Agenda item

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Richard Berry, [email protected], 020 7983 4000

The Committee is recommended to note the report, put questions to the Deputy Mayor for Transport and Transport for London on London Underground rolling stock procurement and note the discussion.

9.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on London Underground Rolling Stock to the following invited guests:

·  Valerie Shawcross CBE, Deputy Mayor for Transport; and

·  David Hughes, Director of Strategy and Service Development, London Underground, Transport for London.

9.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 2.

9.3  During the course of the discussion, The Deputy Mayor for Transport agreed to provide the following:

·  Further information about how the decision to cancel the World Class Capacity programme was communicated to relevant parties including the TfL Board and to undertake a review of what information the TfL Board receives in order to fulfil its obligations;

·  Details of any further discussion with the Government regarding the future of the Silvertown Tunnel and any associated air quality monitoring; and

·  Update the Budget and Performance Committee at the meeting in January 2018 with further analysis on the change in tube passenger numbers and the impact on forecasts in the Business Plan.

9.4  The Director of Strategy and Service Development, TfL, agreed to provide the following:

·  An outline of the planned changes to the Northern line and the Jubilee line as part of the Tube modernisation programme, including the frequency of trains and future timetable enhancements, following the decision to cancel the World Class Capacity programme;

·  Clarification on the future of contracts for radio and CCTV equipment following the decision to cancel the World Class Capacity programme; and

·  Further information on whether the aging population outside London may be part of the cause of the 2% drop in passenger numbers.

9.5  Resolved:

(a)  That report and discussion with invited guests on motorcycle be noted; and

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chairman, in consultation with the Deputy Chair and party Group Lead Members, to agree any outputs arising from the meeting.