• Reference: 2023/2799
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

In your response to question 2022/5355, you refer to a Microsoft Teams meeting on 12 October 2021 where TfL and Imperial College met to discuss the bus worker Covid death data and differences in definitions used by member cities. Please can you provide me with the detailed minutes of this meeting, plus any emails and handwritten notes associated with it?

• Reference: 2023/2798
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Will you allow for a decommissioned Euro 5 diesel taxi with an LPG conversion to be relicensed as a London taxi again if it met your London taxi emissions standards? If so, for how many years would you guarantee that a newly converted LPG TX4 taxi that met the emission standards could be relicensed?

• Reference: 2023/2797
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

In the judgment of Johnson v TfL, it has been accepted that the only licensable taxi from new is the LEVC taxi which TfL has accepted costs over £100,000. This cost prevents many disabled taxi drivers from working as taxi drivers and also prevents many parents with childcare responsibilities from working part-time. Do you agree with me that TfL has failed with its vehicle conditions of fitness policy? Furthermore, given the policy has not been updated since 2007 to take into consideration the 2010 Equality Act, do you agree that TfL’s conditions of fitness policy may well be discriminatory?

• Reference: 2023/2796
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

TfL recently banned an ad on its assets for the theatre show ‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’. Do you not agree this was an unfair and illogical judgement?

• Reference: 2023/2795
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Neil Miller, deputy CEO of London South East Academies Trust, which runs nine schools in London, has stated that there will be “inevitable” shortfalls in funding for your Universal Free School Meals scheme. Will you increase the amount provided to Councils and Schools as a result of these warnings?

• Reference: 2023/2794
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Kingston and Richmond Councils have said with regard to your Universal Free Schools Meals policy “logistics of mobilising the expansion in such a short period of time is causing concern, at a time when schools are already under significant pressure in terms of children’s needs and school finances”. What discussions have you or your officers had with Richmond and Kingston Councils on these issues?

• Reference: 2023/2793
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

A spokesman for Sutton Council has said “As the funding is only for one year, commencing with a short timescale and the take-up is unknown, schools will need to manage with the equipment and sites they have and manage the situation accordingly.” Do you believe that there is an appropriate level of existing equipment and sites within schools to deliver your Free School Meals policy?

• Reference: 2023/2792
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Bexley Council told Schools Week: “The Council does not have the funds to meet any additional costs associated with this initiative and this will need to be met by our schools.” How have you responded to Councils who find themselves in the same position as a result of your lack of proper planning for Universal Free School meals?

• Reference: 2023/2791
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Lewisham Council has said that your Free School Meals scheme will have an additional cost of £600,000 which will have to be funded by the Borough. Will you increase the amount provided to London Boroughs to accommodate this shortfall?

• Reference: 2023/2790
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

There is an almost 80% uptake rate of those saying they have received three COVID-19 vaccinations amongst Londoners who are White British, Indian and Chinese. How are you and your health advisor trying to increase the number of all Londoners taking up the offer of a COVID-19 vaccine?