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Written Answers to Questions Not Asked Or Answered at Mayor's Written Answers to questions not asked or answered at Mayor’s Question Time on 17 December 2008 Funding the 24-hour Freedom Pass Question No: 2901 / 2008 Caroline Pidgeon What are your intentions with regard to Boroughs funding the 24-hour Freedom Pass, and what are their implications for the budget of Transport for London? Oral Answer Rough Sleeping Question No: 2950 / 2008 Steve O’Connell What measures does the Mayor propose to take in order to meet his goal of ending rough sleeping by 2012? Why has government intervention thus far, whilst making some progress, not yet achieved this desired result, and what more needs to be done? Oral Answer LCN+ (1) Question No: 2697 / 2008 Jenny Jones How many LCN+ borough cycling schemes put forward for 2009/10 were riminali in the Transport for London settlement with the boroughs? What is the total number of schemes which have either gone, or are going, through the LCN+ CRISP study process, and now remain without funding? Oral Answer MPA Chair Question No: 2733 / 2008 John Biggs How attentive to MPA business are you as MPA Chair? Oral Answer Congestion Charge Question No: 3014 / 2008 Victoria Borwick As a Christmas present to Londoners and in view of the current economic situation would the mayor consider using his powers to bring forward by a week the advertised free period for the Congestion Charge which currently runs from 25th December to 1st January? Oral Answer Immigration Amnesty Question No: 2736 / 2008 John Biggs How would people qualify for your earned immigration amnesty? Answer from the Mayor: Failed immigration policies over the number of years have left London with thousands of people living here illegally. These people impact on London’s services and are not able to fully contribute to the rest of society. We are keen to tap into the skills of many of those people. It is nonsense for a qualified engineer to drive a minicab when there’s a shortage of engineers in London. It is crazy for a doctor to be waiting tables in the West End restaurant when the NHS needs their skills. But let me make it clear that I am not seeking to reward people who are here illegally. The right thing to do is that they are deported. However this is not happening and it could take many years to just deport the people who are now here. This amnesty is a practical response to the continuing failure to deport. Practically an earned amnesty demonstrates that a migrant is committed to this country. So we also need to explore what this should be. For example it could include length of time in the country, no involvement in crime and ability to command and learn English and perhaps references. We think instinctively there is a case for them to remain in the UK. Safer Travel at Night Question No: 2980 / 2008 Richard Tracey What plans does TfL have to ensure that the ‘Safer Travel at Night’ campaign is as effective as possible over the Christmas period? Oral Answer Review of planning and contractual arrangements Question No: 2739 / 2008 Valerie Shawcross What are the objectives of the independent review on the planning and contractual arrangements concerning the bus network? Oral Answer Decentralised Energy Question No: 3010 / 2008 Gareth Bacon Can you confirm that there will be a several fold increase in the LDA’s riminalized energy budget? On what specific measures will this money be spent? What should be the role of the GLA in the development of riminalized energy in London, and in what ways can actions by the GLA add value? 2 Oral Answer Estate Redevelopment and housing numbers Question No: 2737 / 2008 John Biggs Would it be a fraud on Londoners to claim that 1:1 replacement of rented homes in estate redevelopments counts towards the new homes target? If not, why not? Oral Answer Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants Question No: 2650 / 2008 Richard Barnbrook Taking into account your proposed amnesty for illegal immigrants, how do you think your policy will impact not only on London’s under pressure labour market but on the considerable number of homeless people, many of whom are ex-servicemen, who will be sleeping on the streets of this city throughout the winter? Oral Answer Criminalising young people Question No: 2964 / 2008 James Cleverly What action will you take in the full youth strategy to ensure young people do not become riminalized by behaviour that would have traditionally been viewed as part of growing up? Oral Answer Christmas present to Londoners Question No: 2742 / 2008 John Biggs What is your Christmas present to Londoners? Oral Answer Outer London Commission Question No: 2992 / 2008 Roger Evans What steps will you take to ensure that your commission for outer London truly represents views of residents in the suburbs? Oral Answer 3 Priority Parks Question No: 2843 / 2008 Murad Qureshi Which parks are to benefit from the £6m promised in your manifesto? What improvements have been scheduled for these parks & by when? Answer from the Mayor: Londoners are currently voting to decide which ten parks from a list of 47 will receive funding. An indication of the improvements that would be made to each of the 47 parks is listed on my website, but these include better footpaths, more lighting for safety, opening cafes, refurbishing public toilets, providing new playgrounds and facilities for children, and improved cycle routes. A panel is also assessing which of six particularly deserving parks requiring significant investment to transform them is the best candidate for a larger grant. I expect to announce all 11 winners in February. All the improvements will be delivered by early 2012, and I expect the initial works to begin towards the end of next year I wanted to give Londoners a say in which parks should benefit, and they clearly welcome the opportunity, as over the first two weeks of voting around 30,000 votes have been received. Social Housing Question No: 2988 / 2008 Andrew Boff Should the majority of public housing funds for social housing be allocated to building one and two bedroomed flats for rent? Oral Answer LOCOG Board Question No: 2741 / 2008 Len Duvall Given your membership of the Olympic Board, can you update us on the position of the LOCOG Board and its Board Members work programmes? Answer from the Mayor: The LOCOG Board operates like any traditional board of directors, with a mixture of executive and non-executive directors. Board members do not have individual work programmes, beyond the day-to-day responsibilities of the executive directors. A full list of Board members, with biographical details, is available on the London 2012 website. Obesity Question No: 2963 / 2008 James Cleverly With his Health Inequalities Strategy soon to be released for consultation, in what areas would the Mayor like to see reform of the central government’s approach to the issue of obesity? Oral Answer 4 Total police officer numbers Question No: 2924 / 2008 Dee Doocey Can you explain why the draft Policing London Business Plan 2009-12 shows an increase of 353 officers next year, but then a reduction of 326 officers between 2010/11 and 2011/12? Oral Answer Central Line Station Tannoys Question No: 2991 / 2008 Roger Evans There have been complaints about the volume of announcements at South Woodford and Grange Hill stations. What steps are London Underground taking to minimise disturbance for neighbouring residents? Oral Answer Declarations of outside earnings and interests Question No: 2734 / 2008 John Biggs Will you submit yourself, and your advisers to the same regime as the Parliamentary front bench of the Conservative Party? If not, why not? Answer from the Mayor: No, because there is no need, as our system is arguably more rigorous. As Mayor I am required to declare all gifts and interests within 28 days, as are my directly appointed staff. These are all on the public website. Any expenses I do incur, such as for travel, are reported to the Assembly. This is different to the system under which MPs operate. They are currently allowed to claim expenses for their offices, travel and accommodation. David Cameron rightly asked his frontbench MPs to voluntarily declare what they claimed their expenses for. Decent Homes standard Question No: 2879 / 2008 Mike Tuffrey What monitoring will you be undertaking to ensure that London Boroughs are meeting the Decent Homes standard, and will you publish this data on an annual basis? Oral Answer Alignment of transport and planning strategies Question No: 2740 / 2008 Valerie Shawcross Are you satisfied that your transport and planning strategies will be aligned? 5 Answer from the Mayor: Yes. My advisers in the Mayor’s Office with responsibility for planning and transport issues are working closely together to ensure the emerging strategic planning and transport issues are dealt with in a coordinated and joined-up way. At officer level, the London Plan and transport teams at the GLA in association with staff at Transport for London are working closely together to ensure that the London Plan and Transport Strategy are fully aligned. Budget Question No: 2655 / 2008 Darren Johnson Will London be greener as a result of your 2009/2010 budget? Answer from the Mayor: Yes, I am confident that London will be greener as a result of my 2009/10 budget. My budget for 2009/10 will be the first full year of my environmental programme for the Mayoral term. This includes my overall budget commitment of over £100m on environment and climate change programmes over four years which will deliver genuinely effective, value for money and high quality initiatives.
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