• Reference: 2017/3486
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

I note your appointment on 25 August 2017 of Theo Blackwell as the capital's first ever Chief Digital Officer. Your press release states that Mr Blackwell has previously worked for GovTech accelerator Public Group ( https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/mayor-appoints-chief-d…). Would this be the same company founded by the former deputy head of the policy unit at No 10 Downing Street, one Daniel Korski, who remains heavily implicated in lobbying UK government, on behalf of Uber?

• Reference: 2017/3485
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Why did TfL TPH streamline the PH Application system for Uber in 2015 (as uncovered by FOI and published by the LCDC) and ignore calls to hold a Moratorium on PH Licences until new measures were brought into to stop the uncontrolled growth? Why did TPH deliberately throw fuel on the flames?

• Reference: 2017/3484
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Given that Uber were only licensed in the Summer of 2012 and the amount of PH Drivers in 2013 were 72% of ALL Drivers in the Industry, what possible reason could TPH have for allowing the PH Market to grow even more substantially, to the point where the PH Market is well beyond the Saturation point & Taxi Drivers are driven out of business?

• Reference: 2017/3483
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Why did TfL TPH allow PH Drivers to operate on-demand when their vehicles are not built for the purpose and do not have the prerequisite safety features (e.g. turning circle, partitions, wide door openings, steps, grab handles, WCA) found on London's Taxis?

• Reference: 2017/3482
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Why has TfL TPH allowed the Private Hire Trade to continually blur the distinction between the Taxi and PH Markets by allowing PHVs to be e-hailed, despite PH drivers not having the qualifications or skills to operate this way?

• Reference: 2017/3481
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

To ask the Mayor how much money TfL has spent on Common Purpose training courses.

• Reference: 2017/3480
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

It is only a matter of a few months before it is compulsory for all new taxis in London to be electric (ZEC compliant), why has no purchase price been released? Why have TfL not pressured LTC to do so? How can drivers and fleets be expected to plan and invest for their future when they do not know the cost of the only vehicle available to them? Please can you arrange for this information to be made available with immediate effect?

• Reference: 2017/3479
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Even with additional fuel savings (a Prius is capable of the same, if not greater savings) a new ZEC Taxi is going to be double, if not treble, what a typical PHV costs to operate in the same Market. The £7,500 grants that are rumoured to be available to Cabbies are clearly not going to be enough. Will the Mayor be looking to find more funding, or is the intention to price taxi drivers out of the market, as was warned by Jacobs in October 2014?

• Reference: 2017/3478
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

The New ZEC Taxi is going to cost significantly more than the estimated £40,000 quoted in the Jacob's Report: the new TX5 ZEC taxi is £55,600, and even the Dynamo Electric Taxi is priced at £46,000. How can taxi drivers expect to purchase a new ZEC Taxi and compete with a Toyota Prius in the same market without additional help?

• Reference: 2017/3477
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

With reference to the instruction to TfL staff to stop using the term "ladies and gentlemen" because it is deemed to be 'offensive, do you personally believe that the term 'ladies and gentlemen' is offensive? http://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/lefty-lunacy-london-underground-goes…