• Reference: 2019/19730
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Heathrow Airport has suggested that it plans to charge taxis to enter the Airport grounds from 2026. Do you understand that this will unfairly impact taxi drivers, as they are legally required to take a fare to any destination within the Greater London area, unlike private hire vehicles, who are not legally required to take a fare requested via their operators and can also pass such a charge onto their customers, as they do not have a set fare structure?

• Reference: 2019/19729
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

In your answer to question MQ 2019/12072 which asked “Has TfL ever communicated to the Met Police’s cab enforcement unit that the Police should not talk or communicate with certain individuals or certain trade union representatives within the taxi or private hire industry?” you stated that “this is not, and never has been, a decision for TfL”, but you avoided saying whether or not TfL has ever communicated with the police about such a decision. Could you give a direct answer to the question, stating whether or not TfL has ever communicated to the Met Police’s Cab Enforcement Unit on...

• Reference: 2019/19728
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

How often are TfL compliance operations carried out in Basildon? If and when compliance operations are carried out in Basildon, do TfL check the records of bookings to see if private hire drivers are predominantly working in London or Basildon and where they live as suggested by Government, under the fit and proper criteria of their licences?

• Reference: 2019/19727
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Uber has been refused Operator Licenses in several districts and has allegedly ignored regulations by allowing drivers using their App to accept hirings outside of the 'Controlled District' in which they (as Operator) are licensed to operate. If these allegations are correct, is Uber committing offences contrary to s.46 (1) (d) and 2 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976?

• Reference: 2019/19726
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

The Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 s4(1) states that the holder of a London PHV operator’s licence (in this Act referred to as a "London PHV operator") shall not in London accept a private hire booking other than at an operating centre specified in his licence. Are you satisfied that UBER LONDON LTD accepts all the bookings made on Uber’s app for private hire vehicles and drivers licenced by TfL?

• Reference: 2019/19725
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Apart from the high-profile case of Uber in June 2018, how many other operators had their license revoked since you took office in May 2016. If so, were they permanent and what was the reason for the revocations?

• Reference: 2019/19724
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Uber London has been granted a 2-month operator licence extension by TfL. If they haven’t been able to fulfil the conditions to gain a normal 5-year licence over the last 15 months, how does TfL expect them to do so in the next two months?

• Reference: 2019/19723
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

What is the breakdown of the 19,000 hate crimes flagged in 2018 according to the type of crime (i.e. homicide, assault, arson, public order offences, shoplifting, violent crimes against the person, non-violent crimes against the person, etc.)?

• Reference: 2019/19722
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

How many of the 19,000 hate crimes flagged in 2018 were downgraded to non-crime hate incidents?

• Reference: 2019/19721
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

It was recently reported that firemen are twice as likely to develop cancer than the population at large ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49811603). What actual figures are you aware of which compare cancer among firemen to the general population?