• Reference: 2011/0562
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Do you now agree that the Mayor has some responsibility for Safer Neighbourhood policing in London? To what level does that responsibility extend?

• Reference: 2011/0561
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

What are the barriers to bringing bicycles on to the DLR?

• Reference: 2011/0560
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Does TfL employ any monitoring of the performance of Southeastern Trains and, if so, will you request that they make this data (going back 12 months) available to me.

• Reference: 2011/0559
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

In an article for City A.M on 13 January 2011, your economic adviser Anthony Browne said that 'it was the politicians forcing banks to lend to causes that were morally worthy but not creditworthy that led to the sub-prime crisis, and sparked a banking implosion'. Do you agree with Mr Browne's view?

• Reference: 2011/0558
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

In a 7 February article for the Evening Standard about economic inequality, Jenni Russell wrote in relation to the unfettered free market model: 'economies as unbalanced as these, where ordinary people are getting a shrinking share of wealth and borrow to compensate, are going to fall into periodic and extremely expensive crises. It is much cheaper for the world, says the IMF, to have fairer taxes and incomes and more redistributive policies in the first place'. Is the model proposed by the IMF a viable one for London?

• Reference: 2011/0557
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

In a 7 February article for the Evening Standard about economic inequality, Jenni Russell wrote: 'as any Londoner knows, these yawning gulfs are staggering. One afternoon I went from a political meeting about whether the minimum wage should be raised by 20p or 40p an hour, to a dinner in a Chelsea mansion where the owner idly wondered whether he should expand his living space by spending £5million on taking over the neighbour's house'. How do you think your campaign for lower taxes for the rich will resolve the problem of economic inequality in London and the negative social phenomena...

• Reference: 2011/0556
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

When interviewed by Jeremy Paxman for Newsnight on 2 February you acknowledged that 'there are huge numbers of people in this city who are making an awful lot of money. We want them here. We want them to make money. We want them to generate jobs and growth for the rest of society'. Why is there such a disjuncture between the 'huge numbers of people in this city who are making an awful lot of money' and the jobs and growth they generate for the rest of society?

• Reference: 2011/0555
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

When asked by Jeremy Paxman in a 2 February interview for Newsnight what 'Russian oligarchs, fleeing African despots, Arabian Sheikhs' and other non-domiciles 'do for us', you said that you wanted to see these people 'showing much more commitment' through philanthropy. Why do you believe they shouldn't just pay their fair share of tax like the rest of us?

• Reference: 2011/0554
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

In 'The discrepancy between [the 12.4% Corporation Tax paid by financial companies] and the headline 28% rate is largely explained by double taxation relief'. Please explain to me the concept of 'double taxation relief' and how financial services companies are able to benefit from it?

• Reference: 2011/0553
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

In answer to Written Question 391/2011 you stated that 'Corporation tax accruals as a percentage of gross taxable trading profits is 12.4% for financial companies'. Is this fair and not, does it matter to you?