• Reference: 2014/2720
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

The local welfare provision is discretionary funding which, in the hands of local authorities with good local knowledge, forms an essential part of our welfare safety net. Will you therefore join London Councils in lobbying the Government not to withdraw the funding from 2015/16?

• Reference: 2014/2719
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

Do you still aim to roll out the Community Land Trust model to other communities in and around the Olympic Park, following a successful pilot on the site?

• Reference: 2014/2718
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

Will you guarantee that the East Wick/Sweetwater community on the Olympic Park is developed as a Community Land Trust, perhaps writing it into the process as you did with the St Clements site?

• Reference: 2014/2717
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

What proposals are being examined to improve access to and from Abbey Wood station by public transport when Crossrail arrives there?

• Reference: 2014/2716
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

Your traffic model for the proposed new road river crossings 'demonstrate that the majority of trips using the proposed new crossings have changed their choice of crossing to complete their journey, rather than the new crossings encouraging significant numbers of new trips to cross the river'. Do you agree that very few people will make new, or additional trips, across the Thames in search of jobs, shops or leisure as a result of a new crossing at Gallions Reach or Belverdere?

• Reference: 2014/2715
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

Your traffic modelling shows that with the Blackwall Tunnel being charged and the proposed Silvertown Tunnel being built and charged, there would be a slight decrease in congested hours across the highway network across the highway network from 60,239 to 59,113 in the pm peak in 2021. Can you provide the equivalent current figure for congested hours across the highway network?

• Reference: 2014/2714
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

Can you provide figures for the level of traffic on roads around east London with the proposed tolled crossings, that compare it with the current actual figures?

• Reference: 2014/2713
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

Your traffic modelling in support of the proposed river crossings assumes large increases in congestion throughout east London by 2021. Can you confirm that the decreases and increases in traffic in 2021 with the new river crossings are relative to the increased level under the business as usual scenario and not relative to current traffic levels?

• Reference: 2014/2712
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

Your traffic modelling in support of the proposed river crossings includes big assumptions in the growth of traffic congestion throughout east London. Can you please provide a breakdown of the growth, or decline, in inter-peak (average hour) delays for journey times on roads in Newham, Bexley, Havering, Greenwich, Tower Hamlets and Barking and Dagenham during the period 2000 - 2012?

• Reference: 2014/2711
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 July 2014

Can you explain why your public consultation on river crossings includes mention of a charge for the new Woolwich ferry, but no mention of tolls on the Silvertown Tunnel, the existing Blackwall Tunnel, or a Gallions Reach crossing? Will you amend your website and consultation documents to include an upfront mention of the tolls matching those of the Dartford Crossing, as that is what your traffic modelling is based upon?