• Reference: 2008/1485
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Will you make a statement confirming that no cars with or without drivers will be retained by the GLA for use by staff or elected members and that both will travel by public transport or bicycle with occasional use of taxis where this is justified by a significant saving of time between appointments, very late working or other clearly comprehensible reasons?

• Reference: 2008/1484
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

You have stated that Sir Simon Milton is unpaid. How many hours a week is Sir Simon Milton spending on GLA business?

• Reference: 2008/1483
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Will the Mayor promise that next year the State of London debate will be restored to a whole day format?

• Reference: 2008/1481
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Will you continue limiting your regular press conferences to half an hour?

• Reference: 2008/1480
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Will you be reinstating weekly press conferences?

• Reference: 2008/1478
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

In your election manifesto Making London's Mayor Accountable it states: 'The GLA Act 1999 obliges the Mayor and London Assembly to hold at least two 'People's Question Time' sessions each year ... in the last eight years, there has been 16 meetings, meaning that half of London's boroughs have never had the chance to question their Mayor directly. We believe this is too infrequent, and we will increase the frequency of People's Question Times to a minimum of four and a maximum of six each year.' (p7). Have you yet decided whether there will be four or six People's Question...

• Reference: 2008/1477
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

What are the payments to latest date available for each individual of the Mayor's interim advisers during the transition and what is the date to which such payments are calculated?

• Reference: 2008/1476
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

In your election manifesto Making London's Mayor Accountable it states: 'We will strengthen the decision-making process in City Hall by introducing a Cabinet for London. The Cabinet will meet on a regular basis, formal minutes will be taken, and the full agenda papers will be put on the Mayor's website.' Can you now update the Assembly on whether any meetings of this Cabinet have taken place and if so what papers were produced and where are they available on the Mayor's website?

• Reference: 2008/1475
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

How many people were employed or engaged as consultants in: (i) the GLA press office (ii) the GLA marketing department; (iii) working on media matters in the Mayor's transition team on 1 June 2008? Please list each group separately.

• Reference: 2008/1474
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

How many people were employed in: (i) the GLA press office (ii) the GLA marketing department on 30 April 2008? Please list separately for each department.