• Reference: 2021/1005
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Have the full costs of the Silvertown Tunnel been made public?

• Reference: 2021/1003
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

In your answer to my question 2021/0483 you stated that on 3 February 2021 you wrote to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden MP, about the UK Government’s failure to come to a deal with the EU and the impact on the creative and cultural sectors. Could you publish this letter and share any response you receive from the Secretary of State with me?

• Reference: 2021/1002
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

In your answer to my question 2020/4314 you told me that your officers have not produced an equivalent analysis on the accessibility of existing homes to that done through the English Housing Survey (EHS) and the detailed data required to do so is not yet available. Is that data now available, and if so, will your team be carrying out a similar analysis at the London level?

• Reference: 2021/1001
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

In the findings of your research into intermediate housing, respondents said that they: “felt that shared ownership (SO) is not an effective way to tackle the issue of housing within London. […] it doesn’t get to the root of the problem – a lack of supply of housing which forces up prices and creates a situation in which many people cannot afford to rent, let alone buy.” How will your housing and planning policies change in response to these findings?

• Reference: 2021/1000
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Now that Uber drivers have had their rights as workers affirmed by the Supreme Court, will you take action to require all companies licensed or contracted with by Greater London Authority bodies to recognise the rights of their workers in line with this ruling?

• Reference: 2021/0999
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Will you review Uber’s Operator license now that their drivers have finally, after six years of hard work by former Uber drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam, won their right to be recognised as workers?

• Reference: 2021/0998
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

The operator of Heathrow Airport has suspended the Heathrow Free Travel Zone and is withdrawing support for local public transport. This cut in funding from Heathrow to Transport for London (TfL) is effectively being absorbed in the government support deal for TfL. What level of funding was Heathrow providing to Transport for London (TfL) in return for free travel for each mode of transport concerned – bus, tube and train?

• Reference: 2021/0997
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

The operator of Heathrow Airport has suspended the Heathrow Free Travel Zone and is withdrawing support for local public transport. This cut in funding from Heathrow to Transport for London (TfL) is effectively being absorbed in the Government support deal for TfL. Have you made representations to Heathrow Airport Limited or the Government about this issue, which risks a rise in local motor traffic?

• Reference: 2021/0996
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

A constituent has noted that train times obtained from the Transport for London (TfL) journey planner were incorrect and encouraged them to take trains that were not on the timetable at the station they used. I understand that there have been many short notice changes to train timetables in the past year. What steps is TfL taking to keep the journey planner up to date, and have you noted any particular issues?

• Reference: 2021/0995
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Thank you for your answer to my question 2020/3302. Could you supply updated indicative estimates from Transport for London (TfL) for the split of journeys by mode of transport in London?