• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

We have just removed 42 in Brunswick Park Road, Mr Mayor. On the issue of congestion, would you not feel that TfL's money would be better spent improving traffic flow and encouraging the boroughs to improve traffic flow on the borough principle roads, which would reduce the need to rat-run through residential roads?

• Question by: Brian Coleman
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

Mr Mayor, I can tell from that that you are not a very regular driver. As you know, these cushions just enable you to line up the wheel base of your car and take it down the middle of the road at high speed and avoid any inconvenience at all. That is why they are put there for the benefit of fire engines and ambulances. They are also there for the benefit of boy racers. From your answer, do I understand that you are not exactly a great fan of road humps?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

There was some discussion about sharing the data of persistent offenders " people who evade car parking charges, bus fines, speeding fines and congestion charging " that TfL has, the Pan London Safety Camera Partnership has and the boroughs have. Has that gone forward at all?

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

I am on the same theme actually; I think that demonstrates that there is a big problem. Yesterday I had a classic piece of TfL congestion charging casework. My constituent paid his bill in April. A letter had gone missing so he was told that he had not appealed in time and yesterday he was in touch with me saying that TfL are not just treating him in a way that he finds rather rude and time consuming but are threatening to take him to court action. He had been evidencing to them since the dispute first arose that there...

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

Do you think that there is something wrong with your procedure because I am sure that they do not want to wilfully delay this rather unpleasant process any more than TfL does?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

But one assumes that is because of common errors in the system that so many cases are effectively let off by TfL as soon as someone submits evidence of a mistake.

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

In the latest report to the TfL panels, it is still the case - is it not? - that the vast majority of people who appeal against their Congestion Charge fine are let off by Transport for London and in effect no evidence is offered. Why is that the case and what is being done to reduce that number?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

): It is not commercially sensitive to tell the Chair of Transport, even the Liberal Democrat Transport spokesperson, how many vehicles have been clamped. That should be openly available information to any member of this Assembly who asks. It is not right to give people the run-a-round. It is my job to hold this to account.

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

I just thought that you might have looked into these in terms of these questions. Can we then move on to why I have such trouble extracting any information from TfL? I first phoned them on 04 June to ask them how many vehicles had been clamped or towed away and no response. I sent a formal email on 20 June requesting the information and a follow-up conversation. I was then told that I had to put the enquiry to a different department. Not until 01 July did I get an email message from Public Affairs still not giving the...

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 16 July 2003

I would like to know how that programme is scheduled for payment and if there is any sort of basic. When we first looked at the Congestion Charge, it was agreed that there would be people - recidivists if you like - those who did not pay and might be habitual non-payers. So if crushing and clamping is at such a low level at the moment, do you have figures for the number of people who have actually had three penalty notices?