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Loughborough University Study of Bus Driver Fatigue: Unite the Union’s “work"

  • Reference: 2019/17464
  • Question by: Keith Prince
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
TfL’s Press Release about the Loughborough University Study of Bus Driver Fatigue stated it "was commissioned by TfL in response to Unite the Union's work to highlight the complex issue,” Please provide me with copies of all studies, data, analyses of Bus Driver Fatigue produced by Unite the Union which might, theoretically, constitute Unite the Union’s “work".

Delays in public release of Loughborough University Study of Bus Driver Fatigue

  • Reference: 2019/17463
  • Question by: Keith Prince
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
The Report released on 29 September 2019 (http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-driver-fatigue-report.pdf) was dated May 2019. Why did TfL delay by 3 months the release of this report to the public?

Suspending Uber

  • Reference: 2019/17462
  • Question by: Keith Prince
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
The Mayor, when still a Mayoral candidate, stated ‘he would suspend Uber immediately if it emerged just a single driver did not hold genuine paperwork’. In a recent court case, Uber London were found guilty for allowing drivers to pick up passengers without adequate insurance. Why has the Mayor not carried out that threat of suspension?

Knowledge of London Active Applicants

  • Reference: 2019/17461
  • Question by: Keith Prince
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
In the released slides for May’s Taxi Operational Performance meeting TFL state ‘We are undertaking a wider piece of work to identify and suspend those applications that are no longer active’. Will the Mayor give an accurate figure as to how many actual applicants are currently active on the Knowledge of London?

Fulfilling accepted bookings

  • Reference: 2019/17460
  • Question by: Keith Prince
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
In response to question 2019/14346, the Mayor stated ‘indeed I would expect private hire companies to make every effort to fulfil bookings they have accepted’. Why is this not a condition of licence?

Improving Safety in PHVs' Consultation

  • Reference: 2019/17459
  • Question by: Keith Prince
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
Will the Mayor acknowledge that the continued delay in releasing findings from the 'Improving Safety in PHVs' Consultation is likely to result in the failure to implement promises in his Taxi & Private Hire action plan before his mayoral term ends?

Taxi with Well-Being Issue seeking support

  • Reference: 2019/17456
  • Question by: Keith Prince
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
Are you aware that a taxi driver has reportedly recently been told in a telephone conversation with LTPH that his taxi licence is under review despite both you and TfL telling drivers that they should "empower" themselves and seek support for any well-being issue? Do you recognise that this contradicts your previous messages with regards to drivers seeking support?

Homelessness and crime

  • Reference: 2019/17455
  • Question by: Keith Prince
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
Centrepoint’s recent report “Escaping the Trap” documents the considerable overlap between involvement in criminal activity and housing instability. Will the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime ensure the Metropolitan Police take a greater role in responding to homelessness, initially by introducing a “commitment to refer” people experiencing, or at risk, of homelessness to their local authority for support?

Externally funded police officers

  • Reference: 2019/17454
  • Question by: Keith Prince
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
Each of the following organisations fund Met police officer posts. Please can you explain for each, what is the purpose of the funding and how this operates? • Hammersons (Brent Cross) Ltd • South London and Maudsley NHS Trust • Kings Cross Estate • ANSCO Ltd (O2) • Westfield Europe Ltd (Hammersmith) • Brunel University • Westfield Stratford Ltd • Poplar HARCA • IQL Estate Management Company Ltd (Olympic Park) • Stratford Village Development Partnership (Olympic Park) • Bazalgette Tunnel Ltd (Tideway) • Asdas Stores Ltd (Leyton Mills Retail Park) • Payments Administration Ltd (UK Finance) • Transport for London...

TfL Tracking (4)

  • Reference: 2019/17452
  • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
How confident are you that the methods being used to encrypt passenger data obtained through this tracking are sufficiently secure?
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