• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Why are you not taking that money and using it on some quick wins in this financial year?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Do you mind if I go back to this conversation you had about your freedom to get the work done? What you are saying is that the Infracos are contracted to do this work and cannot do it; you have got money left over, but the contract is such that you are not allowed to outsource this work, which is badly needed, because of the contract. Who " government I presume " would you have to go to to ask for variance to the contract? Can you tell me just how many penalties you are imposing on these Infracos? I...

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

That is the rumour, that this is splitting the Northern Line by stealth.

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

That would be helpful. Can I then just return to the Mayor in my final question? When confronted with the problems on the Tube, your typical response is, `oh well, my hands are tied; I have only just taken it over; it is nowt to do with me, guv'. But the fact is that in this financial year, there is £140 million of resources that could have been deployed on improving the services. Just to give an indication, that, although I appreciate you cannot spend it in a year, is equivalent to 50km of track being completely refurbished and six...

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Thank you. Could I ask the Commissioner first whether he is happy with the quality of TfL budgeting in the London Underground area, given that there are some huge swings? Central Services with £72 million unspent, for example. Are you happy with how they are now managing the resources?

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

We are talking about on the individual.

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Valerie Shawcross [AM] and I raised with you concerns about the impact of the Congestion Charge on schools inside the zone, as compared with very similar schools immediately outside the zone. In the work that TfL is doing, are you looking as well at the broader issues of the double whammy that could hit people who have workplace parking places inside the congestion zone? We do appreciate the issues about primary legislation to identify a workplace parking space, as you have identified just then. But that is something that needs to be included if you are looking at this in...

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Will you look at Nottingham?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Has TfL actually done a further study since the ROCOL [Road Charging Options for London] Report of four years ago?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 January 2004

Why do you think Nottingham are pursuing this and looking into it?