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• Reference: 2005/2333
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

What is the likelihood of Westminster Council refusing to consent to the branding for the Nelson's Column Hoarding? How will the £420,000 costs be met if the sponsorship deal fails?

• Reference: 2005/2334
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

The Mayoral Approval Form for Respect 2005 (which was renamed London United) stated that "£225,000 will be funded by sponsorship" - so why did the team only raise £134,116 and how was the funding gap bridged?

• Reference: 2005/2335
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Why was there a shortfall of £35,000 in sponsorship for the Hydrogen Demo in Trafalgar Square and how will this be met?

• Reference: 2005/2336
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

What is the full cost of the Fourth Plinth Project? Why did the response to my MQ 2005/2155 on sponsorship not include any amount for sponsorship raised for the Fourth Plinth? Does this mean no sponsorship funding has been raised? If this is the case how will the £195,000 funding shortfall mentioned in MAF 1926 be bridged?

• Reference: 2005/2337
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Mayoral Approval Form 1557 anticipated that £496,000 would be raised in sales, concessions and sponsorship for Trafalgar Square Events in 2004. So why did the team only raise £37,000 in sponsorship and how was the other £459,000 funded?

• Reference: 2005/2338
• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

What steps will you now take to enhance and develop the training courses provided both for entrant and serving bus drivers in order to achieve significant and noticeable improvements in the standard of customer service and driving offered to passengers on London's buses? Will you order an increase in "mystery shoppers" employed by TfL to monitor the behaviour of individual bus drivers?

• Reference: 2005/2339
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

How do you explain a rise in recorded crimes of violence on London Underground from 1,471 when you first came into office as Mayor to 2,622 in 2004/05? Can you list the steps Transport for London is currently taking to make Tube journeys safer for passengers?

• Reference: 2005/2340
• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Do you support the decision to impose above-inflation fare rises for five years on the Integrated Kent Franchise which includes some of the busiest commuter routes in London? In view of the jump in Go-Ahead's share prices after they won the Government contract to run the Integrated Kent Franchise, will you be pressing the new franchisee more strongly to conclude a favourable deal on introducing Oyster pre-pay on their rail routes?

• Reference: 2005/2341
• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Are you satisfied that your draft budget for 2006/07 adequately reflects the needs of the Metropolitan Police and Transport for London in keeping Londoners safe on the capital's public transport system?

• Reference: 2005/2344
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Unemployment in Hackney South and Shoreditch is the 12th highest in the UK and 22.7 per cent. of people of working age have no formal qualifications. 28.3 per cent. of unemployed people in the constituency are aged between 18 and 24. How do you plan to improve public transport links in that area and its surrounding districts to assist with the very necessary regeneration East London requires?