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International Bus Benchmarking Group and Covid-19

  • Reference: 2020/2122
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Will you commission Imperial College’s International Bus Benchmarking Group (IBBG) to produce a study looking at how London compared to all other IBBG members for Deaths and Hospitalisations of Bus Drivers from Covid-19 in the first half of 2020?

Equality Impact Statement and Bus Driver Retention Payment

  • Reference: 2020/2121
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Paragraph 3.4 of Mayoral Decision 2562 states “TfL will now work with bus operators to complete a full Equality Impact Assessment to ensure there are no discriminatory impacts from the implementation of the retention payment scheme" yet paragraph 3.3 clearly identifies that there are clear impacts based on age, disability, gender and maternity. Why was the retention payment allowed without a full Equality Impact Assessment being conducted before it was approved in March and when is one expected to be completed?

Agency Bus Drivers and Safety Performance

  • Reference: 2020/2120
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Section 1.11 in Mayor Decision 2562 states “around 3 per cent of drivers are agency staff on any given day.” Does TfL have any time series data which analyses the safety performance of these agency drivers and how it compares to drivers who work directly for bus operators?

TfL’s Monitoring of its Bus Contractors’ Covid-19 Risk Reduction Actions

  • Reference: 2020/2119
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Based on your response to 2020/1623, can I assume that no TfL employees are carrying out on-site monitoring of bus contractors Covid-19 risk reduction actions?

Screens in private hire vehicles

  • Reference: 2020/2118
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
What steps are TfL taking to ensure robust guidance is available that responsible private hire operators can realistically adopt as quickly as possible to enable the installation of screens in existing cars to separate drivers from passengers?

The London Plan and electric charging points

  • Reference: 2020/2117
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
In answer to question 2019/19622 you stated “In order to effectively monitor the implementation of draft London Plan Policy T6.1, the London Development Database (LDD) is updating its technical planning data standard to include the number and type of charge points proposed for a development. This is currently out for agreement by Borough Leaders. Subject to this agreement, the ongoing LDD automation project will automate the collection of this data and allow it to be more accessible to all Londoners from spring 2020.” Please provide an update on progress in making this data more accessible to Londoners.

Dedicated charging points for electric taxis

  • Reference: 2020/2116
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
In answer to question 2019/20160 you stated “TfL is currently looking at the process of utilising CCTV enforcement for EV bays.” Please provide an update.

Electric charging points

  • Reference: 2020/2115
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
Further to question 2020/0933 has there been any progress in TfL assessing whether the 43 charging points that have been installed for charging electric buses at the Waterloo bus garage on Cornwall Road could be used for taxis as well?

TfL Board meetings

  • Reference: 2020/2114
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
With TfL Board meetings being held remotely will you give an assurance that these meetings will in future always be webcast in real time and not at a later time as was the case with the recent meeting of TfL’s remuneration committee?

Leisure and Hospitality Grant Scheme

  • Reference: 2020/2113
  • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
  • Meeting date: 16 July 2020
I understand that a social enterprise or business occupying a listed building with no business rates is not entitled to any support from the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund. Will you make representations to the Treasury to ensure this exemption is lifted?
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