• Reference: 2023/1505
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Can you please confirm when the Dial-a-Ride service will operate until 11pm as promised and advertised?

• Reference: 2023/1504
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Heathrow Airport representatives in conversation with representatives of LCDC said they are happy to start a discussion with the taxi trade about funding a dedicated Tout squad. Will you support such an initiative?

• Reference: 2023/1503
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

The answer to question 2023/0558 related to checks of illegal touting by licensed Taxi and Private Hire drivers and vehicles at Heathrow, but the question related to unlicensed Private Hire Drivers. Please confirm what actions have been taken related to unlicensed Private Hire Drivers.

• Reference: 2023/1502
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Mayoral Decision MD3082 delegates authority to the Executive Director of Housing and Land to approve the allocation of the remaining 2023-24 and 2024-25 government funding. What ad hoc contracting arrangements and grant-funding arrangements have been executed or agreed so far?

• Reference: 2023/1501
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

If TfL goes ahead with their proposed changes, how do you plan to deal with requests related to jurisdictions where obtaining a Certificate of Good Character is particularly difficult or impossible to obtain?

• Reference: 2023/1500
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

TfL's recent public consultation on improving safety for taxi and PHV passengers includes a proposal which will require all drivers renewing or applying for a taxi or PH licence to obtain a Certificate of Good Character (CoGC) from any country they have visited for three months or more since the age of 18. This is a significant change from the current requirement which only asks drivers to get a CoGC from a country they have lived in for three months or more, in the three years before an application or renewal. Do you have any concerns that this may be...

• Reference: 2023/1499
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

What are you doing to ensure DBS checks are processed as soon as possible to prevent people’s livelihoods being endangered as a result of the internal issues at the Met Police?

• Reference: 2023/1498
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

I understand that the Met Police has transferred its DBS responsibilities to other police services owing to their internal vetting challenges. Residents are contacting me complaining about delays of almost 3 months. How many DBS checks have been referred to other police services in the last year and how many DBS checks in the last year needed more than 1 month to be processed?

• Reference: 2023/1497
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

A TfL bus stop light is shorting out some street lights on Alexandra Palace land. This is making the area feel unsafe at night, particularly for women. Will you instruct TfL to resolve this ongoing lighting issue that is being passed between Haringey Council, TfL and Alexandra Palace rather than being resolved?

• Reference: 2023/1496
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

With the design contract awarded to Mott MacDonald to create a new London Overground link in west London stretching from Hounslow to Hendon and West Hampstead in the north, what is the current expected timeline with key milestones for the implementation of this potential new Overground line?