%20%28fi nal%29%2018.12.2020.pdf

Rough Sleepers (2) Question No: 2021/0363 Murad Qureshi According to the latest CHAIN data, there were 3,444 rough sleepers in the capital between July and September 2020. Of these, new rough sleepers accounted for 55% of all rough sleepers. On 11 January, the hold on section 21 evictions is due to come to an end. On 30 April 2021, the furlough scheme is also due to come to an end and unemployment figures are expected to rise significantly. What assessment has the Mayor made of the expected number of new rough sleepers coming onto the streets as a result, and what measures will be put into place to mitigate this? Answer for Rough Sleepers (2) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Supermarket business rate relief return in London Question No: 2021/0364 Murad Qureshi National supermarket chains have returned their business rate relief during the pandemic. Tesco for example returned over £500m. How much of this return business rate relief came from London supermarkets? Would it not be better to redistribute this to local independent businesses in London and particularly tenants of business rate payers who did not receive any business rate relief at all? Answer for Supermarket business rate relief return in London The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Police Station Front Desk closures Question No: 2021/0365 Murad Qureshi While the Church Street police station front desk is temporarily closed, residents of the City of Westminster are expected to go to Charing Cross police station front desk. When can we expect this temporary closure to end? Answer for Police Station Front Desk closures The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Police front desk closures in RBKC Question No: 2021/0366 Murad Qureshi While Lancaster Rd front desk is temporarily closed all local residents of RBKC are expected to use the front desk at Kensington Police station instead. When can we expect this temporary closure to end? Answer for Police front desk closures in RBKC The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Suicides in 2020 Question No: 2021/0367 Murad Qureshi How many suicides have occurred in Greater London on a monthly basis in 2020? Can we also have similar figures for 2019, for every month, to compare the two years. Suicides in 2020 The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 It is not possible to provide accurate data for this as the 2020 figures, produced by the Office for National Statistics, will not be available until September 2021. There are however various other means to track suicide figures through NHS data, Met Police systems and TFL figures as well as Thrive LDN’s Real Time Suicide Surveillance. Whilst this does not give a definitive answer it gives a good indication. These sources, some of which are standardised and some non-standardised, suggest that at present there has been no increase in the suicide rate in London since lockdown commenced and this fits in with the national picture.

Wildlife Crimes in London Question No: 2021/0368 Murad Qureshi How many wildlife crimes were committed in Greater London in 2020 and in each of the previous 5 years? How many of these involved foxes in each year since 2015? Wildlife Crimes in London The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Please see the attached information related to animal welfare and wildlife crimes. It is not possible to supply information on specific offences where a ‘fox’ has been recorded as this is not a compulsory field requirement for officers when recording crime.

Location of dedicated ward officers after closure of Belgravia Police Station Question No: 2021/0369 Murad Qureshi During the closure of Belgravia police station, we were told that the dedicated ward officer team will be relocated to a base close to their wards and that this move will be made by the end of this financial year. What are the options being considered when we all know that Hyde Park police station is too far away from where residents actually live to warrant serious consideration? Answer for Location of dedicated ward officers after closure of Belgravia Police Station

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The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Total London Housing Zone programme outputs Question No: 2021/0370 Murad Qureshi How much of the indicative GLA funding allocations; total number of homes; total number of affordable homes and total number of construction jobs have been delivered so far across all the housing zones in London (further to Question 2020/4525)? Can we also have the breakdown for each of the individual housing zones across the capital. Answer for Total London Housing Zone programme outputs The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Rerouting Buses No 414 & impact on No 6 - social distancing impact Question No: 2021/0371 Murad Qureshi Sorry, but you have not answered the question: 2020/4528, regarding the impact of social distancing on the rerouting of bus No.414 from Marble Arch onwards to the No.6 route. Can it deal with the increasing numbers given constraints of social distancing practices on public transport during and possibly after the coronavirus pandemic? Rerouting Buses No 414 & impact on No 6 - social distancing impact The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Transport for London will not implement the proposed change until it is sufficiently sure that adequate social distancing will be possible on the remaining routes along the corridor. This will not be until at least summer 2021, when route 414 is retendered. TfL is, however, confident that adequate social distancing will be possible. Prior to the pandemic, average loading was only 13 prior to the pandemic (or nine between Marble Arch-Maida Vale). And currently it is just seven customers per double deck bus (or even lower at five customers between Marble Arch and Maida Vale).

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Abolition of PHE Question No: 2021/0373 Onkar Sahota In September you told the Assembly that you were seeking clarity from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on what the abolition of Public Health England, and creation of the National Institute for Health Protection, would mean for London. Do you now have clarity on this issue? If not, given that these changes are scheduled to take place in the Spring this year, what more will you be doing to ensure that you are involved in conversations on this matter so that vital work on health improvement in London can continue? Abolition of PHE The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 I have not received a response to the letter I sent to the Secretary of State in September. Since writing to the Secretary of State in September I have also called upon the Government to protect funding and functions for health improvement and tackling health inequalities as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review and sought clarity on funding for, and the future home of, my statutory health advisor role which currently sits in PHE’s regional London team. However, the Government have yet to provide further clarity on this issue. I continue to meet at least weekly with Public Health England’s (PHE) Regional Director for London, Professor Kevin Fenton, and I will continue to work closely with our health and care partners through any structural changes.

Vaccine uptake Question No: 2021/0374 Onkar Sahota Are you receiving regular updates on the take up of the coronavirus vaccine across London? Vaccine uptake The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 COVID-19 Vaccinations data is now published weekly (from 14th January) and includes data on under and over 80 years old and by region. All data has been collected through the National Immunisation Management Service from Hospital Hubs and Local Vaccination Service sites (e.g. GP practices). The daily England- wide data also contain vaccinations administered in Vaccination Centres (the Excel). Monitoring uptake of the vaccination programme in all communities is essential to prevent widening of health inequalities caused by low uptake in particular groups. Transparency in

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the uptake of the vaccine is a key part of ensuring those who will gain the greatest benefit can access it. Therefore, I have recently asked the Vaccines’ Minister to provide a more detailed demographic breakdown, to include factors such as age, small area geography, ethnic group and gender, as well as setting (e.g. care home) and when we reach phase two, breakdown by occupational group.

Extra measures Question No: 2021/0375 Onkar Sahota On 11 December you announced that following a meeting between yourself and London Council’s Group Leaders, extra measures to support Londoners would be introduced such as a) More community testing, supported by 10 extra mobile testing units plus 40 permanent and 35 mobile lateral flow test centres and b) Enhancing local contact tracing. Can you provide an update on whether “a” has been delivered and how you are improving “b”? Extra measures The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 There are 67 Local Testing Sites (delivering PCR tests) across London and plans for a further seven to be added in the next two weeks, bringing the total to 74. London has 17 Mobile Testing Units (PCR) and currently a further eight Mobile Testing Units provided from national surge capacity. Asymptomatic Testing Sites using lateral flow devices are operational in 29 boroughs with plans in place for all boroughs to be operational imminently, together providing 73 delivery sites in London. Asymptomatic testing was originally planned for a six-week period but will continue for longer. It will be tailored by local authorities to meet local needs and national guidelines that prioritise those people who cannot work from home and who are not currently part of a nationally-led, occupational asymptomatic testing programme. All boroughs are delivering local contact-tracing, engaging people who have not responded to contact from the national scheme. I have provided support to the regional co-ordinated campaign Keep London Safe with translated materials and social media activity to raise awareness of testing and tracing.

Bus and Tube Fares Question No: 2021/0377 Navin Shah Bus and tube fares have been the lowest in London over the last 20 years. However, due to Government conditions the fares will be going up from March 2021. What impact there will be from the fares increase? Will this deter people from using public transport and have a detrimental impact on London’s environment?

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Bus and Tube Fares The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 On 1 March 2021 Transport for London (TfL) fares will increase by 2.6 per cent overall as a result of the conditions attached by the Government to TfL’s most recent funding settlement. Within this overall rise, I have managed to keep some fares frozen – including some single pay as you go Tube, DLR, London Overground and TfL rail fares – which will help to encourage people back into central London, when the time is right, and aid the capital’s recovery. I have sought to minimise the impact where possible, for example with bus fares only increasing by 5p – the minimum amount they can – and the Hopper staying in place for free transfers on bus and trams within an hour. I have also protected concessions, including the 60+ Oyster Card and under 18 concessions which Government had wanted to remove, to ensure that everyone can benefit when the city begins to recover from the pandemic.

Cashless Payments on Stations Question No: 2021/0378 Navin Shah I note that London TravelWatch has written to the TfL Commissioner and approached Assembly Members expressing concern about plans to stop taking cash across all London Underground, DLR and London Overground station ticket offices and machines in the new year. My constituents too have raised similar concerns as reported in the survey conducted by TravelWatch. Any chance of a rethink on this matter? Cashless Payments on Stations The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Transport for London (TfL) has engaged with London TravelWatch and a number of other organisations to better understand the potential impact going cashless might have on customers. In response to the feedback received to date, TfL has decided not to proceed with any further changes at this present time. It will keep under review what the appropriate payment options should be on the TfL network, and will continue to engage with stakeholders, including London TravelWatch, on any future changes.

Mini-Holland Schemes – ‘Traffic Evaporation’ Question No: 2021/0379 Navin Shah Research undertaken involving three mini-Holland schemes (Enfield, Kingston and Waltham Forest) to see whether mini-Holland and LTN schemes had affected vehicle ownership showed that these schemes, particularly those with an LTN, lead to traffic evaporation. What resources are provided to Outer London Boroughs for mini-Holland schemes and how are these co-ordinated with LTNs?

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Answer for Mini-Holland Schemes – ‘Traffic Evaporation’ The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Counter Terrorism Police on London Buses Question No: 2021/0380 Navin Shah How confident you are that the new transport patrols carried out by a new ‘Project Servator’ team will prevent an attack in London given a warning that investigations are at a record high? What part can Londoners play in this for their own safety? Answer for Counter Terrorism Police on London Buses The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Online Radicalisation Question No: 2021/0381 Navin Shah Met Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu has recently said that online radicalisation has got worse during the pandemic and police are really concerned about that. Will the new website together with a new national Police Prevent Advice Line do the job to tackle this issue? What steps are being taken to monitor the progress? Answer for Online Radicalisation The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

London Plan Changes - Tall Buildings Question No: 2021/0382 Navin Shah The Secretary of State seems to have directed more control to local authorities over the definition, location and height of tall buildings based on the authority’s own policies. How does this allow ‘strategic’ control of tall buildings across London to ensure that they are not detrimental in respect of their location, height, quality of design and overall built/environmental impact on London? Answer for London Plan Changes - Tall Buildings

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The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Tier 4 & Covid 19 Variant Question No: 2021/0383 Navin Shah What measures will you be taking to remind Londoners of the rules they need to follow under Tier 4 and further serious concerns due to the Covid-19 variant? Tier 4 & Covid 19 Variant The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 For London to defeat this virus, it is vital that Londoners are informed about the up-to- date health guidance they need to follow and are aware of the risks of not complying with COVID-19 restrictions.

Since the start of the pandemic, I have delivered communications across numerous channels so that all Londoners are aware of the severity of the situation and are encouraged to follow the rules. This has included broad health guidance communications delivered to all Londoners across my social media platforms, email and the COVID-19 hub on the London Gov website. I have also partnered with media owners such as BT to display key messages via their ‘Street Hub’ digital out-of-home advertising kiosks, in order to get health guidance messages out directly across London.

This has been supplemented with targeted communications to audiences that are thought to be less aware of, or less likely to, follow health guidance. This has included paid advertising targeting younger Londoners across social media channels, and translated materials, such as audio clips, videos, and graphics, being disseminated to communities who may be harder-to-reach through traditional channels.

Since the new variant, we have continued and increased these communications across multiple channels and platforms and continue to add further messages around the importance of staying home, what behaviours to follow when leaving the house, and explaining how virus transmission works. We are also working closely with partners across London, including the NHS to highlight the impact high cases are having on our hospitals and the incredible work being done by our NHS staff.

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On top of this I’ve been using my own voice to convey the seriousness of the situation in media interviews, as well as working with health officials such as Professor Kevin Fenton at Public Health England to offer Q&As with the public so that Londoners are fully informed about how to protect themselves and their communities.

GP Satisfaction Question No: 2021/0384 Navin Shah The London Assembly Health Committee found that there were higher levels of Covid deaths in boroughs with high levels of deprivation, high numbers of BAME people and low levels of satisfaction with GP services. This low level of satisfaction with GPs is very concerning at a time when GPs are vital. What can be done to ensure Londoners have faith in their GPs? GP Satisfaction The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 GPs and other members of the healthcare workforce have worked tirelessly during the pandemic to support and care for their patients, and I want to pay tribute to them all. While overall patient satisfaction with GP practices remains high, the Health Committee’s work has shone a light on the generally lower satisfaction in some deprived communities and BAME groups. As we respond to the current grave situation in London, and as vaccines are rolled out, it is even more important that London’s whole population, especially those in deprived and BAME communities, continues to have full trust in all parts of our health service. As I have no role in commissioning GP services, I will ask NHS London’s primary care lead to consider the Health Committee’s report, and advise how high quality, culturally competent services can be delivered to meet the social, faith, cultural, and linguistic needs of patients, and further build trust in GP services.

Tackling Anti-Vax Propaganda Question No: 2021/0385 Navin Shah What are your plans to tackle dangerous anti-vaccination propaganda? Tackling Anti-Vax Propaganda The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 Building confidence in vaccines and ensuring Londoners are prepared to take up the COVID-19 vaccine when they are eligible is vital to protecting all our communities in London.

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There is a lot of disinformation being communicated about vaccines, but we know that they save millions of lives around the world. The best way to tackle the dangerous anti- vaccination narratives is to communicate this truth and reassure Londoners about the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine.

I will continue to do all I can as Mayor to use my platform to communicate positive, trustworthy messages about the COVID-19 vaccine and speak to Londoners about its importance, safety and effectiveness. My teams continue to work closely with partners across London, including councils, NHS London and Public Health England (PHE) and community groups, and well as social media companies, to engage Londoners’ with these messages and tackle disinformation. Recent activity has included visiting Croydon University Hospital on the first day of vaccinations, a virtual visit to St Thomas’s where the first Oxford-Astra-Zeneca vaccines were administered and visiting Network House on the day it opened. I have also taken part in live Q&A on vaccines with a scientist on TikTok and continue to use social media advertising and press to ensure Londoners have the right information about the vaccine. My social media channels regularly communicate information to Londoners about the vaccine such as content on ‘How to talk to your family about vaccines’ and sharing information from the NHS on its roll out. We are also translating information into key languages. In addition to communications, my Communities and Health teams convene regular briefings for faith and community networks with speakers from PHE and NHS. These events offer the most current updates on vaccines and community safety and most importantly, it offers space for attendees to ask questions and receive answers from official sources. Over 600 organisations are invited to attend and information and responses to frequently asked questions are shared via email after each briefing. My team is working with the NHS and PHE engagement leads to support a community-led approach to information and support on vaccines, focused on equipping and training leaders from within the community to engage with their peers.

As well as countering disinformation through factual and positive communications and engagement, we will continue to work with social media companies and partners to report incidences. My officers have set up an internal escalation process to refer disinformation to the Cabinet Office’s Rapid Response Unit and the Counter Disinformation Unit for investigation and response.

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Vaccine Rollout Question No: 2021/0386 Navin Shah Businesses such as Brewdog are offering up space to assist with the vaccine rollout. Are you able to offer up any space in buildings owned by the GLA, or will you in future? Vaccine Rollout The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The GLA has been working closely with the NHS and local authorities on the rollout of vaccines in London, including around requests for facilities, logistical support, communications and community engagement. We will continue to work with them over the coming months as the next phase of the programme rolls out and vaccines become more widely available to more groups of Londoners.

The GLA itself does not own many buildings and most of them would be unsuitable as vaccine centres. However, the GLA does own Crystal Palace NSC where we have a management agreement with Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL). In late November, GLL were approached by NHS South East London regarding use of the sports centre as a vaccine hub. GLL did confirm that the space could be made available subject to agreeing terms, but the offer has not been taken up by NHS South East London.

I am committed to working with partners such as London’s councils, NHS London, PHE and community groups to support the COVID-19 vaccine’s equitable roll out in the capital.

Impact of Brexit Deal Question No: 2021/0387 Navin Shah What impact will the Brexit deal have on London’s already struggling businesses? Answer for Impact of Brexit Deal The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Impact of Brexit Deal (2) Question No: 2021/0388 Navin Shah What impact will this Brexit deal have on London’s service sector?

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Impact of Brexit Deal (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 It is now clear that the last-minute UK/EU Brexit trade deal fails to deliver the vital market access to the EU that London’s services sector needs and expects. London-based firms must now negotiate a patchwork of individual EU nations’ regulations. This has already forced major UK-based banks to move more than £1trillion of assets and thousands of jobs to other EU cities. We have also seen billions of Euro-denominated share trading switch to EU venues since the first trading day of the year. In the short-term, the Government and EU must now reach an agreement that recognises UK professional qualifications, and grants equivalence to British firms wanting to provide financial services to EU markets. In the longer term, I will continue working for the UK to have a closer economic and political relationship with our EU friends.

Impact of Brexit Deal (3) Question No: 2021/0389 Navin Shah Do you agree that the UK no longer being a member of Europol is a huge loss to the Met Police? Answer for Impact of Brexit Deal (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

Adult Education Recovery Fund (2) Question No: 2021/0390 Leonie Cooper What are the criteria for applying for funding to the Adult Education Recovery Fund? Adult Education Recovery Fund (2) The Mayor Last updated: 25 January, 2021 The AEB Good Work for All Fund will be launched in February. All eligibility requirements will be made clear in the Prospectus document which will be published on the GLA website.

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HSE and LFB Stations (1) Question No: 2021/0391 Andrew Dismore How many and which London fire stations have been visited by the HSE since March 2020? Please provide a month by month breakdown. Answer for HSE and LFB Stations (1) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

HSE and LFB Stations (3) Question No: 2021/0392 Andrew Dismore How do the LFB’s risk assessments ensure that risks are equally mitigated for all staff and that no staff face additional risks because of protected characteristics (ie gender)? Answer for HSE and LFB Stations (3) The Mayor Last updated: 26 January, 2021 Officers are drafting a response

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Have used following Detention Log entries: Ambulance Called Ambulance Arrived Ambulance Arrived used to identify any records where the Ambulance Called entry may have been omitted. Page 210 Page Assumed for purpose of data that any Ambulance shown as arriving would first have been called.

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Year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total 5,320 5,357 5,460 5,273 4,585 Page 211 Page

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Year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 TOTAL 4,806 4,903 4,947 4,934 4,273 Page 212 Page

Performance and Assurance Helpdesk - 783131 If you have any queries with this report, please contact the Helpdesk Active, Estimated Public Private Walk and efficient and daily trips transport transport cycle sustainable (millions) 2018 35.50% 37.00% 27.50% 63.00% 26.9 2019 35.80% 36.80% 27.40% 63.20% 27 Q1 2020 33.00% 37.60% 29.40% 62.40% 25.3 (Jan-Mar) Q2 2020 8.20% 45.40% 46.40% 54.60% 16 (Apr-Jun) Q3 2020 17.50% 45.10% 37.30% 54.90% 19.9 (Jul-Sep)

Table 7.6- Estimated mode shares 2018-2020 Source- TfL city planning Page 213 Page 0147- Tube usage

Daily average number of cards (millions) Month 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 January 0.85 0.89 0.91 0.91 February 0.93 0.94 0.97 0.97 March 0.95 0.91 0.98 0.52 April 0.82 0.88 0.86 0.03 May 0.87 0.87 0.89 0.05 June 0.90 0.92 0.96 0.09 July 0.89 0.90 0.91 0.14 August 0.78 0.79 0.80 0.17 September 0.91 0.92 0.93 0.95 0.27 October 0.95 0.95 0.97 0.98 0.27 November 0.98 0.98 0.99 0.99 0.23 December 0.74 0.78 0.77 0.77 0.20

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Summary Wildlife Crimes in London for the period 01/01/2015 to 31/12/2020

Creating Branch / Directorate MetHQ - Information and Insight Page 215 Page Date Created 12/01/21 Review Date 12/01/22

This report uses LIVE DATA extracted from: SAP BI Date Live data was extracted: 12/01/2021

The data in this report reflects live data which may be subject to small changes over time

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Source System: The live data for this report was extracted from SAP BI on 12/01/2021.

Date Range: The date range for this report was set between 01/01/2015 and 30/12/2020.

Definition: A count of wildlife crimes that occurred in the are of Greater London.

Caveats:

In order to find out whether there was the animal type of a fox involved, each case would need to be read as this could not be included in the data search.

The home office codes which were used to identify wildlife crimes and animal welfare are as below: 098/63 Fail to comply with articles listed in the schedule relating to shark fins. Fail to comply with/prevent other person complying with a requirement imposed by a British sea-fishery officer, or 098/64 assault/obstruct a British sea-fishery officer exercising powers under this order. 098/88 TEW offences 098/90 Conservation of Whales. Various Offences 098/91 Contravening law relating to Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (except Sec1) 098/92 Fishing with or possessing for fishing prohibited instruments. Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 Sec1 098/93 Breach EU Regs 1007/2009 in relation to seal meat/oil/blubber/organs/skins. 098/94 Triable either way offences. The Eels England and Wales Regs 2009 Fish/take fish by other than licensable means in circumstances where fish / taking may or may not be authorised, 098/95 or possess unlicensed instrument with intent to fish / take fish with or without a S27A authority. 098/81 Failure to comply with enforcement of Schedule 1 (ear tags) 098/82 Failure to comply with enforcement of Schedule 2 (registration of cattle ) 098/83 Failure to comply with enforcement of Sch.3 Pt.1 (passports) 098/84 Failure to comply with enforcement of Sch.3 Pt.2 (movement using passports) Page 216 Page 098/85 Failure to comply with enforcement of Sch.4 (notification of movement or death) 098/86 Failure to comply with enforcement of Sch.5 (records) Intentionally / recklessly remove, cause or permit the removal of a hedgerow in contravention of Regulation 5(1) 099/02 or (9) 099/03 Offences relating to the purchase and sale of specimens listed in Annex A to Council Regulations (EC) No 099/19 Triable either way offences. 099/20 Offences relating to the introduction of new species 099/21 Remove/disturb limestone on designated land 099/22 Triable either way offences. 099/48 Carrying out or causing to permit to be carried out, any operation likely to damage part of an area of special scientific interest subject to notification by Nature Conservancy Council. 099/49 Falsely pretending, with intent to deceive, to be wildlife inspector. 108/00 Offences of cruelty, ill-treatment, neglect etc of animals, including use of, confinement, conveyance etc. 108/01 Cruelty to Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 sec.22(3), 23 & 25(3) 108/02 Cruelty to Animals Protection of Animals Act 1911. 108/14 Abandonment of Animals Act 1960, sec.1 108/16 Summary offences - regulations 31(a) & (b). 108/22 Offences contrary to Badgers Act. Offences of cruelty to badgers and special protection for badgers and their setts 108/25 Offences under the Wild Mammals (protection) Act. 108/29 Causing, permitting or failing to prevent unnecessary suffering. 108/30 Carrying out, permitting or causing to be carried out or failing to prevent prohibited procedure on a protected animal. 108/31 Removing or causing or permitting or failing to prevent removal of dog’s tail other than for medical treatment. 108/32 Administration of poisons etc to a protected animal. 108/33 Offences relating to animal fights. 108/34 Failing to ensure needs of animal are met as required by good practice. 108/35 Selling animal to a person under 16. 108/36 Carrying on activity without authority of S.13 licence, or carrying on unregistered S.13 activity. 108/37 Breach a disqualification imposed after conviction of specified offences. 108/38 Failing to certify working dog before it is three months old; show dog with removed tail; knowingly give false information to a vet concerning giving of S.6 certificate. 108/39 Intentionally obstruct person exercising power conferred by this section relating to animal in distress.

Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

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A Count of Wildlife Crimes Occurring in Greater London Recorded 01/01/2015 and 31/12/2020

Years Home Office Code with Expansion Text Grand Total 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 098 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 Contravening law relating to Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (except Sec1) 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Fish/take fish by other than licensable means in circumstances where fish / taking may or may not be authorised, or possess unlicensed instrument with intent to fish / take fish with or without a S27A authority.0 0 0 0 1 4 5 099 36 28 26 12 1 1 104 Carrying out or causing to permit to be carried out, any operation likely to damage part of an area of special scientific interest subject to notification by Nature Conservancy Council. 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 Offences relating to the introduction of new species 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 Offences relating to the purchase and sale of specimens listed in Annex A to Council Regulations (EC) No 338/97 35 27 25 9 0 0 96 Triable either way offences. 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 108 89 124 136 161 128 151 789 Abandonment of Animals Act 1960, sec.1 3 3 0 3 5 3 17 Administration of poisons etc to a protected animal. 1 2 1 1 3 1 9 Breach a disqualification imposed after conviction of specified offences. 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 Carrying out, permitting or causing to be carried out or failing to prevent prohibited procedure on a protected animal. 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Causing, permitting or failing to prevent unnecessary suffering. 22 21 18 19 18 18 116 Cruelty to Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 sec.22(3), 23 & 25(3) 6 5 11 9 6 8 45 Cruelty to Animals Protection of Animals Act 1911. 18 27 44 40 22 37 188 Failing to ensure needs of animal are met as required by good practice. 2 9 2 2 8 7 30 Offences contrary to Badgers Act. Offences of cruelty to badgers and special protection for badgers and their setts 3 0 0 2 4 3 12 Offences of cruelty, ill-treatment, neglect etc of animals, including use of, confinement, conveyance etc. 34 55 55 83 60 69 356

Page 217 Page Offences relating to animal fights. 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 Offences under the Wild Mammals (protection) Act. 0 1 1 2 1 5 10 Grand Total 125 152 162 173 131 157 900

Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

Last Refresh Date: 14/01/2021 MetHQ Information and Insight- 783131 Data is subject to daily change Ad-Hoc Req: 2021/0368 If you have any queries with this report, please contact the Helpdesk © MOPAC 2020 Unique Name of Provider/ Supplier Organisation Status Terms & Description of Service/Programme Whole Life Annual Award Annual Award Annual Annual Annual Award 2022- Conditions (Are Contract Value 2018-19 2019-20 Award 2020- Award 2021- 23 they (incl. 21 22 commercial extensions) contracts or MOPAC 231 Catch22 Charity Grantgrants) The Social Switch Project £200,000 200,000 MOPAC 444 London Borough of Camden Government Grant Crisis intervention support pilot £50,000 50,000 MOPAC 445 Power The Fight Charity Grant Crisis intervention support pilot £63,000 50,000 13,000 MOPAC 441 London Youth Charity Grant Head Start - support young people to gain key skills in employment, personal development and communication £457,078 190,000 150,900 116,178 MOPAC 228 London Borough of Camden Registered company Grant ENGAGE Early Interventions £175,000 175,000 MOPAC 229 Bounce Back Foundation Registered company Grant DIVERT Reducing Reoffending £457,000 457,000 MOPAC 356 Tavistock Centre Registered Company Contract VRU Process Evaluation £14,750 14,750 MOPAC 230 London Youth/Leap/Clore Charity Grant Youth Practicioners Leadership Programme £549,573 364,854 184,719 MOPAC 355 Chocolate Films Company Registered Company Grant LDN Filmakers £72,295 39,717 32,578 MOPAC 374 University of Bedfordshire University Grant Contextual Safeguarding Programme £254,000 125,000 129,000 MOPAC 501 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre Charity Grant Parenting support to vulnerable women victims of crime being supported in the rape crisis centres £50,000 50,000 MOPAC 502 Solace Womens Aid Charity Grant Parenting support to vulnerable women victims of crime being supported in the rape crisis centres £50,000 50,000 MOPAC 503 The NIA Project Charity Grant Parenting support to vulnerable women victims of crime being supported in the rape crisis centres £50,000 50,000 MOPAC 504 Women and Girls Network Charity Grant Parenting support to vulnerable women victims of crime being supported in the rape crisis centres £50,000 50,000 MOPAC 505 Advance Advocacy and Non Violence Education Charity Grant Counselling within female offending centres and support to deliver family focused programmes £293,000 293,000 MOPAC 375 Hackney CVS Charity Grant Black Men For Change £350,000 50,000 300,000 MOPAC 232 London Borough Of Camden and Islington Public Health Government Grant Supporting Stronger Families £400,000 261,448 138,552 MOPAC 508 Andrew Templeman Ltd Registered Company Grant External Training for VRU £6,113 6,113 MOPAC 247 City of Westminster Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 409 London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 London borough of Barnet Government Grant Placed Based Parent/Carer Champion Network £38,665.80 £38,665.80 MOPAC 411 London Borough of Bexley Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 412 London Borough of Brent Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 413 London Borough of Bromley Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 414 London Borough of Camden Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 415 London Borough of Croydon Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 416 London Borough of Ealing Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 417 London Borough of Enfield Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 418 London Borough of Greenwich Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 419 London Borough of Hackney Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 420 London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 Page 218 Page MOPAC 421 London Borough of Haringey Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 422 London Borough of Harrow Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 423 London Borough of Havering Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 424 London Borough of Hillingdon Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 425 London Borough of Hounslow Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 426 London Borough of Islington Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 427 London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 428 London Borough of Kingston Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 429 London Borough of Lambeth Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 430 London Borough of Lewisham Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 431 London Borough of Merton Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 432 London Borough of Newham Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 433 London Borough of Redbridge Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 434 London Borough of Richmond Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 435 London Borough of Southwark Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 436 London Borough of Sutton Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 437 London Borough of Tower Hamlets Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 438 London Borough of Waltham Forest Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 439 London Borough of Wandsworth Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 440 City of Westminster Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 451 London Borough of Brent Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 452 London Borough of Brent Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 453 London Borough of Brent Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 454 London Borough of Croydon Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £3,500 3,500 MOPAC 455 London Borough of Croydon Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £3,000 3,000 MOPAC 456 London Borough of Enfield Goverment Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 457 London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 458 London Borough of Lewisham Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £720 720 MOPAC 459 London Borough of Redbridge Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 460 London Borough of Southwark Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 461 London Borough of Waltham Forest Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 462 London Borough of Waltham Forest Government Grant Critical Incident - One off direct grant to local authorities to deal with a critical incident on their borough £5,000 5,000 MOPAC 376 London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £290,000 145,000 145,000 MOPAC 410 London Borough of Barnet Government Grant Target Hardening - to support local authorities in keeping their organisation and residents who access their facilities safe. £20,000 20,000 MOPAC 378 London Borough of Bexley Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 379 London Borough of Brent Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 380 London Borough of Bromley Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 381 London Borough of Camden Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £290,000 145,000 145,000 MOPAC 382 London Borough of Croydon Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 383 London Borough of Ealing Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 384 London Borough of Enfield Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 385 London Borough of Greenwich Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 386 London Borough of Hackney Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 387 London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 389 London Borough of Haringey Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 390 London Borough of Harrow Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 391 London Borough of Havering Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 392 London Borough of Hillingdon Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £290,000 145,000 145,000 MOPAC 393 London Borough of Hounslow Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £290,000 145,000 145,000 MOPAC 394 London Borough of Islington Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £290,000 145,000 145,000 MOPAC 395 London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 396 London Borough of Kingston Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 397 London Borough of Lambeth Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 398 London Borough of Lewisham Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 399 London Borough of Merton Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 400 London Borough of Newham Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 401 London Borough of Redbridge Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £290,000 145,000 145,000 MOPAC 402 London Borough of Richmond Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 403 London Borough of Southwark Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 404 London Borough of Sutton Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £100,000 50,000 50,000 MOPAC 405 London Borough of Tower Hamlets Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 406 London Borough of Waltham Forest Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £290,000 145,000 145,000 MOPAC 407 London Borough of Wandsworth Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £290,000 145,000 145,000 MOPAC 408 City of Westminster Government Grant London Crime Prevention Fund - VRU Uplift £400,000 200,000 200,000 MOPAC 479 LB Croydon Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £40,000 20,000 20,000 MOPAC 480 LB Southwark Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £40,000 20,000 20,000 MOPAC 481 LB Haringey Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £40,000 20,000 20,000 MOPAC 482 LB Westminster Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £39,243 19,622 19,622 MOPAC 483 LB Tower Hamlets Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £40,000 20,000 20,000 MOPAC 484 LB Hackney Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £40,000 20,000 20,000 MOPAC 485 LB Brent Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £40,000 20,000 20,000 MOPAC 486 LB Lewisham Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £40,000 20,000 20,000 MOPAC 487 LB Greenwich Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £37,124 18,562 18,562 MOPAC 488 LB Barking& Dagenham Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £40,000 20,000 20,000 MOPAC 489 LB Enfield Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £37,500 18,750 18,750 Page 219 Page MOPAC 490 LB Waltham Forest Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £39,960 19,980 19,980 MOPAC 491 LB Hounslow Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £36,000 18,000 18,000 MOPAC 492 LB Ealing Government Grant Afterschool provision for PRUs £40,000 20,000 20,000 MOPAC 447 London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Government Grant New Town Culture Programme £647,026 80,026 324,000 243,000 MOPAC 448 St Mary's Centre Charity Grant Early Intervention through Youth support £123,464 19,754 39,509 £39,509. £24,693. MOPAC 449 Greenleaf Trust Charity Grant Using their Trauma Informed approach they will seek to Reach, Relate and Equip young people who are faced with lifes challenges in a local PRU. £148,503 23,760 £47,521 47,521 £29,701.00 MOPAC 497 London Community Foundation Charity Contract Knife Crime Community Seed Funding £1,470,635 1,470,635 MOPAC 498 Surespark Ltd Registered company Contract Equality Impact Assessment £4,500 4,500 MOPAC 506 Juvenis Charity Grant Youth Events Sept 2019 £4,096 4,096 MOPAC 499 Safer London Charity Grant Mental Health Pilot £62,450 62,450 MOPAC 500 Safer London Charity Grant Research re conflict mediation £50,000 50,000 MOPAC 495 Groundworks London Charity Grant Summer Activities Extension £500,000 500,000 MOPAC 170 London Borough of Brent Government Grant Young Londoners - Whole family focussed trauma support £1,344,800 447,000 447,000 450,800 MOPAC 347 GLA SLA Open Doors sport re-engagement programme, part of the Violence Reduction Unit’s PRU Support Programme. £160,000 160,000 MOPAC 493 The Difference Charity contract Good Practice Seminar £12,000 12,000 MOPAC 494 The Difference Charity contract Summer Secondment £1,500 1,500 MOPAC 464 LB Lambeth Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,500 12,500 25,000 MOPAC 465 LB Southwark Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,500 12,500 25,000 MOPAC 466 LB Haringey Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,475 12,525 25,000 MOPAC 467 LB Westminster Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,500 12,500 25,000 MOPAC 468 LB Hackney Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,450 12,450 24,984 MOPAC 469 LB Brent Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £47,000 11,750 11,750 23,500 MOPAC 470 LB Lewisham Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,500 12,500 25,000 MOPAC 471 LB Ealing Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £49,800 18,225 18,225 13,350 MOPAC 472 LB Barking and Dagenham Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,500 12,500 25,000 MOPAC 473 LB Greenwich Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,500 12,500 25,000 MOPAC 474 LB Enfield Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £37,800 9,450 9,450 18,900 MOPAC 475 LB Hounslow Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,500 12,500 25,000 MOPAC 476 LB Waltham Forrest Government Grant Stepping Stones transition programme -Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme £50,000 12,500 12,500 25,000 MOPAC 477 NurtureUK Charity Grant Nurturing London - Supporting Inclusive Schools PRogramme £300,000 41,119 167,456 91,425 MOPAC 478 Tender Arts & Education Charity Grant Whole-Community Approach to Healthy Relationships £459,916 164,875 213,846 81,195 NurtureUK Charity Grant Nurturing London - Supporting Inclusive Schools Programme (variation) £124,904 - 124,904 - Tender Arts & Education Charity Grant Whole-Community Approach to Healthy Relationships (variation) £106,096 - 106,906 - LB Westminster Government Grant PRU Metoring £55,985 - £14,235.00 £41,750.00 Improving London’s toxic air (1) Question No: 2020/0277 Leonie Cooper On what day in each year of the last decade, 2010-2020, did Putney High Street breach air quality legal limits?

Date of first exceedance of nitrogen dioxide hourly legal threshold and number of hourly exceedances at Wandsworth – Putney High Street

Year Date of first exceedance Number of hourly exceedances 2020 did not exceed 3 2019 did not exceed 11 2018 21/03/2018 26 2017 05/01/2017 76 2016 19/01/2016 1272 2015 05/01/2015 1437 2014 04/01/2014 1533 2013 03/01/2013 1577 2012 03/01/2012 2737 2011 04/01/2011 2759 2010 04/01/2010 2477

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Appendix 1

London Assembly Plenary Meeting – Wednesday 27 January 2021

Transcript of Item 3a – Mayor’s Opening Statement

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Good morning. After many dark months during this pandemic, the rollout of the COVID vaccine finally means we can see some light at the end of the tunnel. However, the situation in London remains extremely grave. I begin by paying tribute to our heroic National Health Service (NHS) staff who, as we speak, are saving lives on wards across our city. They are the best of us and we have an obligation to repay them, as well as all the Londoners who have made such great sacrifices in recent months, by committing to build a better London in the aftermath of this crisis. This is exactly what the Budget, in the most difficult circumstances, is seeking to help deliver.

Unfortunately, though, we are being forced to work with one hand tied behind our back because the Government is still refusing to fully refund the Greater London Authority (GLA) and mayoral bodies for the money we have spent on responding to the pandemic and the income that we are losing as a result of falling tax revenues. In effect, this means that the Government is imposing a new era of austerity on public services across our city at the worst possible time. This will not just impact the GLA, Transport for London (TfL), the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the London Fire Brigade (LFB) and our development corporations, but our key delivery partners too, like local councils.

As Mayor, I am doing everything in my power to protect London’s frontline services and to mitigate against these further cuts by the Government. I have personally taken a 10% pay cut to my salary and continue to decline to take pension contributions. I have taken the difficult decision to relocate City Hall to a new permanent home in Royal Docks, which will save £61 million over the next five years. However, we still face a staggering financial challenge as a city. Based on forecasts from billing authorities, I am advised that the GLA will lose £493 million in council tax and business rates income this year and next. We await final figures from councils and we expect the numbers will change, but for now we have to plan on the best information we have.

My top priority is and always will be the safety of Londoners, so I am particularly concerned about the potential impact of the Government’s cuts on policing and crime. After the last economic downturn, Ministers short-sightedly cut funding to the police and youth services from 2010. I am doing all I can as Mayor to protect the MPS from the worst effects of the Government’s austerity by using reserves I have prudently established to support frontline policing.

After facing huge pressure from Government Ministers, we are also having to increase council tax by an average £2.63 a month from this April to help pay for policing, as well as for the LFB and public transport concessions for under-18s and over 60-year-olds. This works out as an increase of 9.5% in the mayoral portion of council tax, less than half the 21% my political opponents have been telling Londoners.

As I have always said, I believe council tax is a regressive form of taxation. It is in desperate need of reform, but the Government has left us with no other option, due to the new era of austerity it is forcing upon us, which goes above and beyond the challenges of the last decade. As Mayor, I will continue to stand up to the Government, which is punishing Londoners for doing the right thing during this pandemic. I will continue to work towards that better, greener, fairer future for our city that we all want and desire; a future where we help all Londoners who are unemployed and help create high-quality and well-paid jobs; a future where we can Page 221 continue to build the affordable homes Londoners need; and a future where we can engineer a recovery that leads to a cleaner, greener, safer city with healthier, more cohesive communities. This is what forms the core rationale behind my Budget proposals and I welcome the opportunity to discuss them further today.

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Appendix 2

London Assembly Plenary Meeting – Wednesday 27 January 2021

Item 3b – Statement from the Chairman of the Budget and Performance Committee

Susan Hall AM: I should like to thank the Mayor for his opening remarks. As members know, as Chair of the Budget and Performance Committee, my role now is to outline the main points for consideration that we identified during the scrutiny process that has taken place since the end of last year. In fact, it is a process we have enjoyed so much that we have done it twice previously, talking to all the functional bodies about the impact of COVID-19 earlier in the autumn. Between December and January, the Committee held seven meetings with the functional bodies and then with the Mayor to scrutinise their Draft Budget submissions. A paper setting out the recommendations from our Budget report is included in today’s agenda.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis that will have deep and profound ramifications for very many years to come. The Committee fully recognises the impact it has had on London’s finances, but nonetheless we have concerns about the lack of detail contained within the core GLA proposals. When it comes to delivery of projects and services, the Mayor needs to provide a robust plan for us to scrutinise. We recommend that in his final Draft Budget the Mayor should clarify how the GLA Mayor’s Budget will meet its saving targets for 2021/22 and indeed where those savings will come from.

We continue to have serious concerns about TfL’s future. Of course, COVID-19 has caused a significant drop in its revenue, but other factors continue to haunt it, like the now expected three-year delay in cost overruns to Crossrail. Therefore, among our recommendations we have covered TfL’s long-term funding position and the need to be clear about the final cost of Crossrail.

Elsewhere the Mayor and the MPS are hoping to recruit an additional 6,000 police officers. It is a laudable aim but planning to do so without funding in place has led to budget gaps. While the Committee encourages the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to continue to lobby for longer-term funding settlements and for more police officers in London, we ask that it bases its Budget on realistic funding expectations.

Similarly, at the time when the LFB is still addressing the ramifications of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and a highly critical Inspectorate [Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services] (HMICFRS) report of how it is performing, it needs to clarify the tangible benefits in its significant transformation programme and where they will benefit Londoners.

The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) has spent around £50 million in five years, with really not much to show for it. After the abandonment of both their previous masterplan in Old Oak North and an uncertain future in terms of both funding and available land, we have called upon it to publish a timetable to develop a new credible and substantial plan for the development of the Western Lands.

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) was entrusted with making the former Olympic site financially sustainable, but with a lack of progress over naming rights for the former Olympic Stadium, and soaring costs related to the East Bank development - a significant portion of which were not related to COVID-19 - we have called upon the LLDC to make real progress on both of these issues.

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Finally, I take this opportunity to say thank you to my colleagues on the Committee for your contributions and assistance this past year, and of course the Committee and scrutiny team, and those staff who support us from our Group offices. I would in particular like to give a shout out to Gino Brand and David Mercier, who have gone above and beyond the call of duty regarding this Committee. It has been an incredibly busy year; an incredibly challenging year, and we hope that the Mayor will take our recommendations on board.

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Appendix 3

London Assembly Plenary Meeting – Wednesday 27 January 2021

Transcript of Item 3c – Questions to the Mayor of London’s Draft Consolidated Budget Proposals 2021/22

Navin Shah AM (Chair): We now move on to the questions to the Mayor on his Draft Budget proposals. The Assembly will now put questions to the Mayor on the seven sections of the Budget, section by section, in the order set out in the Budget document, starting with the Mayor’s section of the Budget. The first question on this section will come from Assembly Member Hall.

Susan Hall AM: Mr Mayor, can you say more precisely when you might be able to confirm details of programme or unit budgets, and identify the expected £27 million of programme savings within the GLA Mayor’s Budget?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): We definitely hope to provide further detail in the course of the next six weeks. I am happy to have the statutory Chief Financial Officer (CFO) explain the particular challenges this year. Some of your comments in your opening were fair comments about the frustrations you have about us having to finish the numbers. We are equally frustrated we cannot give more details about where we will be required to make the savings. That is basically because we are not yet aware of the amount of monies councils will be able to draw in from council tax payers. Similarly, we are not aware fully of the business rates position.

The further complication is that we have good intel from council CFOs about an expectation that the Valuation Office may well be revaluing some of the office business rates, in particular. That is a big issue in relation to the monies we can spend. So far, as you know, in the GLA Mayor’s part of the Budget we have to make 22% cuts in total, around £38 million of the GLA Mayor’s section. We have already identified some of those savings, as you recognised, which was a very fair point in your question. The other side we are working on at the moment, the Chief of Staff, the CFO with the Chief Officer, in relation to where the further savings will come. In the course of the next six weeks you will be in a better position to know exactly where they are.

Susan Hall AM: Does that mean that when the Final Consolidated Budget comes to the GLA in February, it will not contain those savings figures?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): With your permission, can I bring in David Gallie to explain the timelines? It is important that you are sighted of this as a Committee.

Susan Hall AM: If he could be brief, because obviously we are on a very short time here.

David Gallie (Executive Director of Resources, Greater London Authority): As the Mayor says, we are very much in exceptional times. In particular, the degree of volatility on council tax and business rates does mean that very small changes, for instance a 1% change in the council tax base, leads to over a £10 million change in our funding assumptions. Also, although we await the billing authority returns, we will still have uncertainty going through into future years, not just within 2021/22. However, there are, as the Mayor says, some straws in the wind that we have in advance of the statutory returns from the boroughs at the end of the month.

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Therefore, I think it would be fair to say we are expecting there to be some better news on council tax. The exact detail remains to be seen, but there will be some choices that the Mayor will need to make in his final Budget around allocating potentially higher levels of council tax. As he says, on business rates we are very much still in the hands of the degree of uncertainty about the potential office revaluation downwards, and the scale of reductions could be up to 25%. Therefore, there will be big issues around the extent to which our returns may be higher than anticipated on business rates but the --

Susan Hall AM: Mr Gallie, I am cutting you off and I do apologise. It is purely for time’s sake. It sounds to me like there is a real danger that in February [2021] we will not have the proper figures. I do understand why, Mr Mayor, I do, but do you think it is acceptable that these savings, when they are announced, will not be subject to proper scrutiny the way these decisions normally are?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The CFO, who has been here a long time, used the word “exceptional” as well. It is an exceptional year. You will be aware of my frustrations at some of the figures being published quite late from the Government in relation to announcements around police settlement and the like. We are trying to turn things around as quickly as we can. I can tell you from personal experience the Finance Team worked over the Christmas period to make sure you get as much information as you can. It is through no want of trying or effort from the team here, and we will make sure we give you information as soon as we can, because we think scrutiny from you often leads to better decision making from us.

Susan Hall AM: I could not agree with you more on that one. I think that is right. Given that you appreciate our scrutiny and we certainly want to assist with scrutiny, can you agree to come to a meeting further in March in order to talk about any cuts that you might announce, so that we can scrutinise you properly on those amounts of money?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I am very happy for my Chief of Staff to discuss those with you offline in relation to what we can do to give you the opportunity to scrutinise any plans we have to make further savings as required, or indeed, as David Gallie said, there is a small possibility of doing what we did in previous years where expectations are better than we had envisaged. In either scenario, I would of course want you to have an opportunity to look at that. I will speak to our team and your team to see what options are available.

Susan Hall AM: We would be very grateful. Thank you, I will leave it there.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Mr Mayor, I have a number of supplementary questions from Assembly Members on this particular section. Can we first invite Assembly Member Duvall?

Len Duvall AM: Given that this Budget is drafted in a context of unprecedented uncertainty for the funding, not just for 2021/22 but I suspect for future years - with the Government unwilling to come forward to provide the financial support in probably three of the core areas of the GLA Budget, from policing, TfL and fire, what impact on uncertainty, not just on this year’s Budget, do you see for future years if this continues?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is a big problem. You have been doing this for 20 years now and I am sure you agree with David Gallie that this year is exceptional. Never before have we had the challenges we have had this year. You will remember, we have now had a Comprehensive Spending Review, which usually is a three-year review, delayed not for one year but for two and now three, and we have only been given a one-year spending review. That causes big challenges for the MPS and the LFB. TfL, you will remember, is still working on the 2015 deal, which was supposed to have expired some time ago. There are big challenges because we cannot plan forward.

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The Chairman of the Budget and Performance Committee alluded to planning for officer numbers. That is a really good example where the Government announced a three-year target of 20,000 officers over three years. We are not told what our portion of that is going to be until late in each year, so how do we plan for estates? How do we plan in relation to how many vehicles we will need, how many lockers we will need, how many tablets we will need, how many uniforms we will have to procure and so forth? Therefore, you can imagine the challenges it has for us in relation to budget setting, but it is very difficult for our Commissioners to plan going forward as well.

I will give you one example that may come up later on in relation to MOPAC. We have had to pause some of our estate selloff because if we get anywhere near 6,000 officers, it is a different footprint than if we have 30,000 or 31,000 officers. There are real choices being delayed because of that. In relation to TfL, Assembly Member Duvall, many of the capital investments we need to make are being delayed because of the ridiculous position where we are getting six-month deals with the Government, while privatised train operating companies (TOCs) got 18-month deals.

Len Duvall AM: Would you then think that the Government, given the fact that it is adding to the uncertainty in terms of being able to put the detail together, should start to consider multiyear funding deals of percentages to allow us to plan, but equally to allow us to deal with the economic recovery programmes that we need to deliver? There are some issues that we need to remind the Government about. I hope you would agree. You will remind them of what The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick [MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government] said about the cost of COVID being replaced. That has not materialised in the core areas and it is adding to the issues. Equally, the lack of creativity from the Government relating to funding of services post-pandemic is not helping this situation. What is your plan in raising issues like that back to central Government?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): There is some potential good news, which is that I think everyone agrees that multiyear deals have to be the way forward, from the MPS to the LFB to local authorities, to us, across the country. The advantage of multiyear deals is you can have swings and roundabouts. You can have some years that are better that other years and you can plan prudently. Also you can make sure that you have multiyear agreements with, for example, people that you commission, which means they can plan as well. We are hopeful that going forward the Government will recognise the need for this. In the absence of that, it is the position where you get the Chair of the Budget and Performance Committee - and I do not blame her at all - being frustrated at not being provided with the information that the Committee, not unreasonably, needs to do the proper due diligence that it is required by Londoners to do. It is a frustration that I share.

Len Duvall AM: Thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Sahota.

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: We have been going through a very difficult time over the last year. You, rightly, are thinking about what happens post-infection and how London recovers, and you have come up with nine recovery missions. How did you prioritise the allocations of funds and what the priorities were for recovery for next year?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): First, the nine missions are not mine. The nine missions are the thoughts of a cross-London piece of work undertaken by not just the GLA and London councils, but civic society, businesses and central Government. We started work some time ago in relation to the transition, but also the recovery. The nine missions were about a plan going forward to make sure that we do not go back to business as usual, but we have a new normal. In short, the funding allocation submissions and foundations have been Page 227 determined by the total available funding, less the costs of the core GLA functions, having taken into account the reductions we have already proposed and the commitments we already have.

I will give you one example in relation to adult education. That is one of the core missions in relation to skilling up. We have made sure that the monies we are spending there are focused on that particular mission. Some existing programmes, like adult education, fit into the nine missions. Where something is not a statutory function, where there are not already commitments there, if it is not one of the nine missions, we will not be spending money there going forward.

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. One of the strengths of London is our communities. Our diversity and the strength of our communities has been tested over the last year, from delivery of food to neighbours who are isolating, who are shielding, to delivering food to foodbanks and also volunteering now in the vaccination centres. One of your missions is to build stronger and better communities. How do you intend to achieve this next year through all of your missions and through all your funding arrangements?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I echo your thanks to the voluntary and community sector, who have been amazing over the last year, at a time where they have had less money coming in, because there obviously are no fairs taking place, marathons being run, sponsored walks or whatever. They have had less money coming in and have had to use up their reserves, but they have relied on their volunteers to do an amazing job. They are a core part of the London Recovery Board and we want to continue to support them financially. I think about the physical space that we can help provide them with. That is very important. Their ideas are important because they can often reach parts of London that the state, for a variety of reasons, is not reaching. Also, you are right, they manage to represent and reflect the diversity better than the institutions tend to.

The nine recovery missions that you refer to, a lot of them come from ideas from the community and voluntary sector. We will be supporting them in relation to helping them continue to be viable going forward, but also in relation to then spending some of the money that we pool in the centre: GLA, councils, the statutory bodies, the private sector. Often the private sector are asking us to help to get money out, to get support out, and the community and voluntary sector are a crucial ally in getting that out.

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inequalities in society. One of the inequalities it has exposed is the digital literacy and the importance of digital literacy in society. I was astonished to know that some children did not have computers to do homework. There are families around that are living in economically unstable environments. One of the missions that you do have is about increasing and delivering digital access for Londoners. How do you intend to achieve that?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is an important point you raise, Dr Sahota. You used the phrase digital literacy. It could be digital poverty or digital inequality.

There are three things we are concerned about in relation to digital. One is that some parts of London and some Londoners lack connectivity. We are doing work in relation to more fibre broadband. The second work is in relation to devices, as you said. Many of our children are using their mum or dad’s phone to have lessons because they do not have laptops or computers at home to do that. We are looking at laptop provision, tablet recycling schemes and so forth. The third part of inequality comes from the skills, not having the skills to utilise digital access. We are doing work with the Adult Education team around training, education and employment, but also around data and devices as well.

I will give an example in relation to something you know very well. Many general practitioners (GPs) can now see their patients digitally, but not all patients have the devices to take up this opportunity in the absence of Page 228 being able to go face to face to see their GP. Because of COVID, that is becoming more and more difficult. That is an example in your area where it will make a big difference. We are hoping to increase digital provision and to have less digital inequality.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Qureshi.

Murad Qureshi AM: Mr Mayor, can I draw a focus on one of the mayoral bodies, Homes for Londoners? How will your Budget provide homes for all Londoners, both in terms of long-term affordable housing and short-term support to combat homelessness?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): That is an important question, Murad, and thanks for raising this, like you often do at Mayor’s Question Time (MQT). You are right that we have to do two things. One is building new homes, genuinely affordable homes, and the second is how we help rough sleepers as well.

The good news is that we have managed to secure an additional deal with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the Government Department. You will remember we first had a programme in 2016 of 90,000 homes. We did another deal with the Government to take it up to 116,000. This new deal of £4 billion is from 2021 to 2026. The Government has given us flexibility to make sure that homes are genuinely affordable, what Londoners need, rather than homes that are not what Londoners need. A big part of that was set out in the prospectuses I published, which the likes of housing associations, councils and other developers are going through now. They will be bidding for the new starts going forward.

A second thing we have to work on, you are right, Murad, is the issue of rough sleeping, particularly at this time of year. We have to get those who are sleeping rough off our streets. We have had, for some time now in City Hall, a principle called In For Good. That means once we have somebody who is seen by us, we want to keep them in for good rather than a revolving door. The good news is that of the people we work with on the streets, roughly speaking, 90% do end up for being in for good because of the support we give them. We work with brilliant charities, councils and others.

We are keen to make more progress, but we still need far more funding from the Government to address that area, because the deal with the Government is around new housing starts. We do not have the right amount of money for housing starts in order to help rough sleeping as well. We continue to lobby the Government for more support. In the meantime, I am afraid, you are still going to see Londoners sleeping rough. My concern is that they could be in for good, with everyone in, if we had the right financial support from the Government, because there is an appetite from London’s charity communities, housing experts and councils to support these Londoners, but unfortunately we do not have the financial means to support everyone.

Murad Qureshi AM: Thank you. Can I stick to the homeless funding? In December [2020] you highlighted a £24 million gap in the emergency accommodation funding. Has the Government explained to you why it is not supporting homeless Londoners as they did during the first lockdown?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It has not. During the first lockdown, because I worked closely with her, Dame Louise Casey [former Head of the Rough Sleeping Taskforce] was helping the Government, and she was a fantastic ally within Government to get us the resources we need. She is no longer doing that job and we do not have the same understanding with the Government of the needs. We have not been given an answer, but it does not make sense because Everyone In worked in spring and summer. People around the world looked at us with envy at how we did it. Yet at this time of year, for some reason, we are not using that same principle.

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Murad Qureshi AM: Can I move to support for renters? You have called for an extension of the eviction ban and a two-year rent freeze. What discussions have you had with the Government on these issues and what is your view on the state of play at the moment?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): So far we have had no breakthrough in relation to lobbying the Government about those things. You will be aware it gave a partial change in relation to saying it is going to have no bailiffs taking action during the winter, but still evictions can take place and court orders can be obtained, which is leading to people being made homeless. Secondly, they are still not agreeing to a rent freeze. I accept, by the way, some rents have gone down in London in particular, but that is a short-term decrease. We need to have certainty over the longer term.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): You are right, the only consolation is that rents, certainly in inner London, have gone down.

Can I go back to affordable homes in your Budget? The Government also gave London £4 billion over five years for affordable housing. You have said you need £4.9 billion every year for ten years. What reasons has the Government given you for not providing this funding to support long-term affordable housing?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): None. No reason given. I would remind you that the £4.9 billion per year was not my figure. That was the figure that the taskforce of experts across London came up with to meet London’s housing needs. Even the Government accepts we need roughly 100,000 new homes a year. We are nowhere near meeting that. We said we need 65,000. The London Plan has provision for 55,000 new homes a year, but the funding is nowhere near 55,000, let alone 65,000 or 100,000. If the Government is serious about meeting London’s housing needs, it has to increase hugely the amount of monies we get each year, but also help us switch some of the housing that has been made for market value to genuinely affordable homes for Londoners.

Murad Qureshi AM: Thank you for covering my questions on housing in the Budget.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Arnold.

Jennette Arnold OBE AM: On my last Budget Committee meeting, I would like to thank you for all that you have done as London’s champion during your administration, but particularly through this most horrendous year. As ever, I am batting for young Londoners; you are used to this now. Can you say how you have used your Adult Education Budget to provide a new deal for young people in helping them through this most horrendous time?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, can I, through you, thank Assembly Member Arnold for her advocacy and championing for young people, who are often the most vulnerable without a voice?

It is an important point you raise because one of the challenges I gave myself is that now the Government has devolved to us and trusted us with the Adult Education Budget, we have to show the difference we make being in charge of further education (FE), 19-plus. It is for us to show we can make a difference by being in charge of this. We have been working closely with the FE sector, who have been brilliant, in relation to making the funds more flexible to be nimble in meeting the needs of young Londoners now in a pandemic that is leading to a new -- you know these Londoners. It is leading to furloughed Londoners being made unemployed and we have to make sure we avoid mass unemployment by giving them the skills.

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We are doing a number of things. FE colleges are targeting support to those Londoners who need retraining, who have been made unemployed recently. All the evidence is that the shorter time somebody is out of work, the more chance you have of getting them back into work. If you allow somebody to be unemployed for a long period of time it makes it more difficult. There needs to be retraining straightaway and also training while people are working, to upskill them. If there is a potential of their job being made redundant or we can give them skills to get a better-paid job, we are going to do that. These are free, by the way. We are also doing free courses for those to get to level 3. Level 3 is basically A-level grade, really important. We are targeting also those Londoners who are black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME), women Londoners and those who are not in education, employment or training.

We are keen to work with employers. The good news is I went to visit Waltham Forest College before Christmas. That college has pivoted from doing hospitality courses, which, for obvious reasons, do not have jobs around now, to doing more care courses and construction, and they have seen a massive increase in demand for those courses. The college recognises what the market is in London for jobs going forward. I am excited in relation to this area and we can show the difference we can make being in charge of this.

Jennette Arnold OBE AM: Thank you, and do continue that work. No answer needed, but I would ask your officers to look at some work around bridging that gap between 16 to 19, because the attainments gaps there are widening. I know it is not within your purview but your power of influence is massive and you have used it to good cause so far. Please do continue. Thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Cooper.

Léonie Cooper AM: Mr Mayor, could we talk a bit about how we recover and the Green New Deal and London’s green economy? Can I echo some of what Assembly Member Arnold was just saying? This has been an area you have worked very hard on, particularly in terms of air quality, but also meeting the climate emergency.

One of the things that you have done is taken a cautious approach, but at the same time you have moved forward on London Power, with the backing behind it of Octopus Energy, which, in the light of more recent developments, shows that that was a good place to start. Could you say what the challenges have been in building up London’s green economy in order to build back better, and how your Budget is addressing these challenges, with particular reference to London Power and how that is going? I know it is hard because of the pandemic.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): First, can I thank you, because there are some members of the Assembly - and I talk about the Green Party - who are critical of us for going down the route of London Power? They were saying we should have a fully licensed energy company, as was done in Nottingham and Bristol. Had we followed the advice of the Green Party, we would now be in serious debt, having lost tens of millions of pounds, as Bristol has done and as Nottingham has done. I want to thank you, because you were Chair of the Committee at the time, for being robust in pushing back against the Green Party and going for the model we have with London Power, which means we get the best of both worlds. We do not have to incur the losses that the company incurred but we have the benefits of more and more Londoners being able to use renewables and other environmentally friendly energy sources, but also making savings to their bills as well.

You are right, the plans we had have not reached where we would like them to have reached, for obvious reasons of the pandemic and London Power. We have not been spending the money on marketing we would have liked. The good news is I can confirm that already the average London Power household over the last year has saved 963 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year and the customers on the cheapest tariff are Page 231 saving £304 a year on average. We continue to make progress there, and there are more options now available to London Power customers as well.

Léonie Cooper AM: That is fantastic. You have also been working a lot on supporting community energy groups, which is one of the interesting areas in a network of smaller organisations across London that are also able to massively contribute to that reduction to the CO2 emissions that you have just talked about that London Power provides. Could you say a bit more about that and why you have still continued to prioritise these areas at the centre of your Budget, which you clearly have?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It has to be the way forward. When you think about the new normal, “building back better”, it is really important that we do not revert to business as usual. Dr Sahota referred to this in relation to the nine missions, which you are well versed in. One of the reasons why the green economy is front and centre of this is to make sure we can use the opportunity - I hate to use that word when it comes to a pandemic - provided by the pandemic to make sure we made some changes. We have to get communities involved. You have seen the experiences. There was one in Islington, community energy, which the council has done really well using waste and heat going forward. We are looking at pioneering Tube heat from there as well. We are keen to help communities build up potential supplies going forward.

The other thing that you were lobbying me for - and Heidi Alexander [Deputy Mayor for Transport] has run with this - is using the procurement power of TfL around power purchase agreements so we can scale up in relation to our ability to buy in renewable energies that can be used across London.

Léonie Cooper AM: That sounds great. We have had some support coming in from Europe in the past into some of the budgets that we have been able to use for the environmental projects. You were talking earlier on about the problem with not having multiyear settlements, and lack of knowledge of what is happening across the piece. Do you think there is more that the Government could say and do to support this essential work of decarbonising London’s energy supplies - I am just focusing here on that - or any other aspect of our environmental work? What more could the Government do?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) happening this year in our country is exciting. I am pleased that Alok Sharma [MP] is now doing COP26 full time. That is important. You have to do it full time. It bodes well that President [Joe] Biden [United States of America] has appointed John Kerry to be his climate change envoy and working on COP26. That provides some good opportunities. I had a meeting last week with businesses across London, and the business community is excited about green jobs, green technology and the green economy. I spoke to the new Leader of Southwark Council. He is excited about small businesses in Southwark who are doing this work.

The Government can use London’s skills, our expertise and experience, as a way to leverage investment from around the world. I want COP26 to showcase not just our country, but also showcase London and the power of cities and communities to make a contribution towards the Paris target, and we will see what the Glasgow target is as well. I see this as teamwork. We are on the same side, the Government, us, local councils, local communities and businesses. When you think about the future of our city going forward, I do not want to be a deregulated Singapore-on-Thames. I want us to have high-skilled, well-paid, 21st century jobs. This is a potential opportunity where we and the Government can work together. There is no ulterior motive. It is about creating good jobs that at the same time save the planet.

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. Hopefully it will do something to address the appalling unemployment figures that we started out at the beginning with the Chair referring to.

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Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Berry.

Siân Berry AM: Thank you very much Chair, and thank you, Mr Mayor, for presenting your Budget to us. You talked earlier about increasing council tax in the way that you have proposed. I want to say, before I ask my question, that my Group does support you on the necessity of that. You will see in our amendment later on that we even want to go a little further.

When you were talking earlier with David Gallie, you talked about potentially some better news on the current year’s council tax collection fund. There is a need for more investment to address youth homelessness specifically. We have heard in the Assembly from councils that a pan-London approach is needed, and we have heard from charities that there are not enough dedicated bed spaces for young people and a big rise in young people rough sleeping.

My pitch to you today - I know you never talk about spending money you do not have, at this meeting in January - is: will you ensure that any additional 2021/22 collection surplus that may come through, compared with our estimates today, is put into our crisis of youth homelessness? Can you confirm that you will take this away and consider it for your final Budget?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I know you have always agreed with me that council tax is regressive but you know that is inevitable because of the Government cuts and we sometimes have no choice but to go there. What David Gallie was alluding to was not a windfall, but was in relation to the number of households we thought may no longer be paying council tax may not be as bad as thought, because of the furlough scheme, but that is just a one-year issue.

We have a number of priorities. In my opening you would have heard me say my priority is the safety of Londoners, but also ameliorating some of the cuts we have to make. Dealing with rough sleeping and homelessness is a big priority for me. You know this. You also know my focus this winter has been around young rough sleepers in particular, dealing with some of our partners there. Of course I will take away your representations, as I always do, and put it into the mix if there is a possibility of any good news, and factor that in.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Russell.

Caroline Russell AM: I would like to briefly address a question to the Mayor. It is now more than two years since this Assembly unanimously supported a motion declaring a climate emergency and asked you for further ambitious steps and specific emergency plans with the actions needed to make London carbon-neutral by 2030. Will you fund updating the evidence and models that the GLA holds, specifically the Zero Carbon Pathways Tool, so that London local authorities have the tools to lobby the Government for what they need to meet their 2030 commitments?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): As you will be aware, because we have rehearsed this point before, we have a limited amount of powers and resources to meet the objectives of reducing carbon in London - 50% of the powers and resources we need - and we are going as far as we can to those powers and resources. You will also be aware of lobbying to the Government. We in this meeting may well be discussing redundancies --

Caroline Russell AM: Mr Mayor, you told me this work was taking place when I asked you about it in January 2019. I have been constantly checking on the website to see if the pathways tool has been updated. It has not been yet. I am just after a date. When will it be updated?

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Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): To be fair, your previous question was after additional expenditure, not a date. I am happy to write, Chair, to the Member to let her know what the officers are planning in relation to a date. That is a different question to the first one.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Bailey.

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor. Thank you for your Budget presentation. Mr Mayor, do you think you have stuck to your commitment to keep council tax as low as possible?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I think we have, in the context of the huge cuts the Government is making, but also the demands the Government is making. The Home Secretary is quite clear that Police and Crime Commissioners should be raising the police precept by the maximum of £15.

There is also a precedent whereby if we do not raise it by the maximum amount, we get cuts the following year. I know this because the first year I was Mayor, London lost out on money because then Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, told me that she could not give me the monies we were entitled to because in the previous year the previous Mayor had not raised the council tax by the amount he was supposed to. Therefore, for the police precept we have no choice but to raise it to £15, which is important because I care about keeping our city safe and addressing the issue of violent crime. I mentioned in my opening the calamitous decision made by the previous Government in 2010, on advice received from advisers in Downing Street, to make big cuts to police and youth services. We are trying to rectify those areas.

In relation to the LFB, I am also trying to learn to the lessons from the previous Mayor, who closed down fire stations, cut fire engines and cut firefighters in our city. We have seen the legacy in the last few years. I do not want to make any cuts to the LFB and I afraid, because the Government does not fund the LFB the amount of money they should, we are about £20 million short and we have to increase the precept of council tax to help pay for the LFB. It is more important now in the post-Grenfell landscape with the built environment not being as safe.

The third part of the reason for the council tax increase is the demand from the Secretary of State for Transport [The Rt Honourable Grant Shapps]. If we want to keep free travel for under-18s in London, if we want to keep free travel for over-60s in London, there are two choices. Choice A is to do what the Government and its supporters want to do, which is to cut those. The second choice is to do what I am doing, which is the Government forcing us down the road of council tax to pay for free travel for under-18s or concessionary fares for over-60s. I am afraid, because of those reasons, we have no choice but to increase a regressive tax, which we have done under my proposals, to £2.63 a month.

Shaun Bailey AM: You are certainly right that we face unprecedented times in London and so does the Government as well, but some of the decisions you have made to raise money could have been done through savings, or you could have found other ways to raise revenue. My question to you is do you feel like you have turned over every stone? For instance, if you look at some of the payments you have made at TfL, there has been a £58 million rise in executive pay. Were those decisions helpful in keeping council tax low for Londoners?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I am grateful for Assembly Member Bailey giving me the opportunity to talk about the TfL changes we have made since I became Mayor. When I became Mayor, we had TfL that was bloated, in relation to particularly those on higher salaries. I have frozen the salary of the Commissioner since 2016. The new Commissioner I appointed has the same salary as the old Commissioner in 2016.

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We have reduced the number of staff receiving £100,000 or more and we have reduced non-permanent employment by 58%. We have reduced the number of offices TfL has, which is saving huge amounts of money. Since I have been Mayor we have, for the first time in the history of TfL, formed in 2000, been reducing year on year, on a like-for-like basis, the operating costs. That was never done before and we have turned every stone.

During my tenure we have also managed to reduce the operating deficit of TfL by more than £1 billion. I am proud that TfL is a world-class transport authority, recognised not just by me, but by the fact that somebody who has led transport authorities in New York, in Toronto and in New South Wales applied to be the Commissioner of TfL [Andy Byford] and was appointed by me to take on that job.

Shaun Bailey AM: Thank you for your answer, Mr Mayor, but it does not address the fact that if you push through your latest council tax hike, you will have raised council tax by 30% across your term. You will be charging Londoners nearly £90 more, yet there is nothing to show for it. London is no safer; the transport system does not work any better; and you have made decisions that have cost Londoners, where you could have made savings to keep council tax down.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, it is not possible to have an intelligent, grown-up conversation when people throw about fake figures. The way debate and this session works is by asking a question based upon facts and I can respond. I am not sure how to respond to a polemic full of lies.

Shaun Bailey AM: Chair, I am not sure why the Mayor feels he needs to act childishly. Let me ask you a direct question, Mr Mayor. Does it make you feel like a big man when you sit here and hurl around insults when you could just be answering the questions? I am asking you a straight-out fair question about your council tax increase across your term in London. Londoners pay significantly more and I am trying to get to the bottom of that. Chair, I will leave it there because the Mayor has shown that he is unprepared to answer these questions.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, I am never hugely surprised by Shaun Bailey but he has managed to surprise even me today.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): I think it is time to move on to the next section, which is on the London Assembly Budget. There is a lead off question from me. You have repeatedly stated that the GLA and Mayor’s Budget is facing greater cuts in proportionate terms than the Assembly Budget. There are staffing plans currently out for consultation that involve a deletion of one-seventh of all posts in the Assembly secretariat, which will have a very significant impact on the Assembly’s ability to fulfil its statutory functions. Can you please tell us what the true value of reduction in posts is for the GLA and Mayor’s Budget?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes. I will bring in the Chief of Staff shortly to take you through those figures, but I remind you that the GLA Mayor section of the Budget is asking for a £38 million cut, 22%, and the GLA Assembly part of the Budget is asking for a 70% cut, or £7 million. In the GLA Mayor part of the Budget my income is significantly less than in 2016/17, whereas the Assembly Budget is there or thereabouts.

In relation to the mayoral part of the Budget, it is also worth reminding you that all of the Mayor’s Office senior team receive less in salaries than the previous Mayor’s senior team. It is not just me taking the 10% pay cut, but the Chief of Staff, Deputy Mayors, Director of Communications and the like. I will bring David Bellamy in to explain to you some of the savings we are going to be making in the GLA Mayor’s Budget in relation to the particular point you raised and the timelines in relation to those. Obviously there is some sensitivity because we are talking about our fellow staff here and we do not want to make those announcements publicly Page 235 before going through the trade union and staff route. David, would you mind bringing in the latest information?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): Where we are in terms of the GLA Mayor’s Budget is first we have a staffing consultation, which obviously has been completed, regarding reductions in staffing in support functions for the Mayor’s Office and the corporate management team. That has resulted in a number of posts being reduced. We are then working through, as Assembly Member Hall discussed earlier, the budget process for GLA Mayor. We have identified £11.5 million of savings in core functions. Some of that will relate to staff in post. We have set out the totals that will be allocated to each recovery mission and foundation.

The work that is going on now, and we had a number of meetings on this just yesterday, is finalising the specific priorities in each of those areas and thus determining what the impact will be on staffing budgets and also on the programme budget. Obviously, it is a complicated exercise for the GLA Mayor’s Budget because it is funded significantly through third parties. Posts that are funded by external funding, such as the Adult Education Budget and staffing there, are ring-fenced and cannot be touched. We are working through that exercise. I know the Chief Officer’s intention is that the final Draft Budget for the GLA Mayor component will set out precisely what the proposals are there. Obviously, as the Mayor says, this has to be done in a way that is compatible with our obligations to staff and trade unions because it is, on all parts of the GLA, a very sad and regrettable situation we find ourselves in.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you very much. I may have some supplementaries but I will write to you, Mr Mayor, in due course on that.

I have not had any indication from any other Assembly Members to speak on this section, so we can move on to the third section, which is the budget related to MOPAC. We have a lead off question from Assembly Member Kurten.

David Kurten AM: In your budget for police and crime, your budget for the revenue part is going up by 3%. That is understandable because you are getting 1,344 extra police officers. But your capital budget is going up by 15%, by £51 million. Can you explain the large increase in the capital budget for MOPAC?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, I can bring in the Chief of Staff shortly. In relation to capital, I would remind you that we only receive £3.3 million from the Government for capital and our expenditure over the next year is about £363 million on capital. David [Bellamy] will have the exact figure. Therefore, we are having to use some of the proceeds of sales of estates to pay for some of the capital work going forward and it is a bit concerning in relation to how we pay for capital. David, can you talk to the percentage figures that David Kurten is referring to, please?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): Certainly. The detail is set out at table 2, appendix B of part 2 of the Budget. There are three significant increases in capital expenditure. The first is on counterterrorism expenditure, which clearly is not something we would discuss publicly. The second is on digital policing. We are at a key stage now of addressing some of the decades-old systems the MPS relies on, both for command and control and also for the intelligence that the MPS gathers, which at the moment is split across a number of different old systems. There is major investment into the MPS transformation programme to replace these archaic systems. I know that there was an attempt under the previous Mayor to do so around command and control, which failed, but fortunately this is now going much better. That is a key item.

The third, as the Mayor alluded to, is the estate, both in terms of the number of buildings, which frankly are not in a state that MPS officers need or deserve and certainly need to be modernised, and also work related to Page 236 the counterterror hub, which is a joint project between us and the Government and is a major refurbishment and facility investment.

David Kurten AM: Mr Mayor, when you talk about disposing of parts of the estate, does that mean closing and selling off police stations?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes and no. It is police buildings. We are not talking about front counters in this context, we are talking about buildings that are no longer fit for purpose, as David Bellamy alluded to. We have some buildings where the roof is leaking and water is coming into offices. If there are buildings that are not fit for purpose, irrespective of how big or small the police service is, they will be sold off and modernised.

In relation to front office counters, there are no plans to reduce them any further than we have. Each borough has one, which is really important going forward. You will be aware there are different ways of reporting crime now so that they are used less, but we still have to keep the presence of each one. This is more about buildings that are not used anymore, and the slight frustration is some buildings we know are not fit for purpose. We can sell them off. Some buildings we need to keep if the police service numbers continue to rise, as they have been doing over the last couple of years. We cannot make a decision yet until we know what is happening in the third year of the three-year announcement from the Government.

David Kurten AM: Obviously, if the police numbers increase, they will need a base to work from. That makes sense.

In the money coming in to pay for MOPAC’s budget, you say that three-quarters comes from the Government, but the rest is going to come from council tax and business rates. You have in your Budget £766.8 million from council tax and £27.9 million from business rates. People are struggling with the COVID response and businesses are struggling. What are your contingencies if you do not get the amount of money in you say you want to get from council tax and business rates?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, that is a really good question. We have, since I have been Mayor, started to build prudently in our reserves. That is because we ought to be conscious about the monies coming in, not expecting it always to come in in the numbers you have had in previous years. We planned prudently in relation to reserves, so even if we were not to receive the monies we would hope to, we are still OK for 2021 in our plans going forward. Clearly, we will continue to try to do what we can to make savings, as we have planned, but you can only spend your reserves while you have them and so we cannot sustain the position indefinitely. That is why it is really important there is a proper recovery, so we can get businesses to start paying business rates again in the sort of levels we need them to.

There are two flies in the ointment. One is the intelligence we have received about the possibility of a revaluation of office premises and the like. That could have a real impact going forward because obviously if properties are revalued, there are less monies over the last year when it is done retrospectively but also going forward. The second thing is we are waiting for a Government business rates revaluation going forward.

My basic rule since I have been Mayor, David, is not to spend one-off monies on recurring things. The previous Chair of the Budget and Performance Committee, Gareth Bacon [MP AM], was very good at reminding us of the importance of only committing to stuff recurring if you have a recurring way coming in. Where there is one-off money coming in, like growth, we have tended to spend it on ad hoc rather than on police officers, which are recurring for obvious reasons.

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David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): It is important to also understand, Chair, that when the billing authorities give us their returns about council tax and business rates - and these are starting to come in to David Gallie’s team now - they are then legally bound to give us that amount of money. But then, a year later, when they update those figures and see what actually happened, we may then have to repay it. There is no immediate risk that we would not have the money and be in an immediate crisis. That is why this year the Mayor took some tough decisions in terms of requiring in-year savings from organisations to ensure that we are in a good position next year to cope with the fact that some of the money we have received we expect to have to pay back.

David Kurten AM: I have one final question, which concerns one of the sections which I am interested in. Section 4.32 talks about upgrading the fleet and you say over the next four years, by 2025, the entire support fleet of 800 vehicles will be hybrid and so you are going to upgrade police vehicles. Can you tell me how much you plan to spend on upgrading police vehicles in this financial year, 2021/22?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Just to reassure you, we are not doing them all at the same time. When contracts come to an end, we will procure new things. Just to reassure you, we are not cancelling any leases we have or stopping using cars in advance of their end-by date. We are making sure that when it comes to procurement, we procure in a hybrid fleet as part of the next contract. Just to reassure you, we are not spending money we do not have unnecessarily, we are making sure we spend it necessarily when it comes to new procurement. David, do you have the in-year costs?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): The Budget provides for a fleet capital investment of £22.7 million next year, increasing to £23.8 million, £25.1 million and then £22.6 million in subsequent years.

David Kurten AM: OK, thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member McCartney?

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, what does the recently announced police funding settlement mean for police officer numbers in London?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The bad news with the recent announcement - not just that it was late - was that the amount of monies we are receiving is lower than we received in the last year for a similar amount of officers. In macro terms, the Government gave £750 million for 6,000 officers in the previous year and we got 1,369 of those. This year, it has announced the same number of officers, 6,000, but only £400 million and the officers we will be getting out of that is 1,344. We have less money to recruit a similar number of police officers.

We were hoping that over the three years - we are still waiting for the final year - funding will be 8,000 on a macro level, and we are hoping to get a decent number of those. We were hoping to get 2,000, 2,000, 2,000, which would have been easier with the commensurate money. We have not got that so it is a challenge. What it means is that we have to find monies elsewhere for office space, for other consequential costs of new officers, intelligence, forensics, vehicles and detention facilities. There are costs involved, not just the wages and the pension, of taking on new police officers. There are obvious benefits that we all know about.

Joanne McCartney AM: Mr Mayor, it is easy to forget that the police have, over the last few years, had to make £886 million worth of cuts. In fact, they still have to make £133 million worth of cuts over the next couple of years due to the Government’s austerity agenda. The extra money for policing is just replacing what has been cut already. I am glad that your Budget so far has provided an extra 1,300 police officers over what Page 238 would have otherwise been the case. We have talked before about the fact that London’s policing had a capital city function that the Government does not reimburse it for fully. Are those negotiations ongoing and has the Government to date committed to giving London its fair share of that policing funding?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Just to remind you of two things. One is that the Government has cut across the country 21,000 officers over the last ten years. It is only putting back 20,000 officers and so we will be left with less than we had initially and we are not quite putting back what it took away. Secondly, the National, International and Capital City (NICC) grant should be north of £350 million and we receive less than half of that. The Government’s own assessment accepts we do not receive the right amount. We are about £150 million short and we continue to lobby the Government to receive that amount.

Just think about just the last year: the policing of protests, visits from presidents, Extinction Rebellion and so forth. Those pose great challenges for the MPS. Unless the Government gives us the right amount of NICC and also a special grant when it is relevant, we will have to make cuts elsewhere to pay for providing these services. We cannot double up overnight our police officer numbers. It is the same police officers doing other work.

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Desai?

Unmesh Desai AM: Mr Mayor, I want to ask you specifically about COVID-19 and its impact on MPS finances. What has the impact been and has the Government stepped in to help you address this?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The cost of COVID to the MPS is around £50 million of additional costs. The Government has reimbursed around £16 million of that, so about £33 million short. It has given us £9.9 million for personal protective equipment (PPE) and it gives us some money for income loss reimbursement. The MPS has spent £33 million on COVID that we have not got back yet from the Government and we really need the Government to reimburse us because if it does not, that has knock-on consequences for other policing across our city.

Unmesh Desai AM: My colleague, Assembly Member Joanne McCartney, has already raised the issue of the NICC grant and the fact that we are being short-changed by the Government by a considerable amount, some £161 million. I know you are lobbying and the Assembly has supported you in your attempts to pressure the Government to address the shortfall. Has the Government given an indication? Are we making any progress? We have been raising this issue now for the last three or four years.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is listening; we are having conversations and the door is not shut, but then we need to have some progress here. Just to remind you, we are not getting the right amount of NICC grant, £160 million, but separately often the applications for special grants we make are refused. Some are given permission. We did get some money back for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) conference we policed, we do get some money back for the Grenfell fire investigation for the police and we got a proportion of money back for Extinction Rebellion. We did not get the money back that we incurred for the visit from the [former] President of the United States of America [Donald Trump] and we have not got the monies back from a few other things we have had to do over and above normal policing. It is important the Government recognises the unique role of the MPS.

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. The Assembly will continue to support you in your attempts to get the Government to deal with the shortfall. Page 239

Mr Mayor, my second and final question is about the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). We had concerns at the Budget [and Performance] Committee meeting in January [2021] that the Government has not yet confirmed future funding for the unit. Have you any update on this? How important is it for projects being run by the VRU for the financial stability, multiyear funding, to continue to operate over a number of years?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): One of the reasons I set up England’s first VRU was to have a long-term, public health approach to dealing with the issue of violent crime. The good news was that Sajid Javid [MP], the then Home Secretary, was really keen for us to have VRUs across the country, not just London. We are now at the end of January and we have not got any news from the Government about if and how much it will be funding the VRU for the next year. Often - you will be aware of this from your previous life - these community groups need multiyear funding and they need long-term plans, yet they are living literally year by year. How can you, as an organisation, from a zero start, start running things on 6 April when you only receive news you are going to get money at the end of March? That is why it is so important for the Government to let us know how much money we are going to receive next year because we need to know that, sooner rather than later.

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Mr Mayor. Can I thank you and the MPS for everything you are doing to keep Londoners safe?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Thank you. Thanks, Unmesh.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): I notice Assembly Member Len Duvall seems to have indicated. Do you want to come in, Assembly Member Duvall?

Len Duvall AM: Yes. Thank you very much, Chair. I think it is record amounts of money going into policing, not just police numbers but also, as you mentioned earlier, the public health issue and the VRU, as well as spending in terms of youth prevention issues. What do you say to those people that say you should cut more of other services to fund some of the policing issues? That argument seems to me not to understand the situation we are in at the moment, but what is your take?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Well, it shows a basic lack of understanding of how our city works and how things are connected. It is all linked and so we need to make sure we try to fill the massive gap left by Government cuts in policing and in youth services, but also we need to have decent recovery. People criticise, for example, my contribution towards London & Partners (L&P). It is really crucial to attract an inward investment, which we need to get new jobs and to get growth. They are going to pay the taxes that pay for the public services. It shows a lack of understanding of how a global city works. We have, over the last four and a half, five years, tried to deal with a number of big issues facing our global city in times that are unprecedented.

You will see that in our nine recovery missions we worked across Government. The fact is that across Government, local councils, civic society, the public sector and the business community, they understand what makes our city tick. It surprises me people in the Assembly do not seem to understand what makes our city tick.

Len Duvall AM: On fair shares for Londoners, you alluded earlier on, and my colleague did, to some of the grants we get from central Government. The 6,000 police officers that we are asking for for London are actually the fair shares that we should get from any national settlement. That is not your number; you have

Page 240 not plucked that number out of thin air. That is the professionals’ number about the policing requirement for London. Is that correct?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is partially correct. It is the advice from the Commissioner [of Police for the Metropolis, Dame Cressida Dick DBE QPM] based upon not just what the requirement of London is but actually also a proportionate share of the 20,000 police officers based upon policing across England and Wales.

I will just remind you, Len, that in 2010, when you look at the population of London versus police officers, we had 4.1 police officers for every 1,000 people in London. That was down to 3.3 in 2019. We are trying to get it up, but even with the new officers, even if we get the 6,000 officers we deserve and demand, we will still only be at 3.9 officers per 1,000 population because our population has gone up, crime has become more complex and officer numbers have gone down. That is why the professional advice from the Commissioner, the operational advice, is 6,000 out of the 20,000, which would still take us below what we were in 2010.

Len Duvall AM: Thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Right. I cannot see any further indication on this particular section. Before we move on to the next section, can we go back to the Assembly section? Assembly Member Boff has a question.

Andrew Boff AM: Thank you. How much is the cut to the operations in the Mayor’s Office?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): With your permission, can I bring in the Chief of Staff or the CFO to answer the question?

Andrew Boff AM: Of course.

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): I will give you an answer to that, Assembly Member, just as quickly as I can. I do not have the number on the top of my head. OK, the Budget proposed for the Mayor’s Office is £4.3 million for 2021/22. The forecast for this year is £5.9 million.

Andrew Boff AM: Forgive me. You are cutting the amount by what amount?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): The Budget, section 2 of part 2, the objective analysis: the revised budget, so the budget position for the Mayor’s Office, was £5.3 million for 2020/21. The forecast outturn is £5.9 million, which reflects additional temporary staffing required in part to work for the Strategic Coordination Group that had been put under the Mayor’s Office within the organisation structure. Then the budget for next year is £4.3 million.

Andrew Boff AM: So the cut is how much?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): If you are comparing Budget to Budget and we set the COVID stuff aside, that would be £1 million out of £5.3 million, which would be just under 20%.

Andrew Boff AM: A 20% reduction?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): Just under.

Andrew Boff AM: What is that in money?

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David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): As I say, the difference between the 2020/21 and the 2021/22 Budgets is £1 million.

Andrew Boff AM: £1 million and that, you reckon, is a 20% reduction?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): Yes, just under, I think.

Andrew Boff AM: How much of these savings have been achieved by just moving some of the operations to another budget heading?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): The most significant change is the review that obviously went through the Oversight Committee, of which I believe the Assembly Member is a member, regarding support staff for the Mayor’s Office and corporate management team. That function is both reducing in size, as we make it more efficient, and it is moving into the corporate management team.

Andrew Boff AM: How much is the figure?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): I do not have that number in front of me. I would need to check and write to you.

Andrew Boff AM: Does the reduction that you have mentioned take that into account?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): Yes, it does.

Andrew Boff AM: I believe the figure was £430,000 of Mayor’s Office expenditure just being moved to another department. Is that a familiar figure to you?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): To be honest, that precise figure is not ringing a bell. I would need to go and check.

Andrew Boff AM: OK. Could you write to me and indicate to me what the actual real reduction is that is happening in the Mayor’s Office? At the moment it seems like figures are being achieved by just moving functions to other departments at a time when you are asking other parts of the GLA to take quite substantial cuts.

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): I think it is very important, Assembly Member, to understand our approach to this Budget. It is not just about trying to apply uniform cuts everywhere, because that is not appropriate. There are some statutory functions and statutory costs, and you cannot just apply a uniform cut to them. That is why we are looking at every function by function and deciding where the best opportunities for savings are. It is important to remember - I appreciate there are always politics around the cost of the Mayor’s Office - that as the staff survey shows, staff in the Mayor’s Office are significantly less able to get their jobs done without working significant extra hours than anywhere else in the organisation. That is something that we have to take into account when we look at these matters and how we can deploy our funding.

Andrew Boff AM: I will not prolong this much longer. I wonder if you could write to me with those figures, how much value has been moved from one department to another and what percentage that represents. I kind of agree with you in the respect that the Mayor earlier emphasised the importance of the scrutiny function

Page 242 performed by the Assembly, but it appears it is not that important, bearing in mind the weight that the Assembly Budget has had to carry in these economies. If you could write to me, I would appreciate that.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Let’s move on to the section on the London Fire Commissioner budget. The lead- off question is from Assembly Member Russell.

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. My brief question is to David Gallie. The Budget and Performance Committee recommended that the London Fire Commissioner should outline a plan for a sustainable long-term financial strategy that is less reliant on drawing down its reserves. I do not want to go into this plan in detail, but will this plan be in the final Budget?

David Gallie (Executive Director of Resources, Greater London Authority): The proposals in front of the Assembly at the moment are ones of a use of reserves, which effectively eliminates the budget flexibility reserve and leads to savings identified of over £8 million in 2023. Clearly, that is a --

Caroline Russell AM: This is a “Yes” or “No” question. Will the plan be in the final Budget?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): Maybe, Assembly Member, I can help to give a concise answer there. We cannot take any view about long-term funding for the LFB or other organisations when we have no certainty of Government funding beyond March 2022.

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you. I have no further questions.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): OK. We move on to a question from Assembly Member Dismore.

Andrew Dismore AM: Mr Mayor, before I ask my question, I am sure you will join with me in condemning the vicious assault on a firefighter two nights ago. He was doing his duty, attending a fire at a block of flats in Thornton Heath, and we wish him a speedy recovery. Violence towards our emergency service workers cannot be tolerated and those who carry out such attacks must face the full force of the law.

Then down to my question: the London Fire Commissioner’s budget has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when the Brigade is stretching itself to deliver the Transformation Plan, as well as responding to the implications of London’s built environment, which are coming to the fore. How is your Budget helping the LFB to deliver the Transformation Plan and to keep Londoners safe?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Firstly, thanks for your comments about the firefighter who was assaulted. We have spoken to the Deputy Commissioner. He thankfully was wearing his helmet at the time, but it is unacceptable and the full force of the law must apply in relation to catching the perpetrator and making sure justice happens.

In relation to the LFB, one of the things that we did is to make sure that the frontline services - the fire service, the MPS - have to face the smallest amount of savings requirements of any of the functional bodies that we have. During the course of the last few weeks, because the Government has said we can pay back over three years any losses in the first year caused by COVID, we have managed to cut by half the savings requirement we are asking the LFB to make. We originally asked them to make £10 million worth of savings and that has been reduced to £5 million worth of savings. They are quite clear it must not have an impact on their response times and they have to make sure they address challenges provided by the transformation caused by Grenfell Tower Phase 1 and the HMICFRS report as well. The [London Fire] Commissioner [Andy Roe] is confident that he can

Page 243 find the savings he needs to do in the next year, without affecting the fire service’s ability to address the many challenges that you have alluded to.

Andrew Dismore AM: Thanks for that. International data on big city fire and rescue services funding show that the LFB is being run on a small percentage of what is allocated to other global cities like New York, Toronto, Singapore, Tokyo and others. Whilst London has the second highest population of these global cities, it receives the lowest funding, just 83 pence per head per year, less than half the average of the £1.76 per head of the other big cities.

We had [The Rt Honourable] Boris Johnson [Prime Minister, former Mayor of London] shut 10 fire stations, axe 14 fire appliances and cut over 500 firefighters’ jobs, and given that the Mayer review reported that the LFB should not shoulder any further reductions if it is to have sufficient resources to meet the challenges of the future and to keep Londoners safe - which, of course, was before the pandemic and before Grenfell, both of which have created these significant extra demands - does it concern you that [the rt Honourable] Boris Johnson’s Conservative Government has consistently failed to understand the implications for Londoners’ safety of running the LFB on a shoestring?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, I am really worried about the plight faced by our brave firefighters. Another couple of points you omitted to mention in your really good observation about international comparisons is that unlike other cities, we now know that many of our tall buildings are unsafe, the built environment, which is not faced by other global cities across the globe. We have more than double the amount of high-rise buildings than the rest of the country combined, so I am worried in relation to this. We fund from City Hall about £20 million more to our fire service than the Government says we should. That is one of the reasons I built up my budget flexibility reserve, but unless the Government steps in, we will not have the right amount of money to have the right response to safety in this area in London.

Andrew Dismore AM: Thanks for that. You are right because there are currently 625 buildings in London with simultaneous evacuation orders in place. The majority of these, 456, have dangerous cladding and a further 117 have inadequate compartmentation due to the fragmented regulation regime. All of these buildings now need regular inspection and monitoring by the LFB. Do you agree that residents of these buildings have been failed twice by the Conservative Government, firstly by their shoddy, inadequate regulatory regime and, secondly, by the refusal of the Conservative Government fully to fund the LFB so as to enable them to monitor such dangerous buildings without impacting on their other work? How do you think this can be resolved?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): There are a number of things we have to do. I agree with you in relation to the failings of the Government. One is we have to make sure the built environment is safer than it is. It has damaged people, but they have also been let down by the Government not supporting them with remediation of the cladding. You have talked often about the challenges faced by those leaseholders and residents. It has to be rectified so these buildings are safer sooner, which will reduce the anxiety many of these people have. Many of them feel they have properties, an albatross, around their neck. That means that a built environment we could have more confidence in, which takes some of the pressure off our firefighters.

The other part of the equation you did not mention in your question today but you have mentioned before is the additional obligations placed upon our firefighters by the [Fire Safety] Bill going through Parliament, which is not talked about enough by the Government. We have to make sure with additional responsibilities come additional resources, so we can properly fund the fire service.

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Navin Shah AM (Chair): OK. I have not been notified of any further interest in this topic so let us move on. The next topic is on the TfL budget. Can we have the lead-off question from [Assembly Member] Dr Moore?

Dr Alison Moore AM: Mr Mayor, as you have rightly said, our city’s public transport network is central, not only to the success of our capital, but also the whole country. The Government has only provided funding for TfL up to March 2021. In this exceptionally challenging year, what effect has this uncertainty had on your budget planning process?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Well, it has had a huge impact on our planning process as far as the Budget is concerned because the uncertainty means we cannot, for example, spend the monies on renewals or enhancements that we need to be doing. You will be aware that the supply chain is very long. Most of it is in the United Kingdom (UK) and they need certainty in relation to what plans we have in the pipeline, forgive the pun, going forward.

We cannot procure, to give you one simple example. We cannot procure the Piccadilly Line trains we need to fully complement the new signalling which we have invested in because we need to have the certainty of funding before we can start those contracts and begin the procurement process. That is just one example in relation to the challenges it brings going forward. It is no way to run a world-class transit authority.

The Government recognises that, because they have given the privatised TOCs 18 months’ worth of financial security and certainty, that they give us every six months. We cannot plan properly going forward. We now have a deadline of 22 March [2021] by which we have to reach agreement. There has been no substantive progress made in negotiations and I am worried that this could be a real problem going forward.

Dr Alison Moore AM: Thank you for that. Moving on to the future, as you say for planning, the Government has asked you and I quote, “To produce a single, comprehensive management plan with options as to how a trajectory to financial sustainability could be achieved by as soon as a possible target date for year 2023”. What is the Government’s response? You have said there has been no negotiation, but what has the Government’s response been to the paper you submitted on 11 January?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Meetings have now begun. Those discussions are beginning, but my worry is they will go to the 11th hour like they always do. They asked us for a plan for financial sustainability. We have to be responsible for our operating expenditure, capital renewals, servicing, debt repayment - they will help towards some capital enhancement, but it is a real challenge.

What the Financial Sustainability Plan set out was a number of options we had, and the Government has as well. I would remind those watching this - you know this - that as far as London is concerned compared to other transit authorities across the globe, we are far more reliant upon fares than anybody else, and for the foreseeable future, the number of passengers we have will be lower than we have had in the past. TfL predicts, on average, about 60% passengers over the next year, and in the following year, 80%. That is a big gap that has to be found from elsewhere. What we should not be doing is cutting services at a time when we should be encouraging social distancing. That is why the Government should be supporting us in the short term to get us over this awful consequence of the pandemic.

Dr Alison Moore AM: Absolutely. Has the Government accepted your proposals for funding free travel for all Londoners aged 18 and under and from 60 to 65?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is worth making sure we are clear about this. The Government has said we have to cut free travel for children and concessions for the over 60s. That is their position. I have said no,

Page 245 and they have said, “We are not going to pay for that”. We normally pay for it ourselves, but it is only because of these extraordinary times that we need some support. It would be incredibly harsh to take away this free concession for these children and their families but also over the 60s.

The only option I have is to raise council tax or to extend an increased Congestion Charge, which I think would be the wrong thing to do. I am afraid I am having to increase council tax by £15 to pay for this. I have no other options. I am sorry to do so, but it is important we continue to provide free travel for these Londoners who need it and should have it.

Dr Alison Moore AM: Thank you very much for that and for such a clear explanation. Finally, what effect, if any, has this new national lockdown had on the TfL budget?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): One of the good things in relation to the deal we had with the Government, and I want to give it credit for this, is that it recognises there has to be some flexibility built into the contracts. For example, if passenger numbers are good and exceed expectations, we should be less reliant upon a government grant. If passenger numbers are below, because of lockdown, then we cannot be expected to find that money elsewhere and the Government will step in.

That flexibility is a sensible way to proceed because a lot of these things are outside our control. We did not decide to have a lockdown, or to have the tiering system, therefore, TfL cannot be held responsible. We are confident that sort of flexibility will be built into any future deals we have with the DfT and Her Majesty’s Government.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you. I have a few supplementary questions, first from Assembly Member Pidgeon.

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Mr Mayor, I wanted to look at two sources of revenue in your Budget for TfL. I understand there are now many mechanisms in place for information sharing, for cross-border enforcement of driving fines and road charges between Britain and European Union (EU) countries. TfL is now going to face problems collecting the Congestion Charge, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and penalty charge notices from some motorists. What estimates has TfL built into your Budget for this potential loss of revenue?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is a little bit of an unknown in relation to how much we think it is going to be going forward. We are hoping that visitors to our city are good citizens and they will pay up. You are right; there is a charge in relation to the data which needs to, for good citizenship, be actioned. I do not have a figure to hand in relation to what we think it is going to be for 2021/22. You will obviously be aware they will be preventing all travelling. David, can we do a link to Caroline [Pidgeon AM] to make sure we get the figure from TfL?

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: When you have the figure, it would be very useful to have. The other area I would like to look at is future funding through road excise duty. There is strong support for it being devolved, Mr Mayor, yet nationally, the total raised by Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is plummeting with electric vehicles being excluded. Do you accept if VED is devolved as a source of funding for you, it is going to be a rapidly declining source of revenue for TfL and you are going to have to start, in the long-term, thinking about other sustainable forms of funding?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes. I think both you and I agree we would like it to go down, for the reasons you said: either people decide not to have a car, or they have a car that is electric and does not pay VED. But yes, that is one of the medium to long-term challenges. Page 246

Our problem in the short term is we do not get any of that. We get a small fraction of that and we are being asked to fill in a big hole. In the short term, which is where we need the real help during this pandemic, that is one way of filling the big gap left. You are spot on. Medium to long term, we should be looking towards not having combustible engines where VED is paid and either move into electric or preferably, if people can - most people cannot but if they can - not be so reliant upon a car.

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Thank you. Looking ahead, trying to think sustainably, in London we have the Congestion Charge, we have the ULEZ and your expanded ULEZ coming in, the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and soon we are going to have road tolls for some river crossings. Will you consider putting money aside in your Budget to roll these together to look at a sustainable, smart form of road pricing?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The good news is we do not need to have additional money in the Budget to do so, because we have our team looking at those sorts of things. You will be aware that we have discussed it before in my Transport Strategy. We have provision to continue to explore and look into these sorts of technologies. We have a team that works incredibly hard on this. The good news is we do not have to spend more money doing this, because there is a team already doing this piece of work. We will continue to look at this area. We will continue to look at where other teams are doing it and what we can learn from them.

Our big challenge in the short to medium term is that we have to make the ULEZ extension land properly, because it would be a disaster if it did not land properly. We do not talk about the work that went into ULEZ 1 being a success. There was a huge amount of work and it was a huge success. That is the first priority, making sure that lands. You are right, we have to look into this other stuff, and we are looking into the other options which are not too far away in relation to technology. The good news is the team, the size of the team and the abilities they have are adequate. If there was a need and they said to me, “Listen, Mayor, we need additional resources, we need to expand the team”, then, of course, we would look at that as and when.

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Lovely. Moving forward, you have to have a sustainable form of funding that is going to support transport in the city and support your Transport Strategy. Instead of charging people for merely crossing a boundary, looking at charging drivers according to the distance they travelled and their real contribution to congestion and pollution, it seems to me, is the way forward. That is the way forward for our city. I would welcome your commitment to start developing that, because even a report that has just come out from London First whilst we have been in this meeting says this is one of the ways forward in order to sustain TfL in the future.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Caroline, I cannot think of much difference between us. You are making really good points and I agree with you. That is why I put it in my Mayor’s Transport Strategy. It is those metrics, a combination of user pays, polluter pays, rewarding good behaviour and making people whose behaviour is leading to a poor air quality, congestion or whatever, pay extra. We are working on that and I am sure we could arrange, if need be, for a time for the team to do a presentation to you or the Transport Committee about what we have learned so far speaking to colleagues around the world, but also the timelines. The short term has to be landing the extension of ULEZ, the LEZ and trying to get over the pandemic, but it does not mean we do not keep on working on the other stuff.

Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: Lovely. Thank you very much indeed.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Berry?

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Siân Berry AM: It is good to hear you saying those principles there, and the Greens try to make constructive proposals. That is what we are doing today in our amendment. In this work, we have been looking at ways to raise money for good things - new pedestrian crossings, safer streets - from bad things, people parking and loading illegally, things that make it more dangerous to be walking on our streets.

Looking at your current system of penalty charges, there is still a gap between the upper cost of a penalty charge notice for not paying the Congestion Charge and the charge for illegally stopping on a red route. It is £160 for the upper rate of a Congestion Charge and it is £130 for red route illegal parking. The gap is £30. Why is that gap there?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I am not sure about the two examples you have given, but some of these penalty charges need Government approval and, in the past, we have tried to get Government permission for them and they have said no. I can look into the reasons for that gap, but I do not have the paper in front of me. Again, I would like to explain which ones we have complete autonomy to increase and which ones we do not and an explanation from the Commissioner of why there is a difference, if that is what you are after.

Siân Berry AM: OK, yes. That was an introductory question. I do have the exchange of letters between you and the Secretary of State for Transport at the time, Chris Grayling [MP]. You tried to increase the regulatory charge in late 2017, getting it ready for January 2018. You made a strong, practical case based on evidence including that the number of repeat offenders was up to 40% and this was knocked back by the Secretary of State, quite unusually intervening and preventing you from doing this. My question now is: have you tried, since then, to go back and increase this again?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Yes, and the reason I had remembered the exchange was not because I knew the question you were going to ask. We must be doing stuff recently to make me say that. Can I get back to you? We have a good relationship with [The Rt Honourable] Grant Shapps [MP, Secretary of State for Transport] and his team, and we are looking at all possible ways. You are right, it is trying to change behaviour in a way that can lead to the stuff you are talking about. Can I get in touch with you about what we are doing?

Siân Berry AM: Sure.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): As I say, I’ll get in touch with [The Rt Honourable] Grant Shapps because there are conversations taking place. I will get back in touch with you, Assembly Member Berry.

Siân Berry AM: Yes, absolutely. Closing this gap was not an option in the independent review of TfL’s finances. It is a gap. It is about £10 million a year, we think, so by now we would have had £30 million more. It seems like it is a bit of gap in everyone’s thinking right now, but with the change in Government policy towards streets it is probably now the time to make another formal proposal.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Just in case somebody misinterprets what you and I are saying, none of us wants anybody to incur a fine. We are not saying this because we want necessarily to get more monies in. We are trying to change behaviour --

Siân Berry AM: Yes.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): -- but if it is the case that behaviour is not changed, we should be getting the right amount of fines in.

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Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Exactly right.

Siân Berry AM: Yes. To be honest, it would be disingenuous for the Government to refuse you on this again when they are asking you elsewhere to increase fares and increase council tax for everybody. It would be right to keep increasing charges for people who were doing the wrong thing, people who were breaking the law, rather than trying to penalise everybody who is paying their fares, who is using public transport, who is doing the right thing, compared with people who are breaking the law. I hope you will go back to the Government on this and that it will form part of your plans going forward.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): You are pushing an open door. Let me get back in touch with you about what the latest is on that and I will make sure we do that.

Siân Berry AM: OK. Thank you very much. I think that is all of my questions.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Devenish? Tony Devenish AM: Good morning, Mr Mayor.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Good morning, Tony, good morning.

Tony Devenish AM: Will you use this period with many Londoners working from home to allow online public consultations that you have postponed?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): You mean TfL?

Tony Devenish AM: Yes.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Which ones do you mean?

Tony Devenish AM: There are many of them. The one I am particularly thinking of is your seven days a week, £15-a-day hike on the Congestion Charge.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): OK. Let us go back a step. This is a requirement from the Government for us to receive the grant --

Tony Devenish AM: Mr Mayor, that is not the question. The question is: will you have a public consultation?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): No, because in examining your question, we have ascertained that it is based on a false premise. The false premise is that we have some control over widening and enhancing the £15 Congestion Charge. We did it --

Tony Devenish AM: Mr Mayor, that is not my question. Chair, I am asking a very simple question. Will you give the public the ability to have a public consultation that you legally have to do at some stage? Will you do it now when people are working from home on the whole? Let them have their democratic say on the process.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): TfL will do as it always does, which is consult properly and widely whenever they are required to do so. But, in addition to the consultation they are required to do by statute, they also continue to engage widely as well. That includes not just online engagement and consultation, but other forms as well.

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There are some things they are forced to do by this Government, and the Government makes them do these things in return for receiving a grant and to borrow. Those things they are not able to consult on because of the time limits and the time constraints placed on them by the Government. You cannot urgently bring forward plans to widen a Congestion Charge and to increase the levels, and to include the consultations that TfL would normally do. But, if TfL was to make these temporary plans permanent, then they would need to consult and they would consult widely.

Tony Devenish AM: My question was really simple, Chair. He is the Chairman of TfL. He could order a public consultation now to give Londoners their say. Particularly the elderly, the disabled, families, businesses, are really suffering with your extension of the congestion zone. Just give them a say, that is all I am asking. A democratic public consultation.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Devenish, I believe Mr Mayor did --

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, let me try again. The conditions of the grant approval from the Government in relation to the Congestion Charge - which is the example you chose, not me - was we must urgently introduce the Congestion Charge, which we suspended at £11.50, but we must also widen and enhance the Congestion Charge. There was no time for us to consult Londoners as I would have liked to do so if I was to receive the grant from the Government and the ability to borrow from the Government. That is a temporary measure of £15 a day, seven days a week, required by this Government. I agree it is outrageous what this Government is forcing Londoners to do, including many elderly Londoners you claim to care about.

Tony Devenish AM: Why do you not just answer the question? Chair, he is not going to answer the question, therefore I will leave it there and not waste my group’s time. It is an insult to my residents.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): With respect, Chair, I should be entitled to answer the question I was asked.

Tony Devenish AM: You were not answering the question, that is the problem. Public consultation was the question, not the TfL bailout agreement.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Let me simply rule that there is not going to be an agreement from what we have heard today, as well as before. The Mayor has given his explanation in terms of consultation and engagement of TfL and so on, but obviously that is not quite what satisfies you, Assembly Member Devenish.

I am aware of the time. It is coming up to 11.57am. We need to observe a minute’s silence at 12.00pm. Assembly Member Prince, do you want to come in and see if you want to quickly have a go with your question? We have about a minute and a half. Then we can resume again. Assembly Member Prince.

Keith Prince AM: Yes, I doubt I can do it in a minute and a half, Mr Chair, but I am happy to ask the question and then perhaps the Mayor can consider it and answer it after this minute of silence.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): No problem.

Keith Prince AM: Mr Mayor, for the last five years, you have been saying that London is open, which is very commendable, but how does your proposal to introduce a border tax of £3.50 or £5.50, depending on the car’s emissions, fit with saying that London is open? How does that affect people who need to come here to work, people who are essential workers, friends and family who need to either look after young children or elderly relatives? This border tax, Mr Mayor, is going to damage London’s economy, especially in boroughs such as Page 250 mine, Havering and Redbridge. Places like Romford, Bromley, Croydon, are really dependent, and their shopping areas are really dependent, on people coming in from outside. How do you square that off that London is open when you are putting up a border tax?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): May I suggest that we just pause for half a minute or so, as we need to take time out of our Budget discussions? This puts life in perspective in terms of what we are now going to do. Let us observe a minute’s silence to mark the Holocaust Memorial Day today and pay our respects. A minute’s silence please, thank you.

Thank you very much. Mr Mayor, your response to Assembly Member Prince’s question please?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The Greater London charge is not a proposal from me. It is one of the options that was prepared by the independent panel of experts in relation to future funding of TfL. It was one of the options in the TfL Financial Sustainability Plan. It is not an option that I want to put forward as a proposal, for the obvious reasons that we agreed with last week. If the Government was to give London the amount of monies it raises through VED, TfL would not need to proceed as a proposal with the option, which could not happen anyway until 2023. I am hoping that our cross-party teamwork will persuade the Government to give London the amount of VED they raise in London.

Just to remind colleagues - I know you know this, Keith - this money that the Government takes from London often is set up in pots of funding that other parts of the country can bid for and we cannot, which is rubbing salt in the wound. Often, some of these schemes to improve roads we cannot even apply for. I am hoping that this will never become a proposal because I am hoping that our cross-party teamwork will persuade DfT to give London the amount of money they raise.

Keith Prince AM: OK, but you accept that this charge, if it does come in, would be damaging for the border boroughs?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I am not sure. One of the things I have asked TfL to do is to look at how this charge would work. There will be all sorts of conversations taking place in relation to pros and cons, as you would expect. One of the big things we are going to do is the damage to our city by having a big black hole in TfL’s budget. Dr [Alison] Moore [AM] referred to the contribution transport plays to our businesses being able to contribute net £38 billion towards the Government’s coffers. The Government has to recognise that our ability to continue to contribute far more into the country than we take back is contingent upon a well-funded TfL. That is why it is important for us to say to the Government, “If it is the case that you are not going to provide us with the money we need in this term because of COVID, then these are some of the options you have asked us to look at”, and that is one of the options.

Keith Prince AM: Obviously, saving money is important. I do not know if you know, Mr Mayor, but yesterday I learned that the cost of the court case that you lost last week, the costs that TfL may have to pay the United Trade Action Group and the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, is something in the region of £260,000. I do not know if you are able to tell us what TfL’s costs are, but I am sure they would be a similar cost. Do you not think, bearing that in mind, Mr Mayor, that you have wasted enough money on this and that you should just suck it up, if you like, and accept that you have lost the case and move on?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): There are a number of points to say in response to that. One is that since I have been Mayor lots of people have brought cases against us, which we have won most of, including those two groups. We can have a debit and balance, if you like, about cases won and cases lost, which I do not think is a sensible way to proceed. I believe the sensible way to proceed is to look at the benefits of the Streetspace Page 251 plan, the benefits of some of the active travel plans that we have brought in with the Government and the benefits that brought.

For example, we know the cost to the NHS of poor-quality air is north of £4 billion. We know the cost to London’s businesses in relation to lack of productivity because of congestion and air quality is in the billions of pounds. We also know the huge benefits to our economy of London not coming to a gridlock because people revert back to using cars, or use cars more than they did in the past, because of the way our city is placed. The advice I have received is that there are good grounds to challenge the decision of the judge at First Instance. Therefore, TfL will be appealing. We will have to wait and see how that appeal pans out.

Keith Prince AM: You are still going to waste more public money. You are going to throw good public money after bad public money by doing that, Mr Mayor. Can I just move on?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): The NHS is public money and the billions of pounds the NHS spends in looking after people who are unwell because of poor-quality air is public money. The lack of taxes businesses pay because they are not able to be as productive because of congestion, because of staff being off sick because of asthma, heart disease, and other issues, is an issue because the sick pay they receive and the lack of taxes they pay has an impact on public taxes. It is all linked.

Keith Prince AM: Yes, and all the delayed blue-light costs on them.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): What we did is make sure we were able to have active travel across our city because what we cannot afford to do is have one health crisis, a climate health crisis, replaced by another one, an air quality one.

Keith Prince AM: Yes, and all the disabled people who are being inconvenienced and all the blue-light services that are being held up. That is public money as well, Mr Mayor. But obviously there are a number of consequences of this judgment and that is recognised by TfL. Indeed, next week TfL is going to have to give a special briefing to London councils on the consequences and the possible fallout of this judgment. Mr Mayor, in the interests of transparency, would you make that briefing available to the Members of the Transport Committee too, please?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I am not sure what the briefing is going to be. What I do know is obviously we will not telegraph our legal case to the Court of Appeal. But I am sure, if there is nothing there that affects the case, we can get TfL to speak to the Transport Committee about any issues that affect councils. I do not see any reason at all why they could not brief you in relation to issues they are briefing London Councils about. Can I take that away, Keith, and get back to you on it?

Keith Prince AM: Thank you. That is helpful, thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Cooper.

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, given that money is so tight and the Government is being so unhelpful in terms of the support that it is giving TfL - although it has been very supportive to other transport authorities elsewhere in the country - I just wondered if we could home in on why you feel it is so important to maintain those concessionary fares for under-18s and people over 60. Why is that so important for London to do that?

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Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Like you, I have met many Londoners below the age of 18 who travel long distances from home to school or home to college. London’s education is different to other parts of the country. Often children do not attend their nearest school or nearest college. Children and their parents make decisions based upon receiving free travel. Many parents have more than one child going to various schools and colleges. The cost to them, if they are required to pay for travel now, would be a huge burden on that family’s income at a time when incomes are down because of this pandemic. We know that unemployment is only going one way. Therefore it is a real issue.

But also, do we really want parents to be driving their children to school and colleges to save money because they have lost free travel? We have already talked about the issue of air quality and gridlock on our roads.

In relation to over-60s, we know of many, many poor Londoners above the age of 60 who are still working. I also know the difference it makes to their life having free travel above the age of 60.

Apologies for speaking in these terms, but this is a clear dividing line between me and my political opponents. Londoners need to be aware that my political opponents want to take away free travel for under-18s and take away free travel for those above the age of 60. I am keeping it, but the only way I am able to keep it is by having to increase council tax by £15, which again is far less than what my political opponents said that I would be increasing it by. They said by more than 21%. We have managed to keep it to £3 a month. It is a choice I had to make.

I would remind anyone watching that normally we pay for these things ourselves. The only reason we are asking the Government for support, and they have said no, is because of this pandemic. That is why we are having to go to Londoners in the form of council tax to continue these concessions for children and those above the age of 60.

Léonie Cooper AM: Of course, in many boroughs now about 50% of residents do not own vehicles. Therefore it seems very unfair that the Government is not assisting in that way. But even those who do own the vehicles, of course, are contributing VED, which goes out of London and goes off to Highways England and the Government to help people elsewhere. That, again, given the previous Assembly Member’s questions, does seem unfair to Londoners.

I just want to briefly touch on one of your big priorities in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy. You have just said how important it is to improve people’s health. The overall goal to move to 80% active travel and use of public transport, we are still aiming towards that. In your Budget, even though introducing the ULEZ was expensive, you are still aiming towards the introduction of the expanded ULEZ from October 2021. Why is that still a priority, given that money is so tight?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): If I can just remind colleagues, when I became Mayor in 2016 there were no plans for how we would get a ULEZ. Boris Johnson [Prime Minister, former Mayor of London] announced this ULEZ plan for 2021. No plans at all. We managed to bring it in by 2017. It has led to a remarkable transformation of our city. We have seen a reduction in nitrogen oxides of 94%. Schools which were in areas where the air was illegal are now in areas where the air is no longer illegal. Kings College has said we can improve air quality not in 193 years, as would have been the trajectory under the previous Mayor, but in six years.

Those individuals, those numbers, are lives. It means that they do not have stunted lungs, they do not have asthma, heart disease, cancer, or other issues caused by poor-quality air. They are not taking time off work and they can contribute to our city’s wellbeing as well as their family’s wellbeing. Page 253

Also, we cannot, in the 21st century, have reliance on people driving from home to shopping, home to work, home to leisure. You are right, we have gone from 51% to 64%, we are going to get to 80%, through active travel. I appreciate some Members of the Assembly are against people walking, are against people cycling, are against people using affordable public transport, are against children having free travel, are against over-60s having free travel. My job, Chair, over the next 100 days is to remind Londoners of that.

Léonie Cooper AM: Thank you very much, Mr Mayor. I am very glad that your transport budget continues to focus on fairness and health. Thank you, Chair.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Assembly Member Russell.

Caroline Russell AM: Mr Mayor, you said earlier you are doing all you can to develop smart fare road pricing, which I absolutely welcome, but the gap in this is in having the honest conversation with the public. This is going to cost extra money. We are proposing it in our amendment later, and we think you should add it to what you are already doing. This is a gap, is it not?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): No, it is not. In all honesty, I was the Mayor who had the honest conversation about bringing in the world’s first ULEZ. In advance of that, we brought in a charge to make sure the most polluting vehicles paid to come into London. That was an honest conversation that I had. I had honest conversations with Londoners about the need to roll out the ULEZ to the North Circular and the South Circular, honest conversation with Londoners about the importance of doing so. I had the honesty to publish a report into poor air quality buried away by the previous Mayor, which showed more than 500 schools were in areas where the air was unlawful. That is the honesty we talk about. It was honesty that led to me supporting the family looking for a new inquest into the death of their child, which was caused - we think - by air quality, and a coroner has confirmed.

Caroline Russell AM: Mr Mayor, you have used all our time, but I agree it is really important to be speaking with Londoners about this.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you. I do not see any further indications at all on this particular section. Due to the nature and constraints of virtual meetings, we are at times out of sync in terms of indications, etc. I want to be fair to Members and the issues they want to raise. Therefore I would like to go back to the section on the Fire Commissioner’s budget. Assembly Member Boff had, at a very late stage, indicated. If he still wants to ask that question, Assembly Member Boff, over to you.

Andrew Boff AM: Thank you. You rightly highlighted the dire safety challenges because of the high number of residential tower blocks in London. Will you continue to put forward plans that seek to build more of them?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, he will be aware we discussed this. In London we have world- leading plans in relation to new build and the requirements of a new build, not simply set out in the London Plan but in relation to the obligations that we have in relation to building regulations as well. As far as new build is concerned, there is not a concern there from the LFB because the LFB are involved in some of our plans. The issue is the older buildings that currently exist. Across the country there are 12,000 tall buildings and in London we have 8,000 of those. That is the challenge we have, rather than the new build of tall buildings. Andrew Boff AM: How successfully have building regulations worked to date?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): This is a new London Plan, new building regulations. For example, the new build, because of our requirements, have things like sprinklers and they have fire lifts and other design Page 254 mechanisms that are advised by the fire service to have. In a previous question, Andrew Dismore [AM] talked about the amount of money the fire service receives in London versus other comparable cities which have tall buildings. One of the things we have done is to learn from those cities with tall buildings about how they can ameliorate fires, but also, when there is a fire, to make sure it is compartmentalised. Therefore we are confident that the new safety measures we have in place are world-leading and world-class.

Andrew Boff AM: So you will continue to build them?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): There are no fire safety reasons why we should not continue to make progress, as we have done. That is --

Andrew Boff AM: So you will continue to build them.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): -- on a contingent of the provisions we have put in place over the last few years. Without those provisions, there is a strong argument to reconsider, but because we put these additional provisions in place, which are world-leading -- and, by the way, other parts of the country do not have these provisions. If your question was posed to me if I was Mayor of another part of the country, I may not give the same answer. Because of the provisions we have in place in our plans, I am confident that we are doing all that we can to make our buildings as safe as we possibly can.

Andrew Boff AM: So you will continue to build residential tower blocks. Is that yes or no?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Chair, as I have explained -- I am not sure if there is a problem with the sound on this thing. As I have explained, we have put a number of policies over the last four years --

Andrew Boff AM: That is fine, you are repeating yourself. The words you did not repeat, Mr Mayor, are yes or no. Yes, you will carry on building residential tower blocks, is that correct?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): We are not getting any further --

Andrew Boff AM: No, no. I know he does not want to say that. Thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Then let us move on to the next section, which is on the budget for the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). The lead question comes from myself.

The percentage of affordable housing delivered by the LLDC is only 22%, Mr Mayor. How does that align with the target in your new London Plan? What will you do to change the situation to get as close to 50% affordable housing?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is really important to explain and understand why there is such a low level of numbers of affordable housing. That is because of the policies of the previous Mayor, which gave permission to units of housing which did not need to be affordable. Even where there were affordable, they were using the dodgy definition of our previous Mayor, homes costing well in excess of hundreds of thousands of pounds to purchase, or 80% of the market value to rent.

Since I have become Mayor, I have made sure, when it comes to land publicly owned across the Olympics legacy, 50% should be genuinely affordable using the tougher definition. Where it is land we do not own, it is 35% across the piece. That has led to a change. Therefore the good news is this is another example of our policies leading to more affordable homes, genuinely affordable to Londoners. But clearly what we cannot do Page 255 is go backwards and retrospectively change other permissions granted, or remove those Londoners living in those homes who are in affordable homes.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Thank you. I have a supplementary question from Assembly Member Devenish.

Tony Devenish AM: Mr Mayor, I think we can agree that every penny of public money needs to be spent well, particularly after COVID. Are you concerned that the LLDC will still be losing £8 million to £10 million a year right through the 2020s, as we have been told at numerous meetings? What can you do to see if it can at least break even in the not-too-distant future, please?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): Is that a reference to the London Stadium, to be clear, in the question you are asking?

Tony Devenish AM: It is the whole overall budget that they are not going to break even in totality, basically, David.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I think what David Bellamy was seeking to do, Tony, was to disentangle the information. There are losses attached to a contract signed by the previous Mayor and West Ham United Football Club. That contract was signed by the previous Mayor, not me. That contract has legacies which leads to losses being made. We now have a very good relationship with West Ham and we are seeking to work with them to make the stadium work for West Ham and to work for the general taxpayer as well.

I am afraid, for the short to medium term, there will continue to be losses as far as the stadium is concerned, but you will be aware there are huge benefits to London caused by the LLDC’s work in relation to council taxes, in relation to business rates we were not receiving before, and in relation to future projections of receipts we will receive because of East Bank. Therefore, over the course of the coming years, there will be more visitors going to that part of London, more taxes paid and more jobs created.

But I share your frustration at the awful deal done by the previous Mayor and I wish we could undo some of the mess he left.

Tony Devenish AM: I will leave it there, Chair.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): I have Assembly Member Duvall.

Len Duvall AM: Thank you very much, Chair. Mr Mayor, you are right to condemn the legacy that you were left with. I think the insightful appointments of [Sir] Peter Hendy [CBE, Chair of the LLDC] and Lyn Garner [Chief Executive, LLDC] have got to grips with some of those legacy issues and have probably given, not just you, but also a majority of Assembly Members a bit more confidence about what is going on down there.

How important is the East Bank to you and the Government in terms of post economic recovery around ‘London is Open’, and ‘Open for Business’? Can you just give a few words around that?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): This gives me the opportunity to thank the Government. The Government is working with us in partnership in relation to the East Bank. It sees, like we do, the exciting opportunities to regenerate this part of London. Many of us are too young to remember the regeneration of the South Bank in the 1950s and 1960s caused by what we now see as the South Bank. That is the aim we have for the East Bank going forward. The Government is working with us as a partner and a funder. Page 256

One of Peter Hendy’s roles as Chair is to make sure all the partners on the East Bank, from the University College London to the University of Arts to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), and to many, many others, the BBC, understand our ethos. The key part of the ethos is, Len, to make sure East Londoners benefit from the fruits of the East Bank going forward, students going to the universities, people participating in events at the BBC or the V&A or Sadler’s Wells. We are trying to do that with the Government, with our partners, and I am really excited going forward because we will have more footfall, more jobs, more revenues coming in from taxes, and it will be a nice place to go and visit.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): Moving on to the next question, and that is the section on Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC). Can I have a lead-off question from Assembly Member Hall?

Susan Hall AM: Yes, certainly. I will start off this section, Mr Mayor. Do you have confidence that the OPDC will meet its own deadline of next month to have its local plan in good order?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): For budget performance, the real value added by Members of the Assembly with their expertise, scrutiny does lead to better decision making. What Members probably do not see are the offline conversations that take place that lead to Members of the Assembly making the officers and myself really raise our game on this issue.

In relation to the team in charge of OPDC, I do have full confidence in them. David Lunts [Chief Executive, OPDC] has huge experience and I think his role being made permanent will make a big difference. I think he has brought a huge amount of experience already in this area. The new local plan will be really important in relation to realising our ambition going forward. We now have the certainty with the Old Oak Common Station on High Speed 2 (HS2), which is really exciting.

Just to remind colleagues, the expenditure from the Government on that station is about £1.3 billion. Therefore, what would be awful is if they did this work having this great station and you disembarked and there was nothing really taking place in that part of London. That is why there is a responsibility on us to make sure we do right by HS2 and that part of London by developing and regenerating the Old Oak and Park Royal Development.

Susan Hall AM: I am sure you understand why some of us are very concerned about what is going on with the OPDC. If the OPDC fails in its endeavours, as we have seen before, over the next few months, what is your next step? Are you going to consider the Budget and Performance Committee’s recommendation that you consider a review examining if the OPDC should continue in its current form?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): To give Liz Peace [CBE, Chair, OPDC] and David Lunts credit, they have the humility to recognise that they have to evolve to make sure things work. The big challenge for us going forward is, not just the local plan, but making sure we can get the same number of benefits we were hoping to get in relation to the previous plan.

The big change this time is (1) there is certainty around Old Oak Common Station, but (2) a lot of that land is public land. You will be aware of the memoranda of understanding (MOU) and the agreements we have with other public landowners, which is different to last time. If you remember, last time, there was an increase in industrial land and private owners, which is challenging. Therefore I am optimistic. But I think we have to realise that if things are not working in the future we are going to not be scared to change, whether it is structures, whether it is personnel, whether it is plans. Because we have to see progress.

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Susan Hall AM: We certainly do. While they were very enthusiastic - as they are this time - last time it all went horribly wrong. Can you provide an update on the landowner engagement and stakeholder discussions? Because those are scheduled to be completed by December this year.

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I will bring in David Bellamy shortly to give you an update on that. Lots of good work has taken place in relation to engagement with landowners. As I said, many of them are public landowners. On the Park Royal site, we are working really well with them. COVID has provided challenges, but the business hub has done work along with the local employment advice service on Park Royal as well.

David, any more update in relation to more recent developments with landowners we can share with the Committee?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): What is going on at the moment, Chair, is - as Assembly Member Hall said - the finalisation of the modifications to the local plan, ready to submit to the inspector. The aim alongside that is to submit as many as possible what are called statements of common ground between local businesses and the OPDC, which basically set out the areas of agreement that the local plan inspector can then take into account. A number of those have been agreed already. That number obviously is going to be increasing all the time as those discussions take place. Obviously, all of that will come into the public domain through that process.

As the Mayor says, what is also really important is that a lot of the land is public land that is not available for use in the short term, because it is a HS2 construction site, but will become available as construction completes. Therefore, in the medium term, the discussions there are really important.

Susan Hall AM: Yes. At what point though might you look at it again? I accept, and we all know, that millions and millions of taxpayers’ pounds have been wasted on this so far. We are now looking at a completely different scheme. How much will you let that cost before you start seriously looking at it? I wonder whether it should be brought in-house, or if something else needs to be done? We cannot waste taxpayers’ money. We should not ever waste it, but given the situation we are in now, at what point will you pull the plug on those two people running it in particular?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): If I were to offer an opinion on that, as the Mayor said, £1.3 billion has been spent on the station there. This area does need to be regenerated and it does need to be done properly. The impact that station is going to have on the area means that the work, the research and the understanding about power supply and all the other aspects of infrastructure is going to be needed in the long term as that area develops.

It is obviously, as we all know, very unfortunate that industrial land values changed and the original plans the OPDC had were no longer viable, despite the Government having to support them --

Susan Hall AM: Going back to the original question, I understand what you are saying and that there is a lot of investment going on in that area, but the OPDC is costing us, the taxpayers, an absolute fortune. At what point will you stop, look at the costing, and wonder whether the corporation should be brought into City Hall, if you like, in order to save on some of these huge costs?

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): We are, through group collaboration boards and other discussions, always looking at it. Remember that a number of services are provided by the GLA to the OPDC, certainly more than is the case for the LLDC. Some of that already happens and we are looking at further opportunities

Page 258 to do that. We will continue that work. Clearly, with the hope of getting a local plan agreed and further progress with the Government, 2021 is a pivotal year for the OPDC, no doubt about that.

Susan Hall AM: OK, but we must look at the cost of this corporation and we must decide what to do with it. It makes perfect financial sense to take control if they do not do something soon. I will leave it there.

David Bellamy (Mayor’s Chief of Staff): The Assembly Member was not a Member of the Assembly at the time so would not necessarily know, but a few years ago the Committee’s advice to the Mayor was to put more money into the OPDC, which on reflection we did. Clearly it is important public funds must be kept under close review.

Susan Hall AM: Absolutely, thank you.

Navin Shah AM (Chair): OK, I take it there are no further questions --

Len Duvall AM: Chair, I have some time, I think. Shall I come in?

Navin Shah AM (Chair): You are welcome to come in. Can you indicate what section your question is related to?

Len Duvall AM: This section. Thank you very much. Mr Mayor, thank you for the way that you answered those previous questions. The ability to think again if something is not working and keep an open mind to that. We are five years into probably a 25-year regeneration scheme and there are going to be lots of ups and downs along the way. The issue - I think the Member [Susan Hall] was trying to say before - is about the confidence and certainty in this issue. Of course, you alluded to the issues around the work with the Government. Your Chief of Staff has indicated 2021 is a crucial year.

Is the importance of the close working relationship with the Government key to delivering this site because of the ownership they have in terms of their transport land around on this? Is that correct?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): It is correct. In addition, you have to remember that we have not had the certainty in relation to whether HS2 would occur or not. We now know it is occurring. We also know that the Government is going full steam ahead with Old Oak Common Station. We also know that the previous plans we had for the local plan might not materialise. Therefore that eliminates what we had originally planned to do, therefore we can focus on the art of the possible. That is the first part.

The second part is the Government has set aside a sum of money which we can apply for. That is under the control of MHCLG. That is going to be the application that is going to be made by the team on the Development Corporation.

The third part is a new local plan. All those things are really important.

Len Duvall AM: For the same reason as the Olympic Park that we alluded to earlier on, this new quarter for London, both as a place to work as well as to live, is going to be virtually very important, not just to London as a new quarter, but to the UK. It is a new gateway essentially, even though it is going on to Euston, a new gateway into London, for many people coming into London. This is not a project that is not going to be stopped, is it? This is a project that may change in scope and quantity over a period of time. We still will be investing money into this scheme and the Government will be contributing to it to make it a reality.

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Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): Spot on. Not developing this site is not an option. But those colleagues on the Assembly who have not been there should go there. It really is underdeveloped. When you talk about brownfield sites, this is a classic example of a brownfield site: huge potential, but it is really complicated, the powerlines, it is just really complicated when you go and look there. Therefore there is a lot of advance work required before you can see fruits being borne.

Notwithstanding that, we have already started building homes. People are living there. We have already started seeing receipts coming in through council tax. We have already started seeing some improvements made around the infrastructure there. We cannot pretend that we have not had hiccups along the way, expensive consequences caused by things outside of our control to some extent. It is frustrating.

I do not want anybody to be under any illusion of two things. One is that we have to make sure we fulfil the potential of this development. That is the role of the Development Corporation. Secondly, I think Susan [Hall AM] is right, we have to make sure we get value for money. This is taxpayers’ money. It is really important we get value for money. I want to reassure the Assembly that, if this time next year there are still concerns about lack of progress, we are not going to be dogmatic about this and we must not be. It was me as Mayor who had the review in 2016.

It was me as Mayor who listened to you when you said, “Put more money into this”. I wished we were putting less money in. The Budget and Performance Committee and the Assembly criticised me and asked me to put in more money. I acceded to your request and we are where we are, but we have to be flexible in relation to going forward and I am not dogmatic about this.

Len Duvall AM: Mr Mayor, you alluded to the employment issues. This is a major hub in that part of London around employment, about retaining jobs, but also, what are the new jobs? We want to build back better. We want them to be green jobs. What role has this area of opportunity got in the economic development plan around if we go subregional or whatever in terms of those contributions? What is the thinking around that?

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): I am really grateful that you asked that question. You know this, but there is great work we are already doing there. The Development Corporation is clearly supporting businesses in Park Royal. You have been there. In Park Royal there are some really good small businesses, big businesses, employing loads of people. We are delivering the Employment and Skills Hub there. We are growing and retaining employment, really important, keeping the jobs we have. Keeping local people in work. What is really exciting on the horizon is the work we are doing around the 5G rollout and solar power, which will be used to power 10,000 of the new homes.

I do not want people to be under the impression that things are not happening. Things are happening over and above the new construction that David Bellamy alluded to and the local plan that he alluded to as well. That is one example you reminded me of in relation to the work we are doing to retain what we have, making it futureproof, but also making sure we get future jobs going forward as well.

Len Duvall AM: Thank you, Chair. Navin Shah AM (Chair): We definitely have reached the end of our question-and-answer session this morning. May I thank Mr Mayor, as well as David [Bellamy] and David [Gallie], for answering the questions today. Please, obviously, feel free to leave the Teams meeting while we just conclude this part of the session. Thank you once again for this morning.

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Report to the Assembly on the Mayor’s Final Draft Consolidated Budget for 2021-2022

Report to: London Assembly

Date: 27 January 2021

Report of: City Hall Greens

Proposed by: Caroline Russell AM

Seconded by: Sian Berry AM

PART A: INTRODUCTION & COMMENTARY1

SUMMARY

Each year City Hall Greens present a practicable amendment to the Mayor’s budget and seeks to fund programmes and projects that would improve the lives of Londoners, especially those in marginalised or overlooked groups.

This year has been uniquely challenging for London as the city’s economy was paused as Londoners were put under lockdown measures and non-essential shops and services closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus. These moves to protect our health have drastically impacted the funds available to the Mayor and GLA programmes, both in-year and for future budgets, to an extent not seen since the depths of the Great Recession of 2008 – 2013 and accompanying austerity policies.

In that recession, people in the lower socioeconomic brackets suffered the worst outcomes. And as data is being gathered on the impact of the coronavirus crisis we can see the same pattern emerging. Not only is the evidence showing that existing inequality has worsened health outcomes of people who contracted coronavirus, but the resulting impact on our economy is disproportionately affecting people in lower income industries and trades.

This budget amendment focuses mainly on a number of smaller interventions using existing reserves to direct money towards practical help for those most in need Where we have proposed larger investment plans, we have created new income streams rather than removing money from any of the Mayor’s recovery missions.

Today, we are putting forward a proposed amendment with six parts.

1 This report is made up of two Parts, A and B. The text in Part A does not form part of the formal budget amendments, which are set out in Part B.

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1. Providing a new pathway to move London’s zero carbon target from 2050 to 2030 2. A package of measures to make our city better for people who walk, especially in outer London, including improvements to junctions, more crossings to cross the road safely and better learning and engagement on new plans 3. The purchase of new London Living Rent homes owned by the GLA to help key workers 4. Dedicated funding for youth homelessness services and beds 5. A road charging study that focuses on engagement with Londoners and explores preferred schemes, outcomes and mitigation measures 6. Funding grants for London’s independent renters’ rights groups Our proposals will be funded using a total of £423.28 million, including drawing down £400 million in total from funding unallocated in the 2016-23 affordable housing grant programme funding and the portion available for acquisitions within the 2021-26 affordable housing grant programme, £1.8 million from the £67 million business rates reserves, £20.3 million over two years raised by increasing Transport for London (TfL) traffic enforcement notices on red routes, and a further £1.18 million raised from a small increase of 41p in the non-policing GLA council tax precept.

1. Plans for a zero carbon city by 2030 The London Assembly unanimously declared a climate emergency in December 2018 and urged the Mayor to make specific emergency plans for the actions needed to make London carbon neutral by 2030.2 Although the Mayor joined with us in declaring a climate emergency, these specific new plans have not yet emerged. His report, Zero carbon London: A 1.5ºC compatible plan, published the same month as the declaration of the climate emergency was still working on an assumption of achieving zero carbon by 2050, rather than 2030.3

Even with this degree of warming, London schools, hospitals, and tube stations are all at serious risk.4 We could expect even hotter heatwaves than we experienced in 2018, higher chances of flooding for thousands of homes and hundreds of schools, and extreme strain on emergency services trying to cope with adverse events.

Compared with other cities in western Europe London is also highly exposed to the financial impact of climate change. For example, the 2018 report, Lloyd’s City Risk Index: Europe, highlighted that the amount of GDP at risk from flooding in London was £1.2 billion and the GDP at risk from droughts was £362 million.5

The Mayor’s Zero Carbon Pathways Tool still shows the ways that carbon emissions might be reduced to net zero by 2050 and it needs updating.6 This would provide evidence for both the

2 Assembly calls on the Mayor to declare a Climate Emergency, Dec 2018 https://www.london.gov.uk/press- releases/assembly/call-on-mayor-to-declare-climate-emergency 3 Zero carbon London: : A 1.5ºC compatible plan, Dec 2018 https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/1.5_action_plan_amended.pdf 4 Climate change risks for London: A review of evidence under 1.5°C and different warming scenarios, Apr 2019 https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/climate_change_risks_for_london_- _a_review_of_evidence_under_1.5degc_and_different_warming_scenarios.pdf 5 Data taken from Lloyd's of London, Lloyd’s City Risk Index:Europe, 2018, London. https://cityriskindex.lloyds.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Lloyds_CRI_Europe.pdf 6 London's Zero Carbon Pathways Tool, last updated two years ago https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-s- zero-carbon-pathways-

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Mayor and borough councils to build new 2030 compatible plans.

While the Pathways Tool would inform public bodies in London, it would also show where efforts are needed by Government to achieve the target. It would give London’s local authorities evidence to use to lobby the Government for further powers and support.

Our budget amendment allocates the same amount originally invested in building the Pathways Tool for updating it to support 2030 zero carbon plans.7 This part of our amendment is funded by using £50,000 from the business rates reserve.

2. Great strides for outer London

Coronavirus restrictions dramatically changed travel patterns and how Londoners get around. The latest data shows that during the first lockdown, from April to June, 46 per cent of journeys were walked or cycled compared with an average of 27 per cent in 2018 and 2019.8

The National Travel Attitudes Study (NTAS) from the Department for Transport (DfT) found that 39 per cent of people are walking more, 94 per cent expect this to continue and 65 per cent of people expect to avoid crowded public transport in future.9 Although London is already one of the world’s most walkable cities, it still has huge unmet potential.10 In outer London five million trips each day that could be walked or cycled are being made by motorised modes. Outer London has 64 per cent of the city’s unmet potential for walking, and 61 per cent of its unmet potential for cycling.11 Londoners need to walk in the open air to be safer from airborne transmission of coronavirus and to do this they need to be safe from road danger. But safety alone isn’t enough: roads and streets should also be appealing to walk and cycle along. The Streetspace programme has shown that rapid change is possible, and now we need to invest further, to make the temporary changes permanent. Maintaining wider pavements that allow proper social distancing in two-way foot traffic and new pedestrian crossings, are simple interventions that have a huge impact on the way Londoners feel about their safety on their streets.

tool#:~:text=London's%20Zero%20Carbon%20Pathways%20Tool%20shows%20the%20ways%20that%20carbon,20 50%2C%20despite%20a%20growing%20population 7 MD1640 Environment Team work programme 2016-17. Mayoral Decision MD1640, Apr 2016 https://www.london.gov.uk/decisions/md1640-environment-team-work-programme-2016-17 8 Nearly half all London journeys walked or cycled during lockdown. Caroline Russell, Nov 2020 https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/assembly/caroline-russell/half-of-london-journeys-walked-or-cycled 9 The National Travel Attitudes Study (NTAS): Wave 4 (provisional). The Department for Transport, Oct 2020 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/924959/nati onal-travel-attitudes-study-wave-4-provisional.pdf 10 Study reveals world’s most walkable cities. The Guardian, Oct 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2020/oct/15/study-reveals-worlds-most-walkable-cities 11 Hostile Streets Walking and cycling at outer London junctions. Caroline Russell on behalf of the London Assembly Transport Committee, Dec 2017 https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/hostile_streets_- _final_report_for_print.pdf

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We have a once in a generation chance to enable more walking in our city, an opportunity to trial new ways of using our streets and re-prioritising people rather than motor vehicles – if we enable it. There are not enough formal crossings which creates barrier for disabled people who need carefully designed features like drop kerbs. We propose investing in walking schemes, primarily in outer London. In year one of the programme we would fund:  40 new zebra crossings with £2 million12  25 light-controlled pedestrian crossings with £2.5 million  five basic safe junctions programmes with £2.5 million  10 pavement widening schemes with £1 million.

A further £1.41 million would be spent in 2021-22 on studies and support, including a GLA-led information and engagement programme with learning from low traffic neighbourhoods.

In 2022-23, £10.92 million would be used to continue works across London where there is acute local focused on inclusion and access improvements.

This part of our amendment is funded by increasing the cost of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) that TfL use for enforcement of traffic (Traffic Enforcement Notices). These are the fines that are given to people using the roads who park blocking a bus lane or red route, or who contravene restrictions on loading or parking, and the level of fine has not increased since 2011.

We would bring the charge for illegally parking or loading in line with the penalty charge for the Congestion Charge which was increased to £160 in January 2018. These fines are currently £130 and we would raise them to £160, with an expected increase in revenue of around £10 million per year, based upon existing collection rates and net revenue after bad debt.

The increase in fine from £130 to £160 is a 23 per cent increase but we have conservatively modelled the increase in revenue at only 20 per cent. This would result in a surplus income of £9.41 million in 2021-22 and £10.92 million in 2022-23 above the forecasts of £93.1 million and £105.7 million respectively.

3. New London Living Rent homes for key workers

The coronavirus pandemic has further exposed the inequality at the heart of the housing crisis and there is acute need for affordable rented homes. London suffers from a huge disproportionality between average rents and average wages, which means most housing costs in the private rented sector (PRS) are unaffordable to the average worker.

The largest proportion of households supported by local authorities are also placed in the private rented sector. This is not sustainable.

One of the crushing outcomes of the lack of affordable homes in London is that many emergency ‘blue light’ workers cannot afford to live in the city. A report by London Chamber of Commerce in 2016 found that the majority of emergency service workers live outside of London and tasked

12 Question to the Mayor 2020/3838 Cost of new pedestrian crossings. Caroline Russell, Nov 2020 https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2020/3838

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the Mayor and Assembly to comprehensively examine this issue.13 Similarly, research by Assembly Member Sian Berry found that almost half of all police officers live outside of London.14,15

The first two recommendations of the Harris report into London’s preparedness to respond to a major terrorist incident are also about the three main ‘blue light’ emergency services workers living outside of London, and the need to have them housed in London.16

In January 2021 the Mayor declared a major incident as rapid spread of Covid-19 threatened to overwhelm London hospitals.17 With healthcare capacity reaching its limits it is vital that its most important resource – healthcare staff – can quickly respond to major incidents.

The Royal College of Nursing investigated how London’s cost of living impacts on nursing staff working in the capital. Their report, Living in the Red, found that: “London’s high cost of living is forcing nursing staff out of the capital due to high accommodation and travel costs.”18

Our amendment would release funds to acquire 1,919 new London Living Rent homes primarily aimed at key workers and people earning an average wage, providing a significant new supply of homes that are affordable to average families.

We propose to work with councils and housing associations to purchase 1, 2, and 3-bed homes across London, which will be owned by the GLA, managed by these registered providers, and rented out at London Living Rent rates. We would seek mainly to purchase homes in new developments that are currently intended for market sale.

This part of our amendment is a phased programme funded: using £400 million taken from unallocated funds in the 2016-23 Affordable Housing Grant settlement from Government and from the new 2021-26 settlement, where the terms of the funding agreement allow for ten per cent of the overall funding to be used for acquisitions.19

Stage 1 would use this grant money to purchase homes, Stage 2 and Stage 3 would use the surplus rental income to finance further borrowing.

 Stage 1 - Q1 and Q2 2021-22 Using housing grant money, we will use £400 million to purchase 907 homes at an

13 Living On The Edge – Housing London’s Blue Light Workers. London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jun 2016 https://www.londonchamber.co.uk/LCCI/media/media/Reports%20and%20Surveys/Living-on-the-Edge- Housing-London-s-Blue-Light-Emergency-Services-Report.pdf?ext=.pdf 14 Where do our police officers live? Sian Berry AM, Jun 2016 https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/sian_berry_police_housing_report_jun2016.pdf 15 Commuting Cops – Where do our police officers live in 2018? Sian Berry, Oct 2018 https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2018_10_24_sian_berry_commuting_cops_fact_sheet.pdf 16 London’s preparedness for a major terrorist incident, Lord Harris, Oct 2016 https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/londons_preparedness_to_respond_to_a_major_terrorist_incident_ -_independent_review_oct_2016.pdf 17 ‘Major incident’ as rapid spread of Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm hospitals in the capital. Mayor of London, Jan 2021 https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/hospitals-at-risk-of-being-overwhelmed-in-capital 18 Living in the Red, The cost of living crisis for London's nursing workforce. Royal College of Nursing, Jan 2020 https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-009012 19 2021-26 funding agreement for acquisitions, as per the terms of the agreement here: MD 2707 – AH 21-26 Programme: https://www.london.gov.uk/decisions/md2707-homes-londoners-affordable-homes-programme- 2021-26; MD 2124 – AH 16-21 Programme initial settlement: https://www.london.gov.uk/decisions/md2125- homes-londoners-affordable-homes-programme-2016-21; MD 2282 – AH 16-21 Programme additional funding: https://www.london.gov.uk/decisions/md2282-additional-funding-affordable-homes

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average cost of £441,000. These will be managed under agreements with councils and housing associations and rented as London Living Rent homes to key workers.

 Stage 2 - Q3 and Q4 2021-22 By Q3, rental income from these homes will be able to sustainably finance further borrowing of £447 million (at current PWLB borrowing rates of 1.84 per cent).

We propose to borrow half this amount, £223 million, in 2021-22 and estimate a 506 LLR homes for key workers will be added to the GLA key worker housing stock in the second half of 2022.

 Stage 3 - 2022-23 In 2022-23, further borrowing on the strength of the rental income from the Stage 1 homes will finance borrowing of another £223 million to purchase a further 506 homes.

 Stage 4 This key worker homes scheme will break even in revenue terms in 2021-22 and will generate a surplus income of around £11.9 million during 2022-23 from rental payments after management and finance costs are met.

Additional income would be transferred to the Key Worker Homes Finance Reserve.

Table A: Financial year 2021-22 Item Number of Income Spending Borrowing homes acquired Stage 1: AHG funding 907 £-400,000,000 released and spent Gross rental income £5,477,551 Q3 and Q4 2021-22 Less contract and -£1,369,388 management costs at 25 per cent Stage 2: Borrowing 506 -£223,269,743 £223,269,743 against Stage 1 rental income Financing costs in- £-4,108,163 year for Stage 2 homes

Table B: Financial year 2022-23 Item Number of Income Spending Borrowing homes acquired Stage 3: borrowing 506 -£223,269,743 £223,269,743 against Stage 1 rental income Gross rental income £10,955,102 during 2022-23 from Stage 1 homes Gross rental income £6,114,857 during 2022-23 from Stage 2 homes

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Gross rental income £6,114,857 during 2022-23 from Stage 3 homes

Less contract and -£3,057,429 management costs at 25 per cent

Finance costs in year -£4,108,163 for Stage 2 borrowing

Finance costs in year -£4,108,163 for Stage 3 borrowing

Net revenue surplus £11,911,061

4. Dedicated youth homelessness funding

Young people now make up 11 per cent of London’s rough sleepers. This historic high was revealed by two leading youth homelessness charities, Centrepoint and New Horizons Youth Centre.20, 21 The last quarter of available data, July to September 2020, saw a rise from 250 under-25s rough sleeping in 2019 to 368 this year, an increase of 47 per cent. The previous quarter saw a similar increase of 48 per cent. Charities have urgently called for more youth specific bed-spaces for under-25s and the London Assembly unanimously passed a motion backing this ask in December 2020.22 The combination of the coronavirus restrictions and a deficit of specific support for homeless people under 25, means young people are stuck between spending a night in age-inappropriate emergency accommodation, sleeping rough or asking friends to break the law to allow them to stay the night. Londoners have always battled the housing crisis by opening their doors to shelter those in need: research from April 2019 found 1 in 4 Londoners have offered up space to homeless friends and family.23 However, since restrictions on households mixing were introduced, new research discovered that four per cent of Londoners – approximately 146,000 households – said they had had to turn someone away to whom they usually would have offered a bed or sofa in a crisis.24

20 Covid restrictions push more under-25s than ever to sleep rough in London, charities say. The Guardian, Oct 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/30/covid-restrictions-push-more-under-25s-than-ever-to-sleep- rough-in-london-charities-say 21 Rough sleeping in London (CHAIN reports). GLA, https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports 22 Dedicated fund needed to protect young people on the streets. London Assembly, Dec 2020 https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/assembly/dedicated-fund-needed-to-protect-young-people 23 1 in 4 Londoners have offered up space to homeless friends and family. Sian Berry, Apr 2019 https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/assembly/sian-berry/londoners-shouldering-burden-of-the-housing- crisis 24 Sofa-surfing Londoners shut out by coronavirus rules. Sian Berry, Oct 2020 https://www.london.gov.uk/press- releases/assembly/sin-berry/lockdown-warning-sofa-surfing-londoners-shut-out

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While the drivers of youth homelessness have become stronger and young people forced into rough sleeping remain uniquely vulnerable, they need specific support and dedicated provision.

Our amendment would invest directly in specialist programmes to alleviate youth homelessness and provide as many youth-specific bed-spaces as possible. This part of our amendment is funded by asking the Mayor to negotiate with Government to boost his proposed non-policing GLA council tax precept increase by 41 pence to £17.00 which would raise £1.18 million. We propose that any additional council tax collection fund surplus in the Mayor’s final budget is also used in this way.

5. Engaging with Londoners on road charging

Transport for London has suffered a catastrophic financial year due to the necessary drop in fare- paying passengers. Since the removal of its operating grant from Government, TfL is heavily reliant on fares, a situation that leaves it exposed to adverse events.

City Hall Greens have supported the introduction of the ULEZ, while cautioning that it is only an intermediary step.25 The innovation that London really needs – to both reduce traffic volumes and diversify its income – is a city-wide road pricing scheme.

The independent review of TfL finances concluded that smart road user charging schemes should be used to rebalance income by 2025.26 The introduction of a road charging scheme was first outlined in a 1999 report – which was prepared by a panel of independent experts for the Mayor and London Assembly as they took over their new powers – Road charging options for London (ROCOL). Now is finally the time to embrace this concept but any scheme must be done right. It is essential that issues of fairness and privacy are addressed to create a policy that Londoners can support.

Developing a smart, fair, privacy-friendly, road pricing scheme that bases charges on distance travelled and polluting emissions produced is a sophisticated upgrade from the blunt charges of the ULEZ and congestion charge. But Londoners must be fully consulted so any concerns can be addressed.

Our amendment proposes spending £250,000 to engage Londoners in a series of consultations, involving a) a citizens’ assembly, and b) a thorough consultation with Londoners about specific aspects of a road charging scheme. This consultation would be an in-depth discussion of the schemes’ terms and conditions, asking Londoners for their thoughts on fairness, privacy and what mitigation measures and incentives they would like to see. We also intend that this consultation process asks Londoners what projects they would like surplus revenue spent on. This part of our amendment is funded using £250,000 from the business rates reserves.

6. Provide grants to support independent renters' rights organisations

25 Response to the consultation on the Congestion Charge. Caroline Russell, Sep 2018 https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/london-assembly/assembly-members/publications-caroline- russell/publication-caroline-russell-caroline-russell-response-consultation-congestion-charge 26 TfL Independent Review, Dec 2020 https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-independent-panel-review-december-2020.pdf

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Independent renters’ rights organisations are needed now more than ever.

Renters have been left exposed to being evicted during lockdown as eviction bans have been time-limited, weakened, and only extended each time at the last minute.

Meanwhile Government has delayed a ban on section 21 no fault evictions, which pre-lockdown were the leading cause of homelessness.27 And the Renters’ Reform Bill has been pushed back indefinitely.

While homeowners were offered mortgage holidays of up to six months, no such relief was offered to renters or landlords dependent on rental income.28 While repayment terms on mortgage holidays run into decades, with an average tenancy of just 14 months, London renters do not have the luxury of time to pay off arrears.29

Renters today are not just young people in houseshares, but increasingly families and older people, who spend a large percentage of their take-home pay or pension on rent. We need better and more comprehensive renters’ rights now.

While the Mayor has introduced a rogue landlord database that lists landlords who have criminal convictions,30 the GLA does not have the power to intervene in private cases, and local authorities do not have the resources to provide assistance in every case. With potential new legislation, this is a crucial time of change to renters’ rights and they need new ways to support each other and organise.

The London Renters’ Union, the London Tenants Federation, Acorn, Generation Rent, and local groups such as the Camden Federation of Private Tenants, are rightly independent of City Hall. The advocacy and services these organisations provide for London’s private renters are more important than ever. These groups are already giving practical support for renters, advocating for Londoners who have been subjected to unfair rent rises and unfair evictions, and providing essential and clear information on tenant rights.

These organisations are largely funded by small grants and membership subscriptions. Our amendment proposes using £1.5 million to boost the reach of these groups. Grants could be offered to help organisations employ more community organisers and advocates across London, bring more cases to test and improve the way new and current laws are applied, and support them to advertise their services to attract more members.

This part of our amendment is funded using £1.5 million from the business rates reserve.

27 No-fault evictions drive up homelessness. Generation Rent, Aug 2018 https://www.generationrent.org/no_fault_evictions_drive_up_homelessness 28 Guidance for landlords and tenants Updated 21 December 2020. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Dec 2020 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-and-renting-guidance-for- landlords-tenants-and-local-authorities/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-landlords-and-tenants 29 New index measures rents, voids, tenancy length for England & Wales. Letting Agent Today, Mar 2019 https://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2019/3/new-index-measures-rents-voids-tenancy-length- for-england-and-wales 30 Rogue landlord checker. Mayor of London https://www.london.gov.uk/rogue-landlord-checker

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PART B: Proposal to approve, with amendments, the Draft Consolidated Budget for the 2021-22 financial year for the Greater London Authority and the Functional Bodies RECOMMENDATIONS: FORMAL BUDGET AMENDMENT 1. The Mayor’s draft consolidated budget (together with the component budgets comprised within it) for 2021-22 be amended by the sum(s) shown in column number 3 of the table for each constituent body, as set out and in accordance with the attached Schedule. (These sums are the calculations under sections 85(4) to (8) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (as amended) (‘The GLA Act’) which give rise to each of the amounts mentioned in recommendations 2 and 3 below.) 2. The calculations referred to in recommendation 1 above, give rise to a component council tax requirement for 2021-22 for each constituent body as follows: Constituent body Component council tax requirement Greater London Authority: Mayor of London £63,640,350 Greater London Authority: London Assembly £2,504,166 Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime £766,839,945 London Fire Commissioner £163,691,846 Transport for London £49,191,026 London Legacy Development Corporation £0 Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation £0

3. The component council tax requirements shown in recommendation 2 above, give rise to a consolidated council tax requirement for the Authority for 2021-22 (shown at Line 99 in the attached Schedule) of £1,045,867,333.

BUDGET RELATED MOTIONS 3. [WHERE APPLICABLE, INSERT ANY OTHER BUDGET RELATED MOTIONS REQUIRED]

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NOTES: Assembly’s powers of budget amendment a. The Mayor is required to set a consolidated and component council tax requirement and it is this amount which the Assembly has the power to amend. The council tax requirement equates to the amount which will be allocated to the Mayor, the Assembly and for each functional body from the Mayor’s council tax precept. These individual functional body requirements are consolidated to form the consolidated council tax requirement for the GLA Group. b. A simple majority of votes cast by Assembly Members is required to approve any amendment to recommendations (1) to (3) above concerning the Draft Consolidated Budget; abstentions are not counted. c. To approve the Draft Consolidated Budget, without amendment, only a simple majority of votes cast is required. Again, abstentions are not counted. d. Lines 4 (GLA Mayor), 18 (Assembly), 32 (MOPAC), 46 (LFC), 60 (TfL), 74 (LLDC) and 88 (OPDC) within the expenditure estimates are used to allocate any revenue account deficit being met from reserves relating to a prior financial year. This is nominally allocated to the GLA in line with accounting practice as the precepting authority but in principle the deficit can be attributed to any component budget. e. The income estimates calculated under section 85 5(a) of the GLA Act are presented in five parts within the statutory calculations:

- Income not in respect of Government grants, business rates retention or the council tax precept. This includes fare revenues; congestion charging income; the Crossrail Business rate supplement; and all other income not received from central government, through the council tax precept or for retained business rates. (line 6 for the Mayor, line 20 for the Assembly, line 34 for MOPAC, line 48 for LFC , line 62 for TfL, line 76 for the LLDC and line 90 for the OPDC);

- Income in respect of specific and special government grants. This includes those grants which are not regarded as general grants and are nominally paid for specific purposes and must generally be applied and allocated to the relevant functional body. This includes Home Office specific grants for MOPAC including counter-terrorism funding and other grants paid for specific purposes to the GLA and the other functional bodies (line 7 for the Mayor, line 21 for the Assembly, line 35 for MOPAC, line 49 for LFC, line 63 for TfL, line 77 for the LLDC and line 91 for the OPDC);

- Income in respect of general government grants. This includes for MOPAC only its general Home Office grant comprising the core Home Office police, National and International Capital Cities, council tax legacy support and principal police formula component funding streams (line 8 for the Mayor, line 22 for the Assembly, line 36 for MOPAC, line 50 for LFC, line 64 for TfL, line 78 for the LLDC and line 92 for OPDC). The Home Office policing and principal police formula grant reported within line 36 can only be applied to the MOPAC component budget;

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- Income in respect of retained business rates including estimated related section 31 grant income payable by the Secretary of State under the Local Government Act 2003 as compensation for business rates reliefs and business rates losses including those estimated to apply to the GLA under the Local tax income scheme guarantee for 2020-21 adjusted for the estimated impact of the Local Authorities (Collection Fund: Surplus and Deficit) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 (line 9 for the Mayor, line 23 for the Assembly, line 37 for MOPAC, line 51 for LFC, line 65 for TfL, line 79 for the LLDC and line 93 for OPDC); and

- The GLA’s estimated share of any aggregate forecast net collection fund surplus at 31 March 2021 reported by the 33 London billing authorities in respect of council tax subject to any compensation estimated to be received by the GLA under the Local tax income scheme guarantee for 2020-21 adjusted for the estimated impact of the Local Authorities (Collection Fund: Surplus and Deficit) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 (line 10 for the Mayor, line 24 for the Assembly, line 38 for MOPAC, line 52 for LFC, line 66 for TfL, line 80 for the LLDC and line 94 for OPDC);. f. A subtotal for income items before the use of reserves (line 11 for the Mayor, line 25 for the Assembly, line 39 for MOPAC, line 53 for LFC, line 67 for TfL, line 81 for the LLDC and line 95 for the OPDC) is included in the proforma and must also be amended to reflect the sum of any amendments made to the income items listed in paragraph d above. g. The proposed use of reserves to meet expenditure is recorded in lines 12 (Mayor), 26 (Assembly), 40 (MOPAC), 54 (LFC), 68 (TfL), 82 (LLDC) and 96 (OPDC). The overall income total including the use of reserves and the sum of the income items from paragraph e is recorded in lines 13 (Mayor), 27 (Assembly), 41 (MOPAC), 55 (LFC), 69 (TfL), 83 (LLDC) and 97 (OPDC) – and again this must also be amended to reflect the sum of any amendments made to the income items described in paragraphs d and e above.

Council tax base and GLA share of billing authority collection fund surpluses or deficits h. For the purposes of the draft budget calculations the council tax requirements are calculated using an estimated taxbase of 2,870,662.02 for the Metropolitan Police District area (the 32 London boroughs) and 2,878,351.44 for the entire GLA area including the City of London. The Mayor’s final draft budget will incorporate the effect of the approved billing authority council taxbases and the GLA’s forecast share of retained business rates income for 2021-22 alongside the forecast collection fund surpluses or deficits in respect of retained business rates and council tax for 2020-21 which are recoverable in 2021-22 through an adjustment to the instalments payable to the GLA by billing authorities adjusted for the Government’s deficit spreading and compensation schemes for in year losses in respect of 2020-21.

Compliance with council tax “excessiveness principles” expected to be set by the Secretary of State as set out in Part 3 of the Mayor’s Draft Consolidated Budget i. On 17 December 2020 the Secretary of State published the draft Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2021-22 setting out for consultation the Council Tax referendum “excessiveness” principles (“the Principles”). The Government will subsequently lay the report, including its final proposed Principles, for the approval by the House of Commons in late January or early February 2021. j. In accordance with the recent TfL extraordinary funding agreement, the Mayor wrote to the Secretary of State for Transport on 11 January 2021 setting out that he required the ability to raise his precept by a further £15 in order to continue to fund non statutory transport concessions in London without a referendum being triggered. As requested by MHCLG, the GLA has also responded to the consultation on provisional local government finance settlement consultation confirming this request. Assuming the Secretary of State agrees to the Mayor’s proposals, and they would be reflected in the final version of the ‘Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2021-22’ to be laid before the House of Commons for approval (superseding those published by the Government in December 2020). An oral update will be provided at the meeting if the Government

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has indicated by then whether it is to incorporate the Mayor’s proposals in a revised version of the Principles. k. On the basis of the Government’s draft Referendum Principles, a Band D council tax for non-police services in the City of London (the unadjusted basic amount of council tax applying in the City) would be excessive if it is more than £1.59 greater than its unadjusted relevant basic amount of council tax for 2020-21 and/or the total council tax (the adjusted basic amount applying in the Metropolitan Police District i.e. the 32 London boroughs) would be excessive if it is more than £16.59, greater than its adjusted relevant basic amount of council tax for 2020-21. l. On the basis of the Mayor’s 11 January 2020 proposals (if accepted by the Government into the final Principles to be laid before the Commons) a Band D council tax for non-police services in the City of London (the unadjusted basic amount of council tax applying in the City) would be excessive if it is more than £16.59 greater than its unadjusted relevant basic amount of council tax for 2020-21 and/or the total council tax (the adjusted basic amount applying in the Metropolitan Police District i.e. the 32 London boroughs) would be excessive if it is more than £31.59, greater than its adjusted relevant basic amount of council tax for 2020-21. m. Assembly Groups may wish to seek advice at the draft budget stage should they wish to propose amendments which have the effect of increasing the precept compared to the figures proposed by the Mayor of £96.53 (the unadjusted amount of council tax in the City) and £363.66 (the adjusted amount in the 32 boroughs) which if carried through to the final draft budget, would have the effect triggering a council tax referendum, on the basis of the Mayor’s 11 January 2020 proposals being accepted by the Government into the final Principles to be laid before the Commons. n. If an amendment resulting in an “excessive” council tax is passed at the 25 February meeting at which the final draft budget is to be considered, the Assembly will also be required to approve an alternative default or ‘substitute’ budget that is compliant with the final excessiveness principles and which would become the budget should any resulting referendum not be passed. Part 3 of the Mayor’s draft budget provides advice to Assembly members on council tax referendum issues.

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SCHEDULE Part 1: Greater London Authority: Mayor of London (“Mayor”) draft component budget NOTE: Amendments to the draft component council tax will take effect as follows. Where a figure is shown in column 3, the figure in column 2 is amended to the figure in column 3. If no figure is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 shall be taken to apply un-amended. If “nil” or “£0” is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 is amended to nil.

1 2 3 4 Line Mayor’s Budget Description Proposal amendment 1 £1,668,149,226 £1,676,606,901 estimated expenditure of the Mayor for the year calculated in accordance with s85(4)(a) of the GLA Act 2 £ estimated allowance for contingencies for the Mayor under £0 s85(4)(b) of the GLA Act 3 £ estimated reserves to be raised for meeting future £0 expenditure of the Mayor under s85(4)(c) of the GLA Act 4 £ estimate of reserves to meet a revenue account deficit of £0 the Mayor under s85(4)(d) of the GLA Act reflecting the collection fund deficit for retained business rates 5 £1,668,149,226 £1,676,606,901 aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in s85(4) of the GLA Act for the Mayor (lines (1) + (2) + (3) + (4) above) 6 -£246,800,000 -£252,277,551 estimate of the Mayor’s income not in respect of Government grant, retained business rates or council tax precept calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 7 -£345,200,000 -£ estimate of the Mayor’s special & specific government grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 8 -£25,000,000 -£ estimate of the Mayor’s income in respect of general government grants (revenue support grant) calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 9 -£895,289,000 -£ estimate of the Mayor’s income in respect of retained business rates including related section 31 grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 10 £0 -£ estimate of the Mayor’s share of any net council tax collection fund surplus for the 33 London billing authorities calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 11 -£1,512,289,000 -£1,517,766,551 aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5)(a) of the GLA Act (lines (6) + (7) + (8) + (9) + (10)) 12 -£93,400,000 -£95,200,000 estimate of Mayor’s reserves to be used in meeting amounts in line 5 above under s85(5)(b) of the GLA Act 13 -£1,605,689,000 -£1,612,966,551 aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5) of the GLA Act for the Mayor (lines (11) + (12) above) 14 £62,460,226 £63,640,350 the component council tax requirement for the Mayor (being the amount by which the aggregate at (5) above exceeds the aggregate at (13) above calculated in accordance with section 85(6) of the GLA Act)

The draft component council tax requirement for the Mayor for 2021-22 (line 14 col 3) is £62,640,350

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Part 2: Greater London Authority: London Assembly (“Assembly”) draft component budget NOTE: Amendments to the draft component council tax will take effect as follows. Where a figure is shown in column 3, the figure in column 2 is amended to the figure in column 3. If no figure is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 shall be taken to apply un-amended. If “nil” or “£0” is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 is amended to nil.

1 2 3 4 Line Mayor’s Budget Description proposal amendment 15 £7,004,166 £ estimated expenditure of the Assembly for the year calculated in accordance with s85(4)(a) of the GLA Act 16 £0 £ estimated allowance for contingencies for the Assembly under s85(4)(b) of the GLA Act 17 £0 £ estimated reserves to be raised for meeting future expenditure of the Assembly under s85(4)(c) of the GLA Act 18 £0 £ estimate of reserves to meet a revenue account deficit of the Assembly under s85(4)(d) of the GLA Act 19 £7,004,166 £ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in s85(4) of the GLA Act for the Assembly (lines (15) + (16) + (17) + (18) above) 20 £0 -£ estimate of the Assembly’s income not in respect of Government grant, retained business rates or council tax precept calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 21 £0 -£ estimate of the Assembly’s special & specific government grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 22 £0 -£ estimate of the Assembly’s income in respect of general government grants (revenue support grant) calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 23 -£4,500,000 -£ estimate of the Assembly’s income in respect of retained business rates including related section 31 grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 24 £0 -£ estimate of the Assembly’s share of any net council tax collection fund surplus for the 33 London billing authorities calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 25 -£4,500,000 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5)(a) of the GLA Act (line (20) + (21) + (22) + (23)+ (24)) 26 £0 -£ estimate of Assembly’s reserves to be used in meeting amounts in lines 19 above under s85(5)(b) of the GLA Act 27 -£4,500,000 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5) of the GLA Act for the Assembly (lines (25) + (26) above) 28 £2,504,166 £ the component council tax requirement for the Assembly (being the amount by which the aggregate at (19) above exceeds the aggregate at (27) above calculated in accordance with section 85(6) of the GLA Act)

The draft component council tax requirement for the Assembly for 2021-22 (line 28 col 3) is £2,504,166

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Part 3: Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (“MOPAC”) draft component budget NOTE: Amendments to the draft component council tax will take effect as follows. Where a figure is shown in column 3, the figure in column 2 is amended to the figure in column 3. If no figure is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 shall be taken to apply un-amended. If “nil” or “£0” is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 is amended to nil.

1 2 3 4 Line Mayor’s Budget Description proposal amendment 29 £3,989,763,087 £ estimated expenditure of the MOPAC calculated in accordance with s85(4)(a) of the GLA Act 30 £0 £ estimated allowance for contingencies for the MOPAC under s85(4)(b) of the GLA Act 31 £0 £ estimated reserves to be raised for meeting future expenditure of the MOPAC under s85(4)(c) of the GLA Act 32 £0 £ estimate of reserves to meet a revenue account deficit of the MOPAC under s85(4)(d) of the GLA Act 33 £3,989,763,087 £ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in s85(4) of the GLA Act for the MOPAC (lines (29) + (30) +(31) + (32) above) 34 -£290,200,000 -£ estimate of the MOPAC’s income not in respect of Government grant, retained business rates or council tax precept calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 35 -£583,100,000 -£ estimate of the MOPAC’s special & specific government grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 36 -£2,181,300,000 -£ estimate of the MOPAC’s income in respect of general government grants (including revenue support grant, core Home Office police grant and principal police formula grant) calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 37 -£27,923,142 -£ estimate of the MOPAC’s income in respect of retained business rates including related section 31 grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 38 £0 -£ estimate of MOPAC’s share of any net council tax collection fund surplus for the 33 London billing authorities calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 39 -£3,082,523,142 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5)(a) of the GLA Act (lines (34) + (35) + (36) + (37) +(38)) 40 -£140,400,000 -£ estimate of MOPAC’s reserves to be used in meeting amounts in line 33 above under s85(5)(b) of the GLA Act 41 -£3,222,923,142 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5) of the GLA Act for the MOPAC (lines (39) + (40) above) 42 £766,839,945 £ the component council tax requirement for MOPAC (being the amount by which the aggregate at (33) above exceeds the aggregate at (41) above calculated in accordance with section 85(6) of the GLA Act)

The draft component council tax requirement for the MOPAC for 2021-22 (line 42 col 3) is £766,839,945

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Part 4: London Fire Commissioner (“LFC”) draft component budget NOTE: Amendments to the draft component council tax will take effect as follows. Where a figure is shown in column 3, the figure in column 2 is amended to the figure in column 3. If no figure is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 shall be taken to apply un-amended. If “nil” or “£0” is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 is amended to nil.

1 2 3 4 Line Mayor’s Budget Description Proposal amendment 43 £489,300,000 £ estimated expenditure of LFC for the year calculated in accordance with s85(4)(a) of the GLA Act 44 £0 £ estimated allowance for contingencies for LFC under s85(4)(b) of the GLA Act 45 £0 £ estimated reserves to be raised for meeting future expenditure of LFC under s85(4)(c) of the GLA Act 46 £0 £ estimate of reserves to meet a revenue account deficit of LFC under s85(4)(d) of the GLA Act 47 £489,300,000 £ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in s85(4) of the GLA Act for LFC (lines (43) + (44) + (45) + (46) above) 48 -£41,200,000 -£ estimate of LFC’s income not in respect of Government grant, retained business rates or council tax precept calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 49 -£33,300,000 -£ estimate of LFC’s special & specific government grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 50 £0 -£ estimate of LFC’s income in respect of general government grants (revenue support grant) calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 51 -£228,108,154 -£ estimate of LFC’s income in respect of retained business rates including related section 31 grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 52 £0 -£ estimate of LFC’s share of any net council tax collection fund surplus for the 33 London billing authorities calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 53 -£302,608,154 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5)(a) of the GLA Act (lines (48) + (49) + (50) + (51) + (52)) 54 -£23,000,000 -£ estimate of LFC’s reserves to be used in meeting amounts in line 47 above under s85(5)(b) of the GLA Act 55 -£325,608,154 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5) of the GLA Act for LFC (lines (53) + (54) above) 56 £163,691,846 £ the component council tax requirement for LFC (being the amount by which the aggregate at (47) above exceeds the aggregate at (55) above calculated in accordance with section 85(6) of the GLA Act)

The draft component council tax requirement for LFC for 2021-22 (line 56 col 3) is £163,691,846

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Part 5: Transport for London (“TfL”) draft component budget NOTE: Amendments to the draft component council tax will take effect as follows. Where a figure is shown in column 3, the figure in column 2 is amended to the figure in column 3. If no figure is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 shall be taken to apply un-amended. If “nil” or “£0” is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 is amended to nil.

1 2 3 4 Line Mayor’s Budget Description proposal amendment 57 £7,525,791,026 £7,535,201,026 estimated expenditure of TfL for the year calculated in accordance with s85(4)(a) of the GLA Act 58 £0 £ estimated allowance for contingencies for TfL under s85(4)(b) of the GLA Act 59 £875,100,000 £ estimated reserves to be raised for meeting future expenditure of TfL under s85(4)(c) of the GLA Act 60 £0 £ estimate of reserves to meet a revenue account deficit of TfL under s85(4)(d) of the GLA Act 61 £8,400,891,026 £8,410,301,026 aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in s85(4) of the GLA Act for the TfL (lines (57) + (58) + (59) + (60) above) 62 -£4,542,200,000 -£4,551,610,000 estimate of TfL’s income not in respect of Government grant, retained business rates or council tax precept calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 63 -£3,035,800,000 -£ estimate of TfL’s special & specific government grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 64 £0 -£ estimate of TfL’s income in respect of general government grants (revenue support grant and the GLA Transport General Grant) calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 65 -£773,700,000 -£ estimate of TfL’s income in respect of retained business rates including related section 31 grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 66 £0 -£ estimate of TfL’s share of any net council tax collection fund surplus for the 33 London billing authorities calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 67 -£8,351,700,000 -£8,361,110,000 aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5)(a) of the GLA Act for TfL (lines (62) + (63) + (64) + (65) + (66) above) 68 £0 -£ estimate of TfL’s reserves to be used in meeting amounts in line 61 above under s85(5) (b) of the GLA Act 69 -£8,351,700,000 -£8,361,110,000 aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5) of the GLA Act (lines (67) + (68)) 70 £49,191,026 £ the component council tax requirement for TfL (being the amount by which the aggregate at (61) above exceeds the aggregate at (69) above calculated in accordance with section 85(6) of the GLA Act)

The draft component council tax requirement for TfL for 2021-22 (line 70 col 3) is £49,191,026

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Part 6: London Legacy Development Corporation (“LLDC”) draft component budget NOTE: Amendments to the draft component council tax will take effect as follows. Where a figure is shown in column 3, the figure in column 2 is amended to the figure in column 3. If no figure is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 shall be taken to apply un-amended. If “nil” or “£0” is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 is amended to nil.

1 2 3 4 Line Mayor’s Budget Description proposal amendment 71 £58,800,000 £ estimated expenditure of LLDC for the year calculated in accordance with s85(4)(a) of the GLA Act 72 £0 £ estimated allowance for contingencies for LLDC under s85(4)(b) of the GLA Act 73 £0 £ estimated reserves to be raised for meeting future expenditure of LLDC under s85(4)(c) of the GLA Act 74 £0 £ estimate of reserves to meet a revenue account deficit of LLDC under s85(4)(d) of the GLA Act 75 £58,800,000 £ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in s85(4) of the GLA Act for LLDC (lines (71) + (72) + (73) + (74) above) 76 -£32,000,000 -£ estimate of LLDC’s income not in respect of Government grant, retained business rates or council tax precept calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 77 £0 -£ estimate of LLDC’s special & specific government grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 78 £0 -£ estimate of LLDC’s income in respect of general government grants (revenue support grant) calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 79 -£26,800,000 -£ estimate of LLDC’s income in respect of retained business rates including related section 31 grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 80 £0 -£ estimate of LLDC’s share of any net council tax collection fund surplus for the 33 London billing authorities calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 81 -£58,800,000 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5)(a) of the GLA Act (lines (76) + (77) + (78) + (79) + (80)) 82 £0 -£ estimate of LLDC’s reserves to be used in meeting amounts in line 75 above under s85(5)(b) of the GLA Act 83 -£58,800,000 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5) of the GLA Act for LLDC (lines (81) + (82) above) 84 £0 £ the component council tax requirement for LLDC (being the amount by which the aggregate at (75) above exceeds the aggregate at (83) above calculated in accordance with section 85(6) of the GLA Act)

The draft component council tax requirement for LLDC for 2021-22 (line 84 col 3) is £0 (NIL)

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Part 7: Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (“OPDC”) draft component budget NOTE: Amendments to the draft component council tax will take effect as follows. Where a figure is shown in column 3, the figure in column 2 is amended to the figure in column 3. If no figure is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 shall be taken to apply un-amended. If “nil” or “£0” is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 is amended to nil.

1 2 3 4 Line Mayor’s Budget Description proposal amendment 85 £6,500,000 £ estimated expenditure of OPDC for the year calculated in accordance with s85(4)(a) of the GLA Act 86 £0 £ estimated allowance for contingencies for OPDC under s85(4)(b) of the GLA Act 87 £0 £ estimated reserves to be raised for meeting future expenditure of OPDC under s85(4)(c) of the GLA Act 88 £0 £ estimate of reserves to meet a revenue account deficit of OPDC under s85(4)(d) of the GLA Act 89 £6,500,000 £ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in s85(4) of the GLA Act for OPDC (lines (85) + (86) + (87) + (88) above) 90 -£300,000 -£ estimate of OPDC’s income not in respect of Government grant, retained business rates or council tax precept calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 91 £0 -£ estimate of OPDC’s special & specific government grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 92 £0 -£ estimate of OPDC’s income in respect of general government grants (revenue support grant) calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 93 -£6,200,000 -£ estimate of OPDC’s income in respect of retained business rates including related section 31 grant income calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 94 £0 -£ estimate of OPDC’s share of any net council tax collection fund surplus for the 33 London billing authorities calculated in accordance with s85(5)(a) of the GLA Act 95 -£6,500,000 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5)(a) of the GLA Act (lines (90) + (91) + (92) + (93) + (94)) 96 £0 -£ estimate of OPDC’s reserves to be used in meeting amounts in line 89 above under s85(5)(b) of the GLA Act 97 -£6,500,000 -£ aggregate of the amounts for the items set out in section 85(5) of the GLA Act for OPDC (lines (95) + (96) above) 98 £0 £ the component council tax requirement for OPDC (being the amount by which the aggregate at (89) above exceeds the aggregate at (97) above calculated in accordance with section 85(6) of the GLA Act)

The draft component council tax requirement for OPDC for 2021-22 (line 98 col 3) is £0 (NIL)

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Part 8: The Greater London Authority (“GLA") draft consolidated council tax requirement calculations

NOTE: Amendments to the draft consolidated council tax will take effect as follows. Where a figure is shown in column 3, the figure in column 2 is amended to the figure in column 3. If no figure is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 shall be taken to apply un-amended. If “nil” or “£0” is shown in column 3, then the figure in column 2 is amended to nil.

1 2 3 4 Line Mayor’s Budget Description proposal amendment 99 £1,044,687,210 £1,045,867,333 the GLA’s consolidated council tax requirement (the sum of the amounts in lines (14) + (28) + (42) + (56) + (70) + (84) + (98) calculated in accordance with section 85(8) of the GLA Act)

The draft consolidated council tax requirement for 2021-22 (line 99 col 3) is £1,045,867,333

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GLA Conservatives: Budget Related Motion

“This Assembly appreciates the uncertain position of the Greater London Authority’s finances and notes the Mayor will present his final budget in February.

However, this Assembly has concerns regarding the direction and focus of the Mayor’s draft consolidated budget, including:

 That at a time when many people are struggling across our city, the Mayor is continuing to build a legacy of making Londoners pay more.

 That the approach based on missions and foundations is not transparent, making it harder for Londoners to know what services might be at risk.

 That provisional funding allocations are vague, meaningless and in some cases do not reflect Londoners’ priorities, while distant mission target dates undermine accountability.

 That the opportunity to consider significant institutional reform across the GLA Group and its Functional Bodies – including but not limited to Transport for London – has not been taken.

Therefore, this Assembly recommends that the Mayor takes action within the direct powers of the Greater London Authority to address these concerns, before presenting his final draft consolidated budget in February.”

Proposed by Susan Hall / Seconded by Andrew Boff

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