• Reference: 2022/5348
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

On 26 November, the Financial Times reported that TfL had banned advertising from Qatar that week. A spokesperson from your office told the Financial Times that you were not involved in day-to-day decisions regarding advertising on London's transport network and appeared to deny that you had made any intervention on this issue that week. You stated in Mayor's Question Time on 17th November that you would look into closing loopholes in the TfL advertising rules that allowed adverts from FIFA promoting Qatar to appear on the TfL network. Can you confirm whether it is still your position that you did...

• Reference: 2022/5347
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

What was the increase/reduction in the number of vacant homes in London in the years 2020/21 and 2021/22?

• Reference: 2022/5346
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

The latest London Plan Annual Monitoring Report shows an increase of over 10,703 vacant homes in London in the four years between 2016/17 and 2019/20, compared with a reduction of 16,402 in the previous eight years between 2008/09 and 2015/16. What is the reason for this reversal in progress, and what are you going to do to resolve it?

• Reference: 2022/5345
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

When will you be publishing London Plan Annual Monitoring Reports for the years 2020/21 and 2021/22?

• Reference: 2022/5344
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

Why did it take you over two and a half years to publish a London Plan Annual Monitoring Report for the year 2019/20?

• Reference: 2022/5343
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

In 2018 Lord Falconer, the new Chairman of your Drugs Commission, wrote “I am sorry for supporting the war on drugs” and “The Labour party should call for an end to the drug war and commit to the legal regulation of drug production and supply in its next manifesto.” Will you remove Lord Falconer from his role considering he has a predetermined view?

• Reference: 2022/5342
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

Page 106 of the ‘London-wide ULEZ Integrated Impact Assessment (ULEZ Scheme IIA)’ states: “disabled people may experience a disproportionate level of financial hardship as a result of the Proposed Scheme; or instead, choose to stay at home rather than pay the charge, leading to social exclusion and isolation. Being excluded from society due to a lack of available transport could mean that people with disabilities have fewer opportunities to access education and employment opportunities, thereby confounding their susceptibility to poverty.” Will you provide a blanket exemption for all disabled Londoners in order to avoid social exclusion, isolation, lack of education...

• Reference: 2022/5341
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

Page 104 of the ‘London-wide ULEZ Integrated Impact Assessment (ULEZ Scheme IIA)’ states: “The additional cost of the Proposed Scheme – either from paying the charge or for upgrading to a compliant vehicle - for people already struggling financially could have detrimental effects on their mental wellbeing through creating stress and anxiety. There is a growing body of evidence of a link between lower socio-economic status and poor mental health; as set out in the Marmot Review.” What will you do to make sure the expansion of ULEZ does not have a detrimental impact on mental wellbeing?

• Reference: 2022/5340
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

Page 101 of the ‘London-wide ULEZ Integrated Impact Assessment (ULEZ Scheme IIA)’ states: “As a result of these barriers, the pool of available care workers attending to outer London may shrink, thereby having a knock-on effect on the service users requiring care. Written correspondence received from the Homecare Association during stakeholder engagement stated that, ‘If commissioning rates in London remain lower than the rest of the country (and well below what is needed) this could, consequently, increase the risk that the capacity in the market decreases (either due to financial viability or staff shortages) with knock on impacts decreasing the...

• Reference: 2022/5339
• Question by: Emma Best
• Meeting date: 15 December 2022

Page 100 of the ‘London-wide ULEZ Integrated Impact Assessment (ULEZ Scheme IIA)’ states: “While providers in central and inner London may be able to provide care using a combination of active travel and public transport, transport links in outer London and the areas adjacent to Greater London are not as accessible and services are not as regular, and often the distances to travel between service users are longer. Using public transport instead of car is also likely to increase the travel time between home visits, which with acute staff shortages means that less care can be delivered if care workers...