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Appendix 3 Written Answers to Questions Not Answered at Mayor’S Question Time on 22 February 2012 Appendix 3 Written Answers to questions not answered at Mayor’s Question Time on 22 February 2012 London Living Wage for the London 2012 Games Question No: 406 / 2012 Darren Johnson Will you deliver an Olympic and Paralympic Games which ensures a living wage for London's hotel and catering workers? Oral response BackBoris2012 Website Question No: 603 / 2012 John Biggs What was City Hall’s role in collating information for the BackBoris2012 website? Oral response Cycle safety Question No: 425 / 2012 Caroline Pidgeon Are London’s roads safe for cyclists? Oral response Tackling gang crime Question No: 744 / 2012 James Cleverly I. In 2008, what concerns did you have about the methods being used in London to tackle youth and gang crime? II. How have both you and the MPS tackled youth and gang crime since 2008? Oral response UK Statistics Authority Code Question No: 638 / 2012 Joanne McCartney Will you re-consider your refusal to sign up to the UK Statistics Authority code of practice? Oral response Fact Check Question No: 752 / 2012 Richard Tracey A report by Channel 4 News’ Fact Check on 30th January, found that under your Mayoralty there had been fewer stations closed, fewer journeys delayed, fewer passenger hours lost and less excess journey time than under your predecessor. Why do you believe that is the case? Oral response Meeting Question No: 533 / 2012 Valerie Shawcross When is your next scheduled meeting with Peter Hendy? Oral response Games lanes Question No: 695 / 2012 Victoria Borwick Are you confident that all vehicles that need to use Games Lanes will be able to do so? Oral response Knife Crime Question No: 357 / 2012 Richard Barnbrook In light of the reported increase in knifepoint robberies in the capital up to September 2011, is now the right time for the Metropolitan Police to scale back stop and search? Written response from the Mayor The new approach to stop and search isn’t about scaling back the use of the relevant powers; it’s about using resources more effectively. The new strategy provides a renewed focus on reducing violence and better use of the powers in a more intelligence-led and targeted way. With the intelligence threshold to approve the use of stop and search powers being increased, there are likely to be fewer 'Section 60' authorisations. This should lead to more stop and search aimed at the right people; those committing serious and violent offending, and should lead to more weapons recovered and greater arrests arising from searches. Visible policing Question No: 755 / 2012 Richard Tracey 1. What have you done since 2008 to ensure that London has more visible policing? 2. How many more single police patrols are there now than in 2008? Oral response Electric Vehicles Question No: 561 / 2012 Murad Qureshi You missed your target to get 100,000 electric vehicles on London roads by 98,000. Why was this target missed so spectacularly? Oral response Metal theft Question No: 723 / 2012 Steve O’Connell Will you commend Stuart Nebbett’s decision to pay to replace fourteen metal plaques stolen from Carshalton war memorial in Sutton? Do you support his calls for cashless payments involving scrap metal, ID requirements, and for a firm crack down on unlicensed scrap metal yards? Question Withdrawn Police officers with criminal convictions Question No: 412 / 2012 Dee Doocey In 2009 responding to a question in relation to police officers with criminal convictions, you said: ‚when it comes to issues of dishonesty it is absolutely inconceivable to me that officers should remain in post‛. Do you still believe this? Oral response Silvertown Crossing Question No: 742 / 2012 James Cleverly Please list the reasons why a road tunnel between Silvertown and the Greenwich peninsula would be preferable to the Thames Gateway Bridge. Oral response Cleaner Taxi Fund Question No: 494 / 2012 Mike Tuffrey What progress has been made to establish a £1m fund to clean up London’s taxi fleet, first announced in your press release of 05 October 2009? Oral response Funds to tackle crime related to the Olympics Question No: 740 / 2012 Andrew Boff What funds, if any, have the Olympic host boroughs received to tackle various types of crime in the run up to the Olympics? Oral response Tube staff recruitment Question No: 538 / 2012 Valerie Shawcross Transport for London is currently recruiting 300 ‘station assistant’ posts. Will these new staff be doing the same duties as the 800 staff who lost their jobs in tube stations last year? Written response from the Mayor TfL reduced the establishment of station staff, including managers, by 800 posts in February 2011 and this new recruitment does not increase the new establishment. Rather TfL is are recruiting up to 300 new Customer Service Assistants (CSAs) over the next six months to replace employees who have retired, left or moved to other jobs within London Underground. This will maintain our station staff numbers to the level we implemented in February 2011. No staff were made compulsory redundant as the reductions were made to the establishment through natural wastage with many of these posts already vacant. The affected staff were management (150) and also ticket sellers and station assistants (650). TfL has created 160 new train operator jobs as service levels increase on the Jubilee and Victoria lines and to prepare for the Northern line and Sub-surface upgrades. These posts jobs are filled only by internal promotion and mostly from station roles. The vacancies left behind by those moving to train operator jobs need to be replaced. In addition, TfL need another 140 new station assistants over the next six months to replace employees who have retired, left or moved to other jobs within TfL. TfL’s current turnover rate is around 20/30 station posts leaving per 4 weeks. This is the first time TfL has recruited station staff for over three and a half years. Warranted safer transport officers Question No: 765 / 2012 Tony Arbour How many warranted safer transport officers did you inherit and how many will there be at the end of this Mayoral term? Please break this down by borough. Oral response Low emission buses Question No: 373 / 2012 Jenny Jones How many low emission buses will be on London’s streets by May? Oral response Suburban Rail Question No: 726 / 2012 Steve O’Connell Were the Government to give the Mayor the power to franchise suburban London’s railways, what improvements could my constituents who use Coulsdon South Station expect to experience? Written response from the Mayor My Rail Vision proposes that, initially at least, TfL assumes responsibility for inner suburban routes on the West Anglia and South Eastern networks – these do not serve Coulsdon South Subsequently, however, I would expect further services elsewhere in the Capital to be devolved and where this is the case passengers would see stations improved to the standard set out in the Vision document In the case of Coulsdon South, TfL has already funded and delivered substantial improvements under the current Southern franchise. These include the delivery of all day station staffing, a deep clean to enhance the ambience of the station and the provision of 40 additional cycle parking spaces This investment means that this and other Southern stations are already some way to meeting the standards outlined in the Rail Vision However this is not the case in many other parts of the Capital, which is why it is important that all interested parties work together to turn the Vision into a reality. Idling Question No: 599 / 2012 John Biggs How are you going to enforce your ban on idling? Written response from the Mayor There is no London-wide ban on idling in London. Health of Londoners Question No: 616 / 2012 John Biggs Do you think the Government’s Health and Social Care Bill will deliver better or worse health care for Londoners? Written response from the Mayor As you know, I’m not accountable for the running of the NHS, and this Bill is still being amended. I am not sure that it’s particularly helpful for me to be pontificating at this stage on matters which are the responsibility of others. I do believe however that London has an excellent clinical workforce and I have every confidence they will rise to the challenges and opportunities that the new structures will provide. I remain committed to promoting the greatest possible transparency on patient outcomes so that the public can judge for themselves how well particular NHS organisations are delivering and not simply be reliant on hearing my views or those of NHS leaders. Questions for Written Answer Crime (1) Question No: 358 / 2012 Richard Barnbrook You continually claim crime is under control in London, however, with the summer riots followed by reported increases in knifepoint robberies, a gang culture out of control, double stabbing in Oxford Street on Boxing Day and numerous knife attacks reported over the Christmas and New Year period would you now admit that law and order is under very serious attack in the capital and that you should galvanise the support of the London public through a new community wide initiative to tackle this very serious threat? Written response from the Mayor We take all crime very seriously. It is important to note that Violence against the Person, Violence with Injury, Assault with Injury and Youth Violence are all showing a significant decrease. In addition, I and the DMPC have been working closely with the MPS, local boroughs, CPS and other partners to develop a new gang crime strategy for London. A significant part of this strategy is about effective enforcement which the MPS brought to bear so publically following the launch of the new gang command on 8 February.
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