• Reference: 2016/2435
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

How many taxi and private hire vehicle drivers in London are waiting to be checked by the Disclosure and Barring Service? Please provide a breakdown of applicants who are a) waiting for a taxi renewal licence (including those who have been giving a temporary licence) b) waiting for a new licence.

• Reference: 2016/2434
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

Thank you for your answer to question 2016/1605. How many of these applicants from the last two recruitment campaigns were successfully hired by the Metropolitan Police Service? Please provide a breakdown of successful applicants who were 1) male 2) female 3) transgender/non stated gender from each recruitment campaign.

• Reference: 2016/2433
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

I welcome your decision to sell the three water cannon and use the money for youth services. Do you have any criteria in mind for the purchasers? Will you ensure that these appliances are not sold to a country or company with a poor human rights record and that they are not used by the buyer against civilian populations?

• Reference: 2016/2432
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

Have there been any reviews or changes to Metropolitan Police Service policy regarding staff travel from London to other cities or towns within the UK or Europe in the last 10 years?

• Reference: 2016/2431
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

Will you provide data on the number of flights taken by the Metropolitan Police Service in 2013, 2014 and 2015, which were: 1) to cities/towns within mainland England, Wales and Scotland 2) to cities/towns in Europe which are accessible via a nine hour train journey from London 3) to cities/towns in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland?

• Reference: 2016/2430
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

Anonymising the shortlisting stage of the selection process when recruiting staff helps to reduce unconscious biases. Will you ask for name-blind shortlisting processes to be used in all GLA group organisations for all posts where it is appropriate?

• Reference: 2016/2429
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

Anonymising the shortlisting stage of the selection process when recruiting staff helps to reduce unconscious biases. Can you confirm that City Hall recruitment processes are to begin using name-blind shortlisting processes, and when will this be?

• Reference: 2016/2428
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

Rising passenger numbers at Gospel Oak Overground station are leading to dangerous levels of pedestrian congestion on a narrow footpath that runs under the railway bridge on Mansfield Road. The Dartmouth Park Neighbourhood Forum has prepared a number of short- and long-term proposals for improvements to the station design at Gospel Oak as part of the process of drafting its Neighbourhood Plan, including an additional entrance so that people can reach the station from both sides of the bridge. Will you ensure Transport for London meets with the Forum to discuss these ideas?

• Reference: 2016/2427
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

What local developments that would lead to increased passengers at Gospel Oak Overground station are currently being considered when forecasting increases in passenger numbers at this station?

• Reference: 2016/2426
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 20 July 2016

For Gospel Oak Overground station, what are the predicted changes over the next decade to: 1) daily passenger numbers entering and exiting 2) morning and afternoon peak flow of passengers entering and exiting 3) the number of passengers changing each day between lines?