• Reference: 2016/2949
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

Are you concerned by the decision of the Garden Bridge Trust to delay publishing its full annual accounts by five months? Was TfL consulted by the Garden Bridge Trust before this decision was made?

• Reference: 2016/2948
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

On the 25th May 2016 in your oral update you stated that "Of the £60 million of total public funding, £37.7 million has already been spent by the Garden Bridge Trust, £24.25 million of which came from TfL and £13.45 million from the Government." You further stated on the Nick Ferrari LBC programme on the 19th August that £42 million of public money had now already been spent on the Garden Bridge. Please state what is the latest level of expenditure of public funds on the Garden Bridge, providing a breakdown of the split in funding between TfL and central...

• Reference: 2016/2947
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

In the Mayoral Decision 1472 signed by the previous Mayor on the 4th June 2015 it was stated that the estimated total cost for construction, inclusive of VAT, was £169 million, however at present the Garden Bridge Trust states on their website the project will cost £185 million in total. What assurances, if any, have you received from the Garden Bridge Trust about the final cost of the project, especially following Lord Davies of of Abersoch's statement on BBC Newsnight on the 17th August that the expected completion date for the Garden Bridge will now be 2019?

• Reference: 2016/2946
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

Further to your reply to Mayoral Question 2016/2495 asking for a breakdown of the public money already spent on the proposed Garden Bridge are you satisfied with the lack of detailed breakdown of expenditure provided by the Garden Bridge Trust? Following your announcement on LBC Nick Ferrari programme on the 19th August that the expenditure of public funds on the Garden Bridge has now reached £42 million can you please provide an updated and much more detailed breakdown of this expenditure than has previously been provided.

• Reference: 2016/2945
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

In answer to Mayoral Question 2016/0948 the previous Mayor stated in March that 'To date, the Garden Bridge Trust has raised £145 million towards its fundraising target of £175 million, including £85 million from the private sector." However on the 21st July 2016 Lord Davies of Abersoch, Chairman of the Garden Bridge Trust, wrote to the Secretary of State for Transport stating 'the Government's support has enabled us to secure substantial private funding to take the total amount to date to over £130 million." Are you concerned that in the past the Greater London Authority and TfL appear to have...

• Reference: 2016/2944
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

How do you reconcile your statement made in answer to Mayoral Question 2016/2537 'I have been clear that no more of Londoners' taxes that I am responsible for will go into the project' with your continued refusal to rule out the GLA providing a financial guarantee for the maintenance and upkeep of the bridge?

• Reference: 2016/2943
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

Following the recent announcement by the Independent Police Complaints Commission that they are now establishing a line of inquiry of whether police officers involved in the initial cover up of the events at Hillsborough on the 15th April 1989 were Freemason members, do you think it is now timely that the Metropolitan Police Service helped to improve public confidence in its activities by requiring all members of the MPS to be expected to declare whether or not they are Freemasons?

• Reference: 2016/2942
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

Please publish a table showing how many current temporary employees at Transport for London have been engaged via employment agencies and paid through Personal Service Companies for (a) less than 3 months, (b) 3 to 6 months, (c) 6 to 12 months, (d) 12 to 18 months, (e) 18 months to 2 years, (f) 2 to 3 years, (g) 3 to 4 years, (h) 4 to 5 years, (i) 5 to 6 years, (j) 6 to 7 years, (k) over seven years. Please also break down the figures for each time period showing how many employees in each category were...

• Reference: 2016/2941
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

Further to your announcement on the 23rd August that you are recruiting new experts to scrutinise 'viability assessments' relating to the financial details that lie behind how much affordable housing new developments include, please set out how the new process will be open to public scrutiny.

• Reference: 2016/2940
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 September 2016

Further to your announcement on the 23rd August that you are recruiting new experts to scrutinise 'viability assessments' relating to the financial details that lie behind how much affordable housing new developments include, will you set out (a) how these posts will be advertised, (b) whether other applicants will be considered other than just finance surveyors and property consultants as mentioned in your press release.