• Reference: 2011/2976
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

Will the Mayor set up a scrappage scheme for Taxi drivers alongside the London Taxi Incentive to facilitate the implementation of his aged based limits and emission standards under the Air Quality Strategy?

• Reference: 2011/2975
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

Will the Mayor provide an update on his search for corporate sponsorship of the Thames Cable Car?

• Reference: 2011/2974
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

TfL has announced it will now spend approximately £60m on the Mayor's Cable Car scheme - up £15m from previous estimates. Why has the Mayor re-cast the financial forecasting for the project and will he provide a break down of this?

• Reference: 2011/2973
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

What due diligence checks has the Mayor conducted on the Guru Fund Management LTD's for the funding of his Thames walkway project and on what grounds was he satisfied?

• Reference: 2011/2972
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

The Sunday Times article (25th September 2011) on the Thames Walkway Project - False Claims of Boris's 60m backer - claims that 'serious questions over the financial credibility of the scheme' have been raised by 'officials'. Given the information that came to light in this article, does the Mayor now share these concerns?

• Reference: 2011/2971
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

The Sunday Times article (25th September 2011) on the Thames Walkway Project - False Claims of Boris's 60m backer - claims that 'serious questions over the financial credibility of the scheme' have been raised by City Hall 'officials'. What discussions did the Mayor have with officers about the funding of the project?

• Reference: 2011/2970
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

At September's Mayor's Question Time, you told me that you had adopted a policy 'of negotiation with the boroughs instead of setting a top down target' for affordable housing. But we now understand that boroughs were only presented with bids between late August and early September, up to two months after you press released the bids settlement (Inside Housing, 23 September 2011), causing an ongoing disagreement over rent levels. How does your policy of negotiation explain this confrontation over rent levels? Why was there such a lack of negotiation with boroughs over what the rent levels would be in their...

• Reference: 2011/2969
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

An article published in Inside Housing (23 September 2011) highlights that boroughs were only presented with bids for affordable housing development between late August and early September. Yet you issued a press release about the bids in this programme on 14 July 2011. Why was there such a delay in presenting boroughs with bids?

• Reference: 2011/2968
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

Would you consider using new powers in the Localism Bill to borrow money towards house building?

• Reference: 2011/2967
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 12 October 2011

Will the Mayor seek to make public the terms on which Delancey's bid for homes on the Olympic Village was successful and the terms offered by other bidders?