• Reference: 2012/3852
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

The MOPAC budget submission includes £107million of technology related savings in the next 3 years; yet it states that technology savings plans are 'less well developed'. What technology projects and savings are planned? Against what budget lines is it assumed that technology savings will be made?

• Reference: 2012/3851
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

The MOPAC budget submission includes £91million of property related savings in the next 3 years. Please provide a breakdown of where these savings will come from. Which buildings does this assume will close and be sold?

• Reference: 2012/3850
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

I have heard that to install one Metropolitan Police computer at a new location costs at least £10,000. Are you working to reduce these costs to enable the opening and co-location of new police contact points where appropriate?

• Reference: 2012/3849
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

How much will it cost to open a new police contact point? Has the cost of opening 200 new contact points been included in the MOPAC budget submission?

• Reference: 2012/3848
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Have you considered the possibility of basing some of the new police contact points in Post Offices? If so, what discussions have taken place between your officers and the Post Office?

• Reference: 2012/3847
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

What assessment has been done of the impact of implementing the MPS proposals to close 65 under-used police front counters? How will these proposals affect inner and outer London?

• Reference: 2012/3846
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Please provide the latest figures from the Police User Satisfaction Survey (USS) with regards to how long respondents had to queue at police stations before speaking to a station reception officer, broken down by time period (did not have to wait; under 5 minutes; 5 to 10 minutes; 11 to 30 minutes; 31 to 60 minutes; over 1 hour).

• Reference: 2012/3845
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

In answer to MQ 3382/2012 you stated that 'There is no data available that would show differences between waiting times at different front counters'. Can you provide any data about current waiting times at police front counters in London? In particular how long do visitors have to wait at peak times to be seen at busy stations such as Lewisham?

• Reference: 2012/3844
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

Please provide the latest footfall figures for each of London's 136 front counters, including total number of visits per day to each front counter.

• Reference: 2012/3843
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 19 December 2012

In your press release about the TfL business plan you highlight an additional £640 million that will be spent on cycling over the next ten years. However this figure is not mentioned in the Business Plan itself. Please explain why this is?