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Questions to the Mayor Appendix 3 Questions to the Mayor 17 September, 2020 ANSWERED QUESTIONS PAPER Subject: MQT on 17 September, 2020 Report of: Executive Director of Secretariat Crossrail Question No: 2020/2681 Gareth Bacon MP When will Crossrail open? Answer for Crossrail The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response Protections for police officers Question No: 2020/2761 Steve O’Connell What progress has been made on providing greater protections for police officers? Answer for Protections for police officers The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response Post-Pandemic London Preparation Question No: 2020/2900 Tony Devenish Have you acted swiftly and sufficiently enough to prepare Londoners and businesses for the lifestyle changes of a post-pandemic London? Answer for Post-Pandemic London Preparation The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response Oakley Square North Question No: 2020/2570 Caroline Pidgeon The leader of Camden Council recently responded to residents of Oakley Square North who had contracted her relating to concerns about the impact of the cycle lane on the A400 stating: “We also note your concerns about the impact of this scheme on Oakley Square North. We wrote to TfL as they were preparing the scheme on the south side of the Square, which is on their network, and asked to ensure Oakley Square North was carefully monitored during the scheme to ensure any impacts on the north side (Camden’s road network) were assessed. We would therefore also be keen to know the outcomes of any information TfL are able to provide with respect to that agreed monitoring.” Please publish all monitoring that TfL has undertaken on all surrounding roads of the newly installed A400 cycle lane. Answer for Oakley Square North The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response Stag Brewery development Question No: 2020/2571 Caroline Pidgeon What assurances can you give local residents that in considering the revised planning application for this development that full consideration is being given to the traffic implications of the long-term closure of Hammersmith Bridge? Answer for Stag Brewery development The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response London Overground services on Boxing Day Question No: 2020/2572 Caroline Pidgeon What level of services will operate on the London Overground on the 26 December 2020? London Overground services on Boxing Day The Mayor Last updated: 21 September, 2020 No decision has yet been made around service levels on London Overground during the Christmas/New Year period. Covid-19 Risk Reduction Actions for London Transport Workers Question No: 2020/2573 Caroline Pidgeon Point 3.29 of the minutes of the 10 September 2020 Safety, Sustainability and HR Panel Meeting states “We are considering whether we could have anticipated changes to that advice and implemented some of our actions earlier.” Why is this activity (a) being conducted internally and (b) was not included in Phase 1 of UCL IHE’s “Review into coronavirus infections and deaths among bus workers”? Answer for Covid-19 Risk Reduction Actions for London Transport Workers The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response Benchmarking London’s Transport Worker Covid-19 Deaths against Peer World Cities Question No: 2020/2574 Caroline Pidgeon Further to my Question 2020/2122 will you consider instructing an independent body to benchmark London against its peer world cities for deaths and hospitalisations of transport workers from Covid-19? Answer for Benchmarking London’s Transport Worker Covid-19 Deaths against Peer World Cities The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response Vision Zero Targets Question No: 2020/2575 Caroline Pidgeon Point 3.33 of the minutes of the 10 September Safety Sustainability and Human Resources Panel Meeting states “We will undoubtedly have less capital budget in the future. This means that achieving our ambitious targets for safety improvement, particularly around Vision Zero, will be inevitably more challenging.” If safety is, as you claim, top priority, are you now preparing the ground to abandon your Vision Zero targets? Answer for Vision Zero Targets The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response Step free access at London Underground stations Question No: 2020/2576 Caroline Pidgeon Please provide an update on the specific dates, by month, that London Underground stations will become step free during (1) 2020, and (2) 2021. Answer for Step free access at London Underground stations The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response School bus services (1) Question No: 2020/2577 Caroline Pidgeon Following TfL’s decision to introduce school only buses on specific bus routes please state what external funding TfL has received for these new services. School bus services (1) The Mayor Last updated: 21 September, 2020 Transport for London has not received funding yet. It is able to claim funding of up to a maximum of £5,878,576 from the Department for Education, subject to the relevant criteria for the funding being satisfied. School bus services (2) Question No: 2020/2578 Caroline Pidgeon Following TfL’s decision to introduce school only buses on specific bus routes what steps is TfL taking to assess this policy and when will any evaluation results be published? School bus services (2) The Mayor Last updated: 21 September, 2020 Transport for London (TfL) is monitoring demand and performance on a daily basis. It has mobilised hundreds of volunteers to observe buses in their local areas and is taking account of comments from operators, schools and other stakeholders, as well as surveys and ticketing data, to identify how closely demand matches capacity and to consider whether any changes need to be made, subject to resource constraints. Updates will be reported through the usual channels including the Commissioner’s Report and Quarterly Performance Report. Police officers who cycle Question No: 2020/2579 Caroline Pidgeon What proportion of MPS officers have access to a Met bicycle? Has any assessment been undertaken as to whether there is an under representation of female police officers that use bicycles as part of their duties? Answer for Police officers who cycle The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response Crossrail Question No: 2020/2580 Caroline Pidgeon Please provide an update on the current deployment of train drivers that were trained to operate on the line ahead of its expected opening date of December 2018? Answer for Crossrail The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response Impact on the extension of the Congestion Charge operating hours for small businesses Question No: 2020/2581 Caroline Pidgeon What assessment has TfL undertaken of the impact of the extension of the Congestion Charge operating hours on small businesses, especially in the retail sector? Please also provide an update as to the actual date that the temporary changes will continue to. Impact on the extension of the Congestion Charge operating hours for small businesses The Mayor Last updated: 21 September, 2020 Congested roads are a major barrier to economic recovery, with the cost of congestion in London amounting to £5.5bn per year. Drivers in the capital loose more than 200 hours per year due to being stuck in traffic. This pushes up the cost for all businesses, creates unpredictable journey times and sees deliveries running late. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, very few shopping trips in central London were made by car. Between 2016/17 and 2018/19, 93 per cent of trips for shopping and personal business were made by walking, cycling or public transport. Only four per cent of trips were made by car. Identifying the economic impact of the charge on weekend and evening activity in isolation is difficult at this early stage as there are so many factors that could affect businesses at this time. Transport for London is undertaking monitoring to develop a better understanding of the impacts as more data becomes available for analysis. However, notwithstanding this, it is important to note that recent figures suggest that traffic is increasing. There also appears to be a faster rate of increase at the weekend than on weekdays. The temporary changes are being kept under review and will take into account important milestones in response to the pandemic or significant changes in circumstances. Support for Online Harms Bill Question No: 2020/2582 Caroline Pidgeon The increasing and vile attacks on minority communities on social media channels is having a huge effect on communities across London. Can you please confirm what work you are doing to push the Government to move forward as quickly as possible with the Online Harms Bill, and whether you will be supporting a role for OFCOM in regulating social media companies moving forward? Answer for Support for Online Harms Bill The Mayor Last updated: 22 September, 2020 Officers are drafting a response The Transcribing of Police Interviews Question No: 2020/2583 Caroline Pidgeon Please provide details of how many hours officers have spent transcribing police interviews over the last 5 years, broken down by year and interview location e.g. interview suite, scene of crime, body worn device etc? The Transcribing of Police Interviews The Mayor Last updated: 21 September, 2020 The Met does not record this data. Consideration of Automated Transcription Technology within the Met Question No: 2020/2584 Caroline Pidgeon Has the Met considered the potential benefits of automated police transcription technology? Please provide information on any work the Met has done to investigate the benefits of such technology in their work. Consideration of Automated Transcription Technology within the Met The Mayor Last updated: 21 September, 2020 The Met informs me that it continually scans the market for possibilities to improve efficiency.
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