• Reference: 2019/6151
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

What is the cost of charging a ZEC taxi using each of the different owners/suppliers of rapid charging points in London?

• Reference: 2019/6150
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Who are the current owners/suppliers of rapid charging points in London?

• Reference: 2019/6149
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

You have stated that there are only 150 rapid charging points - how many are located in (i) the Central London congestion charging zone, (ii) Heathrow Airport, (iii) each of the 33 London boroughs?

• Reference: 2019/6148
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

How did you calculate that taxi drivers would save £100 per week on fuel costs by switching from diesel to ZECs?

• Reference: 2019/6147
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Before ZEC Taxis were made compulsory for new purchases, London’s taxi drivers were promised a range of five vehicles to choose from, but there is currently only one available. Why have you allowed a situation to develop where the London Electric Vehicle Company has a monopoly in the sale of new taxis which are priced at £65,000 and which shows no sign of ending anytime soon?

• Reference: 2019/6110
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Could you provide the number of bike thefts and associated arrests and charges that have been made by the Metropolitan Police Service in each year from 2014 to 2018?

• Reference: 2019/6109
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Will you seek powers to regulate short-term lettings as well as private rents as part of work on your new blueprint for stabilising or controlling private rents in London?

• Reference: 2019/6108
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Londoners report instances of homes in their communities being let out through short-term lettings platforms in excess of 90 days per year. Will you work with boroughs to investigate measures that have been adopted in other European cities to deter this, such as de-listing properties that are being let out for more than 90 days per year without planning permission and seeking access to listings data for borough enforcement teams and City Hall?

• Reference: 2019/6107
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

A senior manager from Hostmaker, one of the larger management companies for short-term rentals, was recently secretly recorded explaining how the firm could help landlords get around short-term lettings laws in London ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47305575). In your response to my question 2018/1472, you stated that Hostmaker advertisements on the tube do not contravene the Transport for London (TfL) advertising policy. But is it morally acceptable for such advertisements now to remain on the TfL network?

• Reference: 2019/6106
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In your response to question 2018/3187 you expressed disappointment that only Airbnb had introduced a voluntary 90-day limit for short-term lettings and said that if other short-term lettings platforms fail to do this, you could be forced to call on Government for further legislation. Given that no other platforms have adopted this limit, will you now call for changes in the law to stop hosts in London from taking more than 90 nights of bookings a year for their entire home without planning permission?