• Reference: 2020/4545
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Whilst I appreciate that many of the venues are currently closed, can you please indicate what recovery plans you have for gradual opening of the venues and particularly their use by local communities and stakeholders like schools?

• Reference: 2020/4544
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Thank you for your response to my question about, in my view, the discriminatory ban on use of 60+ Freedom Pass during morning peak hours. After months of this imposition by DfT there is no sign of the removal of this restriction. What steps are you taking to demand that the Government removes this condition forthwith? If the ban is not lifted when you are negotiating the next TfL funding can you give me assurance that you would lobby the DfT to lift this condition?

• Reference: 2020/4542
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Why will the meeting papers for the London Health Equity Group not be made public?

• Reference: 2020/4541
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Can you provide an update on the work of the London Health Equity Group?

• Reference: 2020/4540
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

In an ICU, the critical care nurse to patient ratio should be 1:1. During the first wave, at its peak, the ratio reached 1:6. The focus and concern should not be about the number of ICU beds available, but instead about the number of trained critical care staff to care for those in ICU. Are you concerned about the pressures on London’s nurses and other NHS staff?

• Reference: 2020/4539
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Are you working with councils to produce messaging materials around encouraging vaccine uptake?

• Reference: 2020/4538
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

What campaign and messaging materials around encouraging vaccine uptake has your office produced?

• Reference: 2020/4537
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Research by Queen Mary University has found that London’s dirty air increases risk of catching Covid-19. What steps are you taking to urgently tackle air quality in light of the pandemic?

• Reference: 2020/4536
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

The number of school-age children with coronavirus has risen "significantly" in the second wave compared with the first, according to the Government's scientific advisers. How can you as Mayor encourage safe practices and distancing in schools?

• Reference: 2020/4535
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 17 December 2020

Government-backed assessments carried out by Public Health England and the University of Oxford suggests the lateral flow rapid tests may miss as many as half of Covid-19 cases, depending on who is using them. The study found that the sensitivity of the test dropped from 79% to 58% when it was used by self-trained members of the public as opposed to laboratory scientists. Are you worried about testing accuracy for Londoners if rapid testing is made more widely available?