• Reference: 2022/0024
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

What positive impact did declaring a major incident on 18 December have on London’s coronavirus response?

• Reference: 2022/0023
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has indicated that fire engines and a whole fire station were placed out of action in December due to the wave of infections caused by the coronavirus variant Omicron. Could you provide a list of stations with reduced fire service cover by date since the start of December that you consider to have been caused by the spread of this variant?

• Reference: 2022/0022
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/4418. You stated that the identification of vulnerable people only takes place during an incident. What consideration will you give to proactively identifying Londoners who could be vulnerable before incidents occur, and allowing people to register for early warnings or indicating that they are at higher risk so that they can be kept safe during future incidents?

• Reference: 2022/0021
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

The Thames Water report on flash flooding in London in 2021 is yet to be completed. What are you doing ahead of this report to ensure London is better prepared for future extreme weather or climate events?

• Reference: 2022/0020
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

What is your assessment of the positive impact of COP26, and what benefits do you think London has gained from your attendance at this conference?

• Reference: 2022/0019
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

Energy costs are rising and set to increase at a record rate this spring. New research suggests wood burning could be causing large portions of the cancer risk of urban air pollution due to high emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). What steps will you take to ensure that Londoners don’t move to more use of wood burners for economic reasons which then leads to a greater cost to public health?

• Reference: 2022/0018
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

What further research still needs to be completed into the health impacts of tube dust?

• Reference: 2022/0017
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

You have recently published an update to the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory which includes a model of air pollution across London in 2019. Could you provide a list of the 20 schools where this model indicates that air pollution exceeds current legal limits, including the date of their most recent air quality audit and a link to that report or summary of findings?

• Reference: 2022/0016
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

In your Transport Strategy you identify a target for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) to be built to capture an additional surface area of 50,000 square metres per year. What has been your progress on this, by year, since you were elected in 2016, and what consideration is being given to raising the target?

• Reference: 2022/0015
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 20 January 2022

London saw repeated challenges to drainage from surface water flooding in 2021. What assessment do you have of the need and relative prioritisation across the city for investment in forms of drainage that can make it more of a sponge city, such as Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)?