• Reference: 2023/0664
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

On the Manchester Metrolink system it is possible to press the button to indicate you wish to open the doors before arriving at a station or stop, which makes for faster exit and entry from the tram. Could Transport for London (TfL) consider introducing a similar operating mode on existing and/or future vehicles for both rail and tram services in London?

• Reference: 2023/0663
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Does your recent announcement on 2 February 2023 about extending free travel on the Transport for London (TfL) network to 5,800 of the lowest paid transport workers include cleaners on London buses? If not, when do you plan on extending free travel to bus cleaners?

• Reference: 2023/0662
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Could you explain the reasons for the wifi service on the Elizabeth Line being so terrible?

• Reference: 2023/0661
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Could you update me on the meeting on 24 January 2023 that your Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, the Executive Director of Good Growth and the Assistant Director for Environment and Energy had with the CEO, Country Manager and Business Manager of iChoosr, to discuss the performance of iChoosr in managing the Solar Together scheme?

• Reference: 2023/0660
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

For allocated grants within the 2016-23 Affordable Homes Programme (AHP), in total: a) how many homes, and b) how much grant is associated with schemes that have not yet started on site, and what proportion of these do you consider to be at risk of having to return grant funding?

• Reference: 2023/0659
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/0317, in which you say: “Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe, is close to finalising his review of the Fixed Estate Charge (FEC) which is due to be published shortly.” You have been promising a review of the FEC at the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) since your answer to my question 2021/3564 in September 2021. Will this review be published in time for the London Assembly Plenary meeting on 16 March 2023 focussing on both Mayoral Development Corporations?

• Reference: 2023/0658
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/0323. Could you me provide me with any details of how dioxin pollution is monitored in the environment around the new homes and developments in Barking Riverside and Thamesmead, since these chemicals are a common by-product of incineration?

• Reference: 2023/0657
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/0322. However, I have been made aware of several other incinerators all built close to the Barking Riverside development. These include the Cory Riverside Recovery site, just across the River Thames (2 km south east), the Thames Gateway Energy Generation Facility (1.5 km south), the Thames Water Sewage Sludge Incinerator at Beckton (1 km west), and the SELCHP incinerator at Lewisham, (9 km south west). Could you tell me, do the Environment Agency, local planning authorities or developers assess the combined effect of individual incinerators, where they have been permitted in a...

• Reference: 2023/0656
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Could you update me on the programme of consultations on London Plan Guidance (LPG) as the 2021 programme is now complete?

• Reference: 2023/0655
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

While prioritising key workers for intermediate housing in London is a welcome development, the London Tenants Federation (LTF) says: “The Mayor knows very well that large numbers of the key workers who have been most at risk during the pandemic are the front-line working-class workers who, by and large, are not able to afford, nor are eligible for, intermediate housing. These include: construction and transport workers, security guards, caretakers, carers, cleaners, shop-workers and nurses, many of whom are in insecure employment.” What analysis have you done on the affordability of intermediate housing to key workers on lower wages?