• Reference: 2024/0523
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Your 'carbon and energy statement' for the Silvertown Tunnel states that this scheme, which will cost Londoners over £2bn over 25 years, will lead to a long-term increase in CO2 emissions, even if the Blackwall Tunnel is tolled as planned, and the effects of that tolling are included in scheme emissions. How does spending £2bn on this scheme support your climate policies and targets?

• Reference: 2024/0522
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

You have claimed that the Silvertown Tunnel and the proposed new toll on Blackwall, when implemented together, will bring an overall improvement in air quality. Can you quantify this improvement, in tons of NOX and tons of PM per year?

• Reference: 2024/0521
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

One of your justifications for building the Silvertown Tunnel is that it will provide an alternative if Blackwall northbound is blocked. However, TfL's charging policy rejects the option of using Silvertown as a charged alternative for when Blackwall is congested, because congestion at Blackwall northbound rapidly backs up past the exit to Silvertown. In your modelling, at peak hours, how long does it take for the queue from a blockage at Blackwall to extend past the exit slip to Silvertown?

• Reference: 2024/0520
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Can you confirm that future availability payments for the Silvertown Tunnel will be made directly out of TfL general funds, and are independent of any income from tolls on Silvertown or Blackwall? Can you also let me know the percentage of TfL income that currently comes from fare-payers, and the percentage of income that comes from drivers, and how those percentages will change if/when Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels are tolled?

• Reference: 2024/0519
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

You have consulted on plans to use a shuttle bus to ferry cyclists through the Silvertown Tunnel. What would be the maximum capacity of this proposed service, in cyclists per hour? Would the service be able to carry cargo bikes? What would be the expected subsidy per cycle trip to run this service, assuming crossing was free?

• Reference: 2024/0518
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

How does the LFB plan to allocate resources for an independent root cause analysis of the planning failures at 8 Albert Embankment, and what is the budget set aside for this analysis?

• Reference: 2024/0517
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Following the Secretary of State's decision on 23rd June 2021, how many times has the LFB attempted to engage with local community representatives regarding new plans for 8 Albert Embankment, and what has been the nature of these engagements?

• Reference: 2024/0516
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Can you provide a breakdown by year of the amount of money spent by the London Fire Brigade in relation to all planning applications concerning 8 Albert Embankment between January 2008 - December 2023?

• Reference: 2024/0515
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Can you provide a breakdown by year of the number of employment tribunals that ruled against the London Fire Brigade between January 2018 - January 2023?

• Reference: 2024/0514
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Can you provide a breakdown by year of the amount of funding spent on employment tribunals by the London Fire Brigade between January 2018 and January 2023?