Written Answers to Questions Not Answered at Mayor's Question Time on 19 July 2018 Serious Youth Violence - Parents'/Carers' Advice Question No: 2018/1820 Joanne McCartney Parents/Carers often don't know where to go for advice when their child is at risk or involved in criminal activity. How are you ensuring that they have easy access to advice and guidance, and how are you ensuring that their experiences are taken into account in your youth violence prevention work? Oral response Commons vote on Heathrow third runway Question No: 2018/1746 Caroline Russell What actions will you take to stop the third runway at Heathrow? Oral response Police Clear Up Rates Question No: 2018/2037 Peter Whittle I am sure the Mayor will join me in congratulating the Durham Police Force on becoming the best police force in the country, when it comes to solving crime. They solve 18% of all crimes in the university city, while similar-sized police forces manage a score of just 5%. Mike Barton, Durham's chief constable attributed the force's success to good old-fashioned policing.1 What lessons do you think might the Metropolitan Police learn from the policing model operated by the Durham Force? 1 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sunday-times-crime-map-beat-bobbies-dazzle-in- durham-7jtx2dr8k Oral response Congestion Charge for PHVs Question No: 2018/1990 Gareth Bacon Is charging private hire vehicles to drive into the Congestion Charge Zone a fair and proportionate measure? Oral response President Trump's visit to London Question No: 2018/1902 Andrew Dismore How much did the policing of President Trump's visit to London cost; and how many dedicated ward officers were taken off their wards to police the visit? Oral response London's Bus Mileage Question No: 2018/1965 Keith Prince What percentage reduction in London's total bus mileage has there been under your mayoralty? Oral response Public engagement Question No: 2018/1994 Steve O'Connell What are you doing to encourage residents of London to engage with the police? Oral response Oxford Street pedestrianisation Question No: 2018/1698 Caroline Pidgeon What is your plan B for Oxford Street? Oral response Brexit and Security Question No: 2018/1919 Unmesh Desai How are you and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime working with the Met to prepare for the possibility of losing access to security arrangements such as the European Arrest Warrant and Europol after the UK leaves the European Union? Oral response Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation Question No: 2018/1993 Shaun Bailey Do you agree that the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation represents a fantastic opportunity to build thousands of homes for London? Oral response EU Workers Question No: 2018/1844 Fiona Twycross The Office for National Statistics has found that there has been a 43 per cent drop of the number of EU citizens coming to work in the UK since the referendum. What is the impact of this in London? Oral response Uber Question No: 2018/1807 Florence Eshalomi Please update me on the current situation surrounding Uber and their Private Hire Operators Licence? Oral response Culture for All Londoners Question No: 2018/1829 Navin Shah Outer London is struggling to maintain and enhance the culture and creative industries due to austerity measures. How will your strategic vision for London's culture provide better access to those living in outer London, particularly young people? Oral response ULEZ Question No: 2018/1991 Gareth Bacon Are you satisfied that the impact of the expanded ULEZ has been fully assessed? Oral question receiving a written response The Mayor Please see my answer to Mayor's Question 2018/1350 and the letter I sent to you in response to the issues raised. Homelessness Question No: 2018/1912 Tom Copley I welcome your announcement of an extra £3.3 million to tackle rough sleeping in London. However, how far will this go towards providing a long term, sustainable route off the streets for all rough sleepers without support from the Government? Oral response NHS@70 Parliamentary Awards Question No: 2018/1848 Fiona Twycross Will the Mayor join me in congratulating the nominees, from across London, for the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards? What challenges do you see for the NHS over the next 70 years and how can we make sure that we are united to have the best health service in London? Oral response Pride Parade (2) Question No: 2018/1979 Andrew Boff Why was Peter Tatchell not invited to your Pride reception? Oral response Overcrowding Question No: 2018/1982 Andrew Boff Will you be monitoring progress in tackling overcrowding in London? Oral question receiving a written response The Mayor My Housing Strategy includes for the first time a section dedicated to overcrowding, setting out the evidence around it and the range of actions we are taking. This includes a new policy in my draft London Plan that for the first time requires boroughs to set out the size mix of low- cost rent homes they want to see in their area. This is intended to make sure new social housing is targeted toward tackling overcrowding, by taking into account local evidence such as waiting lists. Through this policy, boroughs can require more family-sized social housing. It also means they can require smaller homes for potential downsizers, whose moving will free up existing larger homes, and for 'concealed households' of people sharing with others because they can't afford a home of their own. We will be able to monitor the impact of my size mix policies through the Annual Monitoring Report for my London Plan. This sets out the number of homes of each size and tenure built in London each year. I have also published, for the first time, an implementation plan for my Housing Strategy that will monitor 11 key indicators - one of which is the overall rate of overcrowding in London - that have been chosen to assess the impact of my strategy over time. These indicators will be reported on an annual basis in my 'Housing in London' report. We need the powers and resources to build more social housing, and it is also crucial Government take other steps, such as reversing welfare cuts which are leaving some tenants with no choice but to stay in overcrowded accommodation because they can't afford to move out into somewhere of the right size. Car Free Day Question No: 2018/1879 Leonie Cooper Can the Mayor outline what steps he is taking to implement car-free days in London? Oral response Police raids and the Notting Hill Carnival Question No: 2018/1747 Sian Berry In addition to Notting Hill Carnival, when and for what other public order events have the Metropolitan Police conducted pre-event raids? Oral response President Trump's Visit Question No: 2018/2038 David Kurten Why did you give permission for an obscene blimp of President Trump to fly over London during the President's visit to London? Oral response Toilet Charging at Transport for London Stations Question No: 2018/1819 Joanne McCartney Currently Transport for London (TfL) charges 20p for the use of toilet facilities at 15 tube stations, all others being free of charge. Network Rail has announced that they plan to scrap all toilet charges at all of its national rail toilets from 2019, stating that it is "quite wrong to penalise people when they are in discomfort". Will you ensure that TfL abolishes these charges? Oral response Garden Bridge Trust Question No: 2018/1918 Tom Copley What discussions has the Mayor had with the Garden Bridge Trust about how it spent the considerable amount of public money it received from Transport for London? Oral response Non-disclosure agreements (1) Question No: 2018/1699 Caroline Pidgeon Please state how many non-disclosure agreements with former staff at Transport for London have been signed as part of the process of their employment being terminated in the years 2016/17 and 2017/18. The Mayor Officers are drafting a response which will be sent shortly. Non-disclosure agreements (2) Question No: 2018/1700 Caroline Pidgeon Please state how many non-disclosure agreements with former staff at the London Fire Brigade have been signed as part of the process of their employment being terminated in the years 2016/17 and 2017/18. The Mayor The number of non-disclosure agreements signed with former staff at London Fire Brigade was as follows: 2016/17 - 1 2017/18 - 3 Non-disclosure agreements (3) Question No: 2018/1701 Caroline Pidgeon Please state how many non-disclosure agreements with former staff at the Metropolitan Police Service have been signed as part of the process of their employment being terminated in the years 2016/17 and 2017/18. The Mayor When answering this question, we have interpreted it to mean: How many employment tribunals (ET) cases in financial years 16/17 and 17/18 have resulted in cases reaching an agreement that has concluded with the Claimant (MPS 'employee') leaving the organisation and signing a legal document to that effect AND how many of these have signed such an agreement that contains a confidentiality clause. On that basis, within the financial years 16/17 and 17/18, five ET Claimants were released from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) as part of Settlement Compromise Agreements which included an Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) agreement form (commonly known as a COT3 form). Of those five Claimants, three were Police Officers and two were Police Staff members. Of the five agreements produced to deal with the settlement conditions four contained confidentiality clauses.