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  • Cycle Hire Scheme at 'Steels Village'

    • Reference: 2010/3928
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    Local residents have asked me to enquire whether you have any plans to extend the Cycle Hire Scheme to the 'Steels Village' area on Haverstock Hill?
  • ESF Youth Programme 2011-13

    • Reference: 2010/3929
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    It had been planned that the LDA would co-finance the European Social Fund (ESF) Youth programme 2011-13 to "invest significant funding over three years in skills, employment and training activities for Londoners aged 16 to 19 who are not in education, training or employment" which was a priority of your Time for Action plan. Can you confirm which organisation will now co-finance this programme? When will procurement restart for this programme? Will organisations be able to access this funding in 2011/12?
  • Funding for youth activities

    • Reference: 2010/3930
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    What steps are you taking to support youth activities in London and take forward the priorities in your Time for Action Plan?
  • Mayor's fund

    • Reference: 2010/3931
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    The Mayor's Fund currently only operates in the Shoreditch area. Given that child poverty is a London wide problem, to which areas of London will the Mayor's Fund be rolling-out in 2011?
  • Buses in adverse weather conditions

    • Reference: 2010/3932
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    In the week starting 29th November 2010, please state per route how many buses were returned to the depot and how many kept running due to the adverse weather conditions.
  • Freedom Pass on Rail

    • Reference: 2010/3933
    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    Further to MQ 1575/2010, please could you give me an update on how the negotiations went with the Train Operating Companies to extend the 24 hour Freedom Pass to national rail?
  • Clean Air Zone

    • Reference: 2010/3935
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    How soon would it be feasible for the congestion charging zone to become a Clean Air Zone?
  • Tube staff shortages (2)

    • Reference: 2010/4094
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    Can you provide me with a breakdown showing: a. The number of tube station closures in the last 5 years due to staff illness? b. The average length of time that tube stations were closed for because of this reason?
  • Tube evacuation procedures

    • Reference: 2010/4096
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    One of my constituents has been stuck on a new Victoria Line train twice now and whilst being led to safety down the tracks he noticed that all the lights on the train go off whilst passengers disembark. Because it was so dark, passengers (including 6 pregnant women and a number of children) were bumping into the poles and each other. Can you answer the following question that my constituent has raised? a. Why was there no emergency lighting to escort passengers on the way out? b. Why weren't torches available to escort people safely of the train? c. Will...
  • Tube upgrade works

    • Reference: 2010/4097
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2010
    Over the past few weeks an unusual number of incidents have occurred on the Underground network during which we've seen among other passengers being led through tunnels because of broken down new Victoria Line trains. Can you guarantee my constituents that engineering works scheduled to finish in 2012 will not be delayed as a result of these incidents and cause huge embarrassment during the Olympics?