• Reference: 2024/2734
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

What steps, if any, can TfL take to recover unpaid embassy congestion charge fines? If the fines are irrecoverable, can you explain why this is?

• Reference: 2024/2733
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

Has the USA, or any other embassy, received ULEZ PCNs? If so, have they been paid, or do they consider them a tax not a charge?

• Reference: 2024/2732
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

Apart from the USA, what other embassies are not paying the congestion charge because they feel it’s a tax and not a charge?

• Reference: 2024/2731
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

TfL has said “We and the UK Government are clear that the Congestion Charge is a charge for a service and not a tax. This means that diplomats are not exempt from paying it”. A spokesperson for the US Embassy in London said: "In accordance with international law as reflected in the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, our position is that the congestion charge is a tax from which diplomatic missions are exempt”. Can you explain what the difference between a charge and a tax is in this regard and why the UK and US Governments have different opinions...

• Reference: 2024/2730
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

Do you welcome the Home Office’s plans to label misogyny as extremism, and what impact do you anticipate this will have on our shared goal to tackle sexism and misogyny in London?

• Reference: 2024/2729
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

How many FGM offences have occurred since 2010 by borough? Please break down by year.

• Reference: 2024/2728
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

How many arrests at Notting Hill Carnival each year since 2010 have led to convictions? Please break down by offence type and year.

• Reference: 2024/2727
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

How many arrests occurred at Notting Hill Carnival each year since 2010? Please break down by offence type and year.

• Reference: 2024/2726
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

How many forced marriage offences have occurred since 2010, and what is the positive outcome rate? Please breakdown by year and borough.

• Reference: 2024/2725
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

What reforms have been instituted since the release of the HMICFRS Child Exploitation report in order to protect at risk children in London?