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• Reference: 2005/0117-1
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 06 April 2005

1)How much will it cost to implement your planned mobile phone use on a. Tube stations b. Tube trains? 2)Do you expect this scheme to be a cost burden on London Underground or a revenue raiser? How much do you expect it will cost - or will raise in revenue? 3)Do you propose charging mobile phone companies for access to mobile phone reception on the Tube or are you proposing another form of market mechanism or another form of mechanism altogether? If so, could you explain what it is. 4)Could there be health implications linked to reception provided for mobile...

• Reference: 2003/0345
• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

How much is the firefighters pay settlement going to cost LFEPA and how is it to be funded? .

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

Am I right in thinking that the full-year cost of the settlement, including pension contributions, works out to about £10.6 million per year?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

Is the pay and prices reserves sufficient to meet an award above 4%?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

I think the gap is about £1.9 million is it? I wondered what steps you have taken to try to bridge that. Have you sought transitional funding from the Government for example?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

It was made very clear by the Government, at the time of the settlement, that the settlement would be funded by modernisation. Are there enough modernisation savings to be had in the London Fire Brigade to fund the pay settlement? If not, who is going to make up the balance?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

So how much of the settlement is going to fall upon the Council Tax payer?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

Are you concerned that your stance on this undermines the stance of the Deputy Prime Minister when he said the settlement would be funded entirely from modernisation savings?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

Did you raise with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister at the time that it was unrealistic for him to give the impression to the public that all would be funded by modernisation savings?

• Question by: Bob Neill
• Meeting date: 12 November 2003

That would be an argument for extra and special treatment on funding for London. Has any such offer been forthcoming from Government?