• Reference: 2019/6062
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Are you committed to ensuring that all cleaners of buses contracted by TfL are paid the London Living Wage?

• Reference: 2019/6061
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Why was no equalities assessment carried out before the decision to cut the number 25 bus route between Holborn Circus and Oxford Circus? Will you review your decision to cut this route?

• Reference: 2019/6060
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Further to the your response to MQT 2018/2994 can you explain why TfL’s Managing Director for Surface Transport was not a member of the First Group/TfL Joint Safety Panel?

• Reference: 2019/6059
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Further to the your response to MQT 2018/2995, please tell me which meetings of the First Group/TfL Joint Safety Panel were attended by TfL’s Managing Director for Surface Transport.

• Reference: 2019/6058
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In your response to Question 2019/0147 you stated that you "understand that the London Borough of Croydon has existing channels of communication with TOL and there are a number of public events and panels which enable information to be sought and provided and which reflect the importance of the Croydon Tram to its surrounding locality.” Are you aware not a single TOL representative attended the Croydon Council’s investigation of tram safety held on 20 March 2018? Do you agree that Croydon Council having non-voting representation on the TOL Board would be a more secure communication channel?

• Reference: 2019/6057
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In your response to Question 2019/2081 you stated: "This situation is clearly unsatisfactory, and TfL has been reviewing its reporting processes and is working with its bus operators to ensure all incidents are recorded in an appropriate amount of detail.” When do you expect this review to be completed and for incident reporting to be improved to a satisfactory level?

• Reference: 2019/6056
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In your response to Question 2019/2082, you suggested that 21 routes of the “42 priority routes” remain without guaranteed toilet facilities for bus drivers. Which routes are these? Are you satisfied that bus drivers on these routes meet the Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992 (Regulation 20, Sanitary conveniences)?

• Reference: 2019/6055
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Further to Question 2019/2084, are you aware that the Managing Director of First Group Tram Operations Limited recently announced that Croydon tram drivers will no longer be allowed to work for more than five days in a row as a direct result of the findings of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch investigation. Do you think this measure should be implemented by London’s contracted bus operators?

• Reference: 2019/6054
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In your response to Question 2019/2084 you stated: “London’s bus network is the most heavily monitored in the UK with respect to driver hours and I am satisfied that London bus drivers are not working excessively long hours”. Given that a recent rota for the 470 bus route lists 12-hour shifts for a number of days in a row, do you still stand by your previous answer?

• Reference: 2019/6053
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In your response to Question 2019/4035 you stated: "The HSE has explained that the Reporting of Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (2013) only apply in the event that vehicle movement is not a factor in the incident which resulted in an injury.” Does this mean the 4,376 incidents of people being injured in collisions involving TfL buses from 1 January 2014 to 30 September 2018 as reported by GMB Union are not in fact reported to the HSE by TfL or its bus operators?