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• Reference: 2005/2479
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

In your reply to our question on congestion charge cameras last month (2261 / 2005), you said registration data taken outside charging hours is 'anonymised'. How is this done, who sees the data before it is 'anonymised', and what safeguards are in place to protect drivers from ID theft?

• Reference: 2005/2482
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Since the Mayor has described the public consultation process required by the GLA Act as a "charade", would he agree that the current review of GLA powers would be an opportune time to review it?

• Reference: 2005/2478
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

As you know, the authorities in Tyne & Wear are considering using profits from its proposed charging scheme to compensate businesses for loss of trade. Will the Mayor consider following Tyne and Wear's example and offer compensation to the many businesses in central London suffering as a direct result of his congestion tax?

• Reference: 2005/2481
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Does the Mayor condone the government's attempt to characterise the proposed centralisation of planning and waste management as "devolution of power"?

• Reference: 2005/2485
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

How many people are employed in the Mayor's office, how many of these are aged 50+, and how many staff aged 50+ were involved in drafting the Mayor's Older People's Strategy?

• Reference: 2005/2261
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 16 November 2005

If the purpose of the congestion charge cameras is as "Traffic Management, Control & Enforcement CCTV" (as stated in the Data Protection Register), what is the justification for having these cameras switched on outside of the Congestion Charge period?

• Reference: 2005/2262
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 16 November 2005

While addressing a meeting of local councillors recently, the Mayor called for the Assembly to be scrapped and scrutiny of his activities to be taken over by local councillors. At the subsequent LSE London Conference he described the quality of local councillors as "garbage". Is this strategy due to his desire to see effective scrutiny abolished?

• Reference: 2005/2006
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 18 October 2005

Your stated aim is to encourage businesses to set up their operations in London, yet you persist in doing things that are driving businesses and their customers away. Examples are the westward extension of the Congestion Charge and the recent increase in bus and tube fares, making transport in London the most expensive in the world. Is it not true that you have no idea how wealth is created?

• Reference: 2005/2007
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 18 October 2005

Could the Mayor state how much money was taken in the first and second years of the congestion charge and how much of that was paid in fines rather than fees. How much of the income from the congestion charge in the first and the second year was spent on running the system and of the remainder, could the Mayor enumerate the London Transport projects that benefited from the fund of money earned through the congestions charge giving exact names and sums spent?

• Reference: 2005/2008
• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 18 October 2005

Has there been any input from London's businesses into the Mayor's aim to take control of learning and skills in London?