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• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 10 February 2016

Len Duvall AM: This will be a humdinger, then. Mr Mayor, 2000 and 2008 there was a 34% increase in bus kilometres. You, under your watch, for a period of 2008 to 2016 can barely make less than 4.5% in bus kilometres. Why have you not expanded the bus fleet despite the growth in London’s population of 11.24% over the same period?

• Reference: 2013/0008-1
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 13 March 2013

The 'bedroom tax' will result in an immediate cut in Housing Benefit of 14% for those deemed to have one extra bedroom and 25% for two or more extra bedrooms. However, the extent to which such penalties will make a difference is questionable, as there is a significant mismatch between under-occupying and over-occupying households - with 80,000 households in London under-occupancy, against 260,000 over-crowded households. Will the bedroom tax help address overcrowding in London in any substantive way, and what impact do you believe it will have on established communities and social cohesion in the capital?