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• Reference: 2017/3539
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

The government announced a £300m national relief fund in the Spring Budget to help businesses hardest hit by the business rates revaluation, which came into force on 1 April and has hit many small firms with punishing tax hikes. However, I am aware that only around £197k of this sum has so far been allocated. What representations have you made to London councils to get his process moving?

• Reference: 2017/3540
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

London's 2012 Summer Olympic Games organisers justified its £9 billion pound price tag with promises to deliver not only a sporting extravaganza, but an 'Olympic legacy' of prosperity for the East London boroughs where the Games were held. I am deeply concerned to learn that some five years on, that the six host boroughs have seen a spike in homelessness and numbers in emergency temporary accommodation, and that low-income local residents have been priced out of the so-called affordable housing that was supposed to be the Games' legacy. I also note that the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), the organisation...

• Reference: 2017/3556
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

How many TfL staff attended Common Purpose training in each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 21016 and 2017?

• Reference: 2017/3557
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

How many London Fire Brigade staff attended Common Purpose training in each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 21016 and 2017?

• Reference: 2017/2674
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 13 July 2017

To ask the Mayor what steps are being taken to procure fire appliances with greater reach than those currently in service with the LFB? The tallest aerial platform deployed at the recent fire at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in north Kensington was borrowed from Surrey Fire and Rescue Service and with a reach of 138 feet, it is the tallest in the country and yet, was unable to reach the top floors of the building, which stands at nearly 230 feet.

• Reference: 2017/2710
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 13 July 2017

To ask the Mayor how many young people taken on under the 2016 GLA Apprentice Scheme subsequently gained full-time employment with the GLA 'family'.

• Reference: 2017/2713
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 13 July 2017

I note that in your interview with LBC on 22 June 2017 you called on the government to ensure any illegal immigrants who lived in Grenfell Tower are protected. Whilst I have nothing but sympathy for those who died and experienced the loss of loved ones in this tragic event, would this course of action encourage other people to break the law?

• Reference: 2017/2280
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 22 June 2017

Now that you have been Mayor for a year, will you give me some answers to the questions to which you and your officers have not given an adequate response over the past year, such as, when you will stop granting licences to diesel PHVs, how many jobs will be lost in the 2,000 businesses at Park Royal which will have to close or relocate and when you are going to plant the two million trees you promised in your manifesto?

• Reference: 2017/2314
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 22 June 2017

Why is TfL's website hosted by a company that engages in aggressive tax avoidance, when there are so many other hosting sites that are open and transparent in their tax affairs?

• Reference: 2017/2325
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 22 June 2017

In your response to MQ 2016/2829 you stated that 'In 2006 LAS adopted an 80 watt siren amplifier in all its fast response unit vehicles, new ambulances and those patient transport service vehicles fitted with siren equipment. Its emergency fleet fitted with 100w amplifiers is being phased out as part of a vehicle replacement programme.' Can you advise when the phasing out of vehicles with 100w amplifiers will be completed.