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• Reference: 2005/2411
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Can you confirm that your suggested pooling system of section 106 agreements could mean that you could use money allocated to one borough and spend in another?

• 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: 2005/2473
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

How many additional staff would the GLA require should the new powers you would like be granted?

• 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: 2005/2410
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

In your submission to the government on planning powers you suggested that: "The Mayor should have the power to call in applications for his decision (enabling him to grant planning permission as well as directing refusal), in those cases which meet the criteria for his involvement". However, in the consultation document it states under your proposals: "encourage a rethink of Government's role in the planning of London (but the Mayor does not propose that Ministers' current powers of call-in and direction should be removed)." Can you please clarify your position on this, do you wish to have call in powers?

• Reference: 2005/2412
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

In your submission to the Government for additional powers, you state: "The Mayor seeks to be a statutory consultee on strategic planning applications outside London where there are implications for the capital". How far outside London do you wish to be a statutory consultee for?

• Reference: 2005/2413
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

You claim that there is an analogy between the GLA and the Government on the promoter/decider problem. Does this mean that you would employ a planning inspectorate?