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• Reference: 2014/3023
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Are you concerned that TfL’s current push to maximise revenue from its commercial assets could see hundreds of small, family-run businesses driven out of tube station kiosks and railway arches as big-name retailers are moved in when leases expire and platform plots are put up for sale at high prices?

• Reference: 2014/3024
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

In formulating this policy, has TfL set either a network-wide target or local targets for the proportion of businesses occupying its commercial spaces which will remain independent, family-run outfits as opposed to big name retailers?

• Reference: 2014/3025
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Promoting a range of different types of businesses across TfL’s commercial spaces will improve the resilience of its own business model. Please give further details on the mix of retailers which TfL hopes to see occupy its commercial spaces.

• Reference: 2014/3026
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Will TfL commit to providing opportunities for relocation where businesses occupying its commercial spaces find themselves priced out by rent increases or find themselves unable to purchase their plot if it is put up for sale by TfL?

• Reference: 2014/3027
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

The move towards turnover rents is a welcome example of innovation in TfL’s business model. However, has TfL analysed how this rent model could benefit some types of business – sole traders, for example – whilst proving ruinous to others, such as those with high turnovers but small profit margins?

• Reference: 2014/3028
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

In the Alperton Masterplan supplementary planning document, Brent council has committed to working with local businesses affected by developments in this growth area to explore relocation opportunities. In the same vein, what assistance is TfL offering to the news vendor at Alperton tube station whose kiosk will not feature in the redeveloped station?

• Reference: 2014/3029
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

Has TfL explored relocation opportunities with small business owners at Hampstead Heath station whose platform plots have recently been put up for sale, forcing them out of the station?

• Reference: 2014/3030
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

How is information communicated to customers and, importantly, other Train Operating Companies (TOCs), when the pick-up and drop-off stops for TfL replacement bus services change at the last minute compared with information advertised on posters?

• Reference: 2014/3031
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

What work will be done to ensure that stations along the proposed Crossrail 2 line will be 100% accessible and step-free?

• Reference: 2014/3032
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 10 September 2014

What is the timeline for the stakeholder consultation on the electrification of the Barking-Gospel Oak line? And how will Londoners who use the line be involved in this process, given the huge disruption it will bring to travelling in the area?