• Reference: 2014/4065
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Thank you for your answers to questions 2014/2701 and 2014/2702. A constituent has suggested the following measures to improve the London Rental Standard for housing benefit claimants. Will you explore them and write to me with any further steps you plan to take? - ensure landlord and tenant insurance rates don't suffer any premiums on insurance policies - advise landlords against taking out buy-to-let mortgages from providers which prohibit letting on tenancies longer than six or twelve months, and to benefit claimants - accredited landlords and letting agents should signpost people to free, independent financial advice as a matter of...

• Reference: 2014/4064
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Will you make a pledge that whatever the outcome of the Deregulation Bill debate that London will continue to build all new homes to Lifetime Homes standards, and 10% to fully wheelchair accessible standards?

• Reference: 2014/4063
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

What lobbying are you undertaking to ensure that the Deregulation Bill doesn't strip you and the boroughs of the power to set requirements for Lifetimes Homes and fully wheelchair accessible standards?

• Reference: 2014/4062
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Under the Agent of Change principle being championed by musician Frank Turner and others, if a music venue is in place before a new residential development is approved, the residential building would be responsible for paying for any soundproofing deemed necessary. Likewise, if a new music venue opens in a residential area, the venue would be responsible for the cost. Will the Mayor support this campaign and back such a change in legislation?

• Reference: 2014/4061
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Please could the Mayor outline what the Greater London Authority is doing on health promotion and education within the LGBT community in the capital and what funding is provided by the Greater London Authority to charities who provide such services?

• Reference: 2014/4060
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Can the Mayor confirm a) how many FOI requests an individual must make under the Freedom of Information Act to be classed as vexatious b) how many people have been banned by TfL from receiving responses to their FOI requests c) how long such bans levied on individuals remain in place?

• Reference: 2014/4059
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

As part of the feasibility study, you rejected the site of the Double Dry Dock as a potential location for the construction of the Lenox, the restoration warship. The Lenox project have informed me that it has becomes apparent that the two sites proposed for the inclusion in the feasibility study have constraints that could adversely affect the project to the point where it might cease to be a viable proposition. Will you reconsider your decision?

• Reference: 2014/4058
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

How many taxi and private hire drivers have been found to have developed work-related illnesses due to the emissions that they breathe in on a daily basis?

• Reference: 2014/4057
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Will you be committing to a Dutch-style cycle-friendly roundabout as part of the rebuild programme for Queen's Circus, Battersea?

• Reference: 2014/4056
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

In your response to 2014/2989 you make clear that no one person at Transport for London has overall line management authority for safety. New York's Mass Transit Authority created a Chief Safety Officer position in April. Will you consider introducing such a role at TfL to ensure safety policy is fully joined-up across the organisation?