• Reference: 2008/1366
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Since you wrote your housing manifesto there have been significant changes in the housing market in London. What changes have you had to make to your policies and priorities to reflect the changes in the market?

• Reference: 2008/1365
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

As property prices go down so do developers' enthusiasm for building new homes, which in turn could reduce the number of affordable homes built until house prices recover. How can you achieve your commitment of 50,000 new affordable homes given a lack of appetite from developers to start new projects? What specific policies have you put in place to combat this difficulty?

• Reference: 2008/1363
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

During the recent election campaign you pledged support for Edward Davey MP's campaign to see Kingston and Surbiton stations re-zoned from zones 6 to 5. Can you tell you me on what date you plan to announce that you have honoured this pledge, and these stations will be moved in to Zone 5?

• Reference: 2008/1362
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Now that you have, rightly, decided not to proceed with plans to withdraw staffing from 40 ticket offices on London Underground, please will you write to South West Trains to explain that their plans to reduce staffing levels, and in some cases close, ticket offices at stations on their network is wrong and can only lead to increased anxiety from passengers about security at these stations?

• Reference: 2008/1361
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

How much energy will the giant 'Cinema style' advertising screens, announced in your Mayor's Report, use per month? For how many hours each day will they be operational?

• Reference: 2008/1360
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

According to DD21 the cost of the contract to revamp the London.gov.uk website will be £40,000. Will this be the complete cost of the website relaunch? If not, could you provide details of any other costs associated with the project?

• Reference: 2008/1359
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Could you please give more detail about the changes mentioned in MD47? From what and to what will the budgets be reallocated? What programmes of work will be curtailed? What policy priorities are informing these changes? Can you please provide information on the effect of these changes to staff in the team?

• Reference: 2008/1358
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

MD17 states that the cost of consultants pending the appointment of employees pursuant to section 67(1) of the Greater London Act 1999 will be not above £425,000. Can you please state the relationship between the cost of these consultants and those in your transition team? Is this the same group of people? If so does this team correspond directly with the section 67 (1) appointments you plan to make in future?

• Reference: 2008/1357
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

Given the enormous importance to Londoners of the planning decisions made by the GLA, will you reconsider your decision to delegate your planning powers en masse to an unelected employee, albeit one personally appointed by you under section 67(1) of the GLA Act?

• Reference: 2008/1356
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 July 2008

The BBC reported on the 27th of June that 2,600 veterans, war widows and widowers under 60 would save on average £200 a year thanks to your policy of giving them free travel on the London's Transport Network. A quote from your spokesperson in the same report states that this will cost TfL about £900,000 in total. We strongly support your efforts to help ex servicemen and women but could you please: a) explain how the average saving of £200 was calculated? b) explain how the total cost pf £900,000 was calculated? c) give a breakdown of the £900,000 costs...