• Reference: 2011/1563
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

I have been contacted by a Londoner who recently encountered a number of people using Barclays Hire bikes, and riding them on the pavement on Tower Bridge. This was during a busy Sunday afternoon and these cyclists were impeding pedestrians attempting to walk on the footpath, including a number of families with small children. I support the cycle hire scheme but this does not give a good impression of it - is there any measures which could be taken to ensure people choosing to use the hire bikes do so in a safe and appropriate manner?

• Reference: 2011/1562
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

A concerned pedestrian - who also cycles and drives - has been in touch about the issue of cyclists riding on pavements after almost being in a collision with a cyclist while walking and having witnessed other collisions and near misses. He states 'In addition to cycling around London we should want to be encouraging people to walk, but in order to do this we need to make it safer first', and asks: • 'Should the Thames Path be used by cyclists as it very frequently is? If yes, can the paths be split into pedestrian users and cyclists so...

• Reference: 2011/1561
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Is there any funding in place for a last push on the delivery of the Olympic campaign to get people healthier?

• Reference: 2011/1560
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

What progress has been made on securing the future of the Green Grids programme and the retention of existing staff?

• Reference: 2011/1559
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

In response to question 0328/2011 on the withdrawal of National Indicators on climate change (NI 185: CO2 reduction from Local Authority operations, NI 186: Per capita reduction in CO2 emissions in the Local Authority area and NI 188: Planning to adapt to climate change) you said you are 'working with London Councils and the London Climate Change Partnership to undertake a survey of boroughs to determine how they will be affected' by their removal. You said the survey will assess how you 'can best support the boroughs to continue their efforts on adaptation'. What developments and outcomes have resulted from...

• Reference: 2011/1558
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

In answer to questions about survey data suggesting landlords will not reduce rents as a result of housing benefit changes, you have consistently replied that the data is based on too small a sample. What sample size would be appropriate?

• Reference: 2011/1557
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

On 11 April you issued a press release ('Mayor steps up help to get more Londoners on to property ladder') announcing the completion 38,000 affordable homes without making the data publicly accessible. As this does not aid transparency, please would you quote your source and please would you release the interim affordable housing delivery statistics used and ensure they are broken down by tenure?

• Reference: 2011/1556
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Are London planning officers the 'enemies of enterprise'?

• Reference: 2011/1555
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Can the Mayor give a cast-iron guarantee that none of the social rented homes created - but not yet occupied, with money from the 2008-11 National Affordable Housing Programme will be converted to the new Affordable Rent product?

• Reference: 2011/1554
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Will the Mayor join me in congratulating Islington's decision to reject the Affordable Rent model in the borough?