• Reference: 2011/0823
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

In the policies modelled for your Air Quality Strategy, what was the estimated reduction in PM10 taxi emissions for 2011 and 2015 resulting from the No Idling Zone (quantified for taxis only)?

• Reference: 2011/0822
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

Table 5 of your Air Quality Strategy Appendix C includes "No Idling Zone (quantified for taxis only)" as part of your modelling of how your policies will reduce pollution in London. Policy 3.4.6.of your Strategy states that "The Mayor, working with the boroughs, bus and coach operators and other organisations will establish a No-Idling Zone throughout London." You expand on this by stating that "The Mayor will make London a 'no idling zone' for parked vehicles with a particular focus on buses, coaches, taxis, private hire vehicles, and delivery vehicles." However, in answer to my question 684/2011 you deny that...

• Reference: 2011/0821
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

Thank you for your carefully worded answer to my question 705/2011 stating your confidence that "the data contained" in Defra's report on air pollution 2009 is correct. Are you equally confident that Defra has not excluded data which it should have reported to the European Commission regarding monitoring sites, such as Vauxhall Interchange, which may meet requirements as set out in Annex C of the Directive?

• Reference: 2011/0820
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

Do you think that the decision to remove the air pollution monitoring station at Hammersmith Broadway could be seen as an attempt to avoid long term scrutiny of the health impacts of local traffic?

• Reference: 2011/0819
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

In answer to my question 703/2011 you state that the monitoring site at Vauxhall Interchange bus station "may not meet the requirements as set out in Annex C of the Directive." Will you write to the relevant authorities at local and national level to establish whether it does meet the criteria?

• Reference: 2011/0818
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

Thank you for the answer to my question 704/2011. Will you instruct TfL to take over responsibility for the Cromwell Road monitoring site if Defra seek to close it down?

• Reference: 2011/0817
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

Do you agree that your response to my question 706/2011 shows your complicity in the UK Government's 'hear no evil, see no evil' approach to air pollution in London? Can you explain why your officials can't simply ask the relevant experts, who they meet on a regular basis, to verify which monitoring stations meet the micro-scale siting and data quality requirements contained in the EU Air Quality Directive 2008/50/EC?

• Reference: 2011/0816
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

Can you provide me with the date of your next meeting with the Minister to discuss your list of essential actions on nitrogen dioxide?

• Reference: 2011/0815
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

Your response to my question 708/2011 failed to answer my request for "a policy by policy list of funding & action requested, along with an assessment of the minimum time it would take to implement each of them'. Can you supply me with this list?

• Reference: 2011/0814
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 March 2011

Can you confirm that the twice yearly MOT Inspections of black cabs from 2013 will include a thorough examination of their exhaust systems by a vehicle examiner who is trained to ensure that any additional, approved, emissions reduction systems fitted to the taxis are installed correctly; that the MOT certificate will specify that the devices were installed correctly, as specified in the original approval specification; and that they were appropriately certified?