• Reference: 2012/0942
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

How much have Transport for London budgeted for the 'conductors' operating on the New Bus for London vehicles for this and the next financial year? How many staff has been appointed to this role for this and the next financial year?

• Reference: 2012/0941
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

The first New Bus for London suffered a number of difficulties on its first day in service. Why were these difficulties not resolved before the bus entered full passenger service? What caused the problems and have these now been resolved?

• Reference: 2012/0940
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

Please outline Transport for London's plans for the future of its Taxi and Private Hire department? Can you give assurance that the numbers of staff involved in ensuring the safety of London's taxi fleets will not be reduced?

• Reference: 2012/0939
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

Last month the Crown Prosecution Service published it's the latest Hate Crime report, which included crimes against older people. There is currently no statutory definition of a crime against an older person, yet an older victim targeted because of their physical or mental fragility would certainly indicate that some crimes are specifically perpetrated because of their vulnerability. Would you advocate the police introducing a category of crimes against older people as a recordable category of Hate Crime?

• Reference: 2012/0938
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

What are your views on the suggestion by Peter Fahy, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, to explore apprenticeships for young people to become PCSOs and eventually police officers? Do you think this could be an idea to address youth unemployment, engage more young people with the police and help introduce more diversity and a local police workforce?

• Reference: 2012/0936
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

Please can you list the pedestrian crossings in Haringey that do not meet the required Department for Transport standards for blind users? Please also outline Transport for London's timetable for installing audible sounds or tactile rotating cones to these locations to meet the national standards for accessibility.

• Reference: 2012/0935
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

What action are you taking to improve pedestrian crossings in Enfield & Haringey so that they are safe for blind users? Transport for London figures show that ten crossings in Enfield fail to meet the national standard and have no audible bleeps or tactile rotating cones - making it extremely difficult for blind people to know when to cross. Please can you list these crossings? Will you commit to making sure that all pedestrian crossings meet national standards for accessibility and provide a timetable for making these crossings compliant?

• Reference: 2012/0934
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

Will you put on record a correction to the assertion you made about knife crime offences data at the February Mayor's Question Time public meeting? You erroneously sought to reassure the public by saying that the high number of knife crime offences was in part due to proactive work to seize knives by the Metropolitan police. Knife crime offences include two definitions, knives used to injure and knives intimated. Knife crime offences data does not include knives found or seized during searches. Please can you confirm that you understand that the recording of knife crime offences unfortunately does provide a...

• Reference: 2012/0932
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

Do you share my concern about the continuing rise in robbery on buses in Enfield? Statistics show a 7% rise in robbery on Enfield's buses between April 2011 and January 2012 compared to the same period the previous year

• Reference: 2012/0931
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 14 March 2012

Please can you provide a breakdown for all London boroughs showing both the actual number of Safer Transport Team officers in post, and the target number, for the 29th February 2012?