• Reference: 2020/4630
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

In your response to Question 2018/1315, IA 13744 (2014) shows the fieldwork was started and completed in 1 day (18 June 2014) and IA 17780 (2017) shows fieldwork was started and completed in 2 days (13 June-15 June 2017), yet your response to Question 2019/17340 shows fieldwork for IA 16767 started 18 October 2016 and wasn’t scheduled for completion until 15 November 2016. How do you explain the huge discrepancy between the fieldwork required for each of these 3 different safety audits especially when IA 16767 was commenced prior to Sandilands and IA 17780—which took place after—only involved 2 days...

• Reference: 2020/4629
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Further to your response to Question 2020/4097, does it concern you that— seemingly ignorant of IA 16767 existence—your Deputy Mayor testified to the London Assembly on 11 September 2019 “having looked at a lot of the documents myself, as you would expect, speaking to senior members of staff at TfL about exactly what has happened, I am confident that a further independent investigation into this is not required.” 11 September 2019 was almost 3 years after Sandilands, so when was the Deputy Mayor informed about the existence of IA 16767? Please provide me with all communications and documentation associated with...

• Reference: 2020/4628
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Further to you response to Question 2020/4096, when you rejected the London Assembly’s request for an Independent Investigation of TfL’s behaviour during the Crash Investigation on 18 July 2018, you state that you were not aware that TfL was conducting a Safety Audit of First Group TOL when Sandilands occurred on 9 November 2016. When did you become aware of the existence of IA 16767? Please provide me with the exact date when you were informed and all communication and documentation associated with this event. Does it concern you that, as TfL Chair, you were seemingly kept in the dark...

• Reference: 2020/4627
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Please provide me with the reference number and title of all Internal Audits commenced and discontinued from 1 January 2014 to the present and the formal reason why the audit was discontinued.

• Reference: 2020/4626
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Following up on Questions 2020/4094, please provide me with a copy of TfL’s formal protocols for undertaking or discontinuing an Internal Audit.

• Reference: 2020/4625
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

In your response to Question 2020/4094 you stated "All decisions whether to undertake or to discontinue an audit were taken by Transport for London Internal Audit.” On what date did TfL Internal Audit decide to discontinue IA 16767 and who authorised this decision? Please provide me with copies of all communications (including handwritten notes) associated with TfL Internal Audit's decision to discontinue IA 16767, including (but not limited to) any exchanges with First Group, TfL's General Counsel, the Transport Commissioner and Audit and Assurance.

• Reference: 2020/4624
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Due to severe financial challenges facing taxi drivers and proprietors, will the Mayor consider a deferral scheme of taxi drivers' vehicle licence fees?

• Reference: 2020/4623
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Given the dramatic decrease in vehicles, does the Mayor agree that a fully wheelchair accessible, emissions target achieving taxi fleet should be included in his 80% target within his 2018 Transport Strategy?

• Reference: 2020/4622
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

During the Covid-19 pandemic, when Tube drivers were on sick leave or self-isolating, what consideration was given to using the 140 underused Crossrail drivers to drive Tube trains?

• Reference: 2020/4621
• Question by: Keith Prince
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

What was the average speed of traffic westbound on Euston Road over the first week of December 2020?