• Reference: 2024/2467
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Are licence fees charged to private hire vehicle (PHV) operators, such as Uber, sufficient to cover the costs incurred by Transport for London (TfL) for regulation and enforcement?

• Reference: 2024/2466
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

What steps will be taken by TfL to ensure that future grinding programmes will be more effective in reducing noise, and how will resident feedback be incorporated into these plans?

• Reference: 2024/2465
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Can you provide an update on planned grinding activities, specifically confirming whether the full length of both the northbound and southbound tracks between Highbury and Islington and Kings Cross will be addressed to mitigate noise for residents effectively?

• Reference: 2024/2464
• Question by: Sem Moema
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Can you update us on your work to eliminate tube noise?

• Reference: 2024/2463
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Can TfL provide clearer guidance for applicants and commit to six-week time frame for processing applications?

• Reference: 2024/2462
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

A resident who wrote to me stated that in early February 2023, they submitted the necessary forms along with the required fees. They then told me ‘I received my new licence on May 15th 2023 – almost 7 weeks after my previous licence had expired. This meant that I was unable to earn to private for my family and pay my bills during that time. Based on my earnings of the same period during the previous year, I estimated that I lost around £3000 net.’ In the further comments section regarding their mental health condition, the GP had written that...

• Reference: 2024/2461
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

How do you support applicants who are seeking to obtain a Private Hire License to ensure that the process is rightly thorough but is also carried out in an appropriate timeframe?

• Reference: 2024/2460
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

Can you Deputy Mayor for Business discuss this and similar issues with TfL to ensure that TfL are doing all they can to support London’s businesses?

• Reference: 2024/2459
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

A constituent wrote to me describing that the Hurlingham Yacht Club has received notice from TfL that their rent will be increased by twofold over a three-year period from £16,000 a year before VAT to £35,000. The HYC are confident that this would put them out of business within a few years. Can TfL commit to engaging collaboratively with local businesses to find financial resolutions which they can reasonably afford?

• Reference: 2024/2458
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 05 September 2024

How are you supporting businesses that are facing rent increases on TfL land?