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London Datastore purpose

  • Reference: 2014/4222
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
When you launched the first version of the Datastore in 2010, you said its purpose was 'to boost transparency and accountability in the capital', and when you launched the Dashboard in 2012 you said it would 'make City Hall as open and transparent as possible'. In launching the new, much improved, Datastore you said it was 'designed to act as a marketplace for ideas and collaborative efforts'. Can you confirm that you still see transparency and accountability as primary aims for the Datastore?

Empty homes after 2015 (2)

  • Reference: 2014/4221
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
Will you review whether you can provide a dedicated empty homes fund, including for community groups, within the GLA budget after 2015?

Empty homes after 2015 (1)

  • Reference: 2014/4220
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
There is no dedicated funding from the Government for empty homes programmes after 2015. Will you lobby the Government to replicate the successful £100m empty homes fund, including a specific pot of money for community groups?

House building assumptions

  • Reference: 2014/4219
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
Given the failure of the London housing market to keep pace with demand, do you agree that the assumptions in your Further Alterations to the London Plan, have over-estimated the likely number of houses that will be built in East London between now and 2025 by nearly a third? Do you regard it as realistic that the private sector has the capacity to meet these ambitious targets, or is a degree of 'smoothing' required, so that the houses are built on these sites but at a later date?

Uber advertising on TfL website

  • Reference: 2014/4218
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
Given legal questions surrounding Uber's operation in Greater London are still awaiting clarification, is it appropriate for the company to be advertising on the TfL website?

Homophobic incident on TfL bus

  • Reference: 2014/4217
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
Given the distressing homophobic incident where a bus driver was reported to have threatened and abused a gay couple on the 89 bus, what are you doing to ensure all bus companies and transport personnel are fully aware of and compliant with of TfL's equality obligations?

Mechanical Faults and serious bus incidents

  • Reference: 2014/4216
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
With reference to your answer to 2014/4050, have any investigations of serious bus incidents in London (for the period 2009 up to YTD) identified any mechanical fault as a cause? If so, please provide me the date of the incident, borough, bus route, bus operator, bus model & year, and, if applicable, the number of people killed or injured and identifying the KSI as a passenger, pedestrian, cyclist, 3rd party motorist, driver or other.

Older Buses and collisions Syon Lane, Isleworth

  • Reference: 2014/4215
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
A constituent has asked can you provide a reassurance that mechanical fault or operations and maintenance failures did not play a role in the recent collision between two buses in Syon Lane, on October 24th?

Composition of TfL Board

  • Reference: 2014/4214
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
Following a large volume of emails I have received expressing concerns about the current composition of the Transport for London Board, will you agree to appoint a walking and cycling champion to the board?

Portuguese on London Underground ticket machines

  • Reference: 2014/4213
  • Question by: Darren Johnson
  • Meeting date: 19 November 2014
Will you ask TfL to review their decision not to include Portuguese on London Underground ticket machines, given there are currently 17 language options displayed on the screen but space for 18 options?
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