• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

I think, Ken, one of the things we have experienced in the boroughs is actually you can do it faster than that by arrangement and there is a sense in which TfL could learn from the experiences of some of the better-practice boroughs. Indeed, I think there are lots of areas where there are now partnerships between boroughs and the utilities, for example, to assist with clean up. Do you not think that TfL should try and join in local arrangements and partnership arrangements for this kind of environmental cleansing possible? Can I just say that I know this is...

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

Yes, Mayor. We have talked this morning about the importance to people of feeling that their stations are clean and safe, we talked about the overground stations, and we talked about the wider environment in and around stations. As you know, we very much support the Capital Standard programme of the GLA to bring London boroughs up to a good minimum standard of environmental cleanliness and graffiti removal et cetera. It is obviously very important that TfL sets a good standard and does not let London down in this regard. Have you set environmental performance standards for TfL and if...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

Do you know yet if TfL will be represented on the new British Transport Police Authority?

• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

That is very impressive in terms of the lists of arrests and the action that has been taken. Is there yet any data on the improved security and feelings of security of both bus passengers and bus staff as a result of the work of the TOCU?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

Can I carry on the point that Toby has raised with police presence on the Underground? What consideration is being given to recruitment and employment of police Community Support Officers (CSO), given that we know that they have been well-received and that it seems to us, certainly in the Labour group, that this sort of policing resource that would go down very well, especially on routes within our Inner London community. Why I say that is if you look at the recruitment from within the Inner London boroughs in terms of ethnicity and gender to this new role of police...

• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

Could I ask you about the progress made in increasing uniformed police presence on the Underground?

• Question by: Toby Harris
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

Can you also tell us whether there should be a target or some form of measure as to how quickly the TOCU responds to an incident in a bus lane or on a London bus?

• Question by: Roger Evans
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

Thank you, Chair. Well, I am grateful, Mr Mayor, that provided the table of the TOCU results for us because although without a doubt it has been a good initiative, the table demonstrates that yet again, like so many of your initiatives, it has been a central zone initiative. Certainly I am concerned that although residents in my part of London pay the same in Council Tax and fares towards this scheme, they are not getting the benefit that Inner London gets. Here we have, for example, Havering, where only 1% of the total arrests have been made. Another 1%...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

I share your view about the train operating companies, as you know, and it is ironically really that the one train operating company that actually does have a special constable scheme for its staff is Connex, which is about to lose its franchise. Do you realise that if you are successful in increasingly the BTP numbers of London Underground to 600 by next year, as you said a little earlier, that will then be double the number of transport police that cover the overground rail network from the Thames to the south coast as far west as Weymouth? Whilst that...

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 17 September 2003

In your press release last week about the TOCU funding you said and I quote I am determined to tackle crime and the fear of crime on public transport. You will be aware that millions of Londoners travel on overground rail how do you propose to tackle crime and the fear of crime on overground rail?