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• Reference: 2009/3642
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Darren Johnson (Chair): In line with Standing Orders, the Mayor has indicated he would like to make a brief oral update and there have been a couple of requests from Groups on issues they would like the Mayor to cover.

• Reference: 2009/3842
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

How much money has the London Development Agency committed to the Turin Grove School, and over what time period?

• Reference: 2009/3857
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

You were elected on a manifesto saying that the cost of the GLA to Londoners was too high. However City Hall is spending more under your mayoralty than before, while the average Londoner is paying massively more when fares are included. Is it not misleading to say otherwise?

• Reference: 2009/3865
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Please can you explain why it is prohibited to take bicycles on the tube between Colindale and Hendon Central stations on the Northern Line, given that you can take bikes in and out of both stations to travel on the adjacent sections of line, outside peak hours?

• Reference: 2009/3874
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Could a single elected Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service provide the same level of scrutiny and advice as twenty three diverse people?

• Reference: 2009/3757
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

What representations have you received from the Chairman of LFEPA about the appropriate level of general reserves you should approve for LFEPA? Are you minded to accept those representations?

• Reference: 2009/3758
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Do you agree with the statement by the Chairman of LFEPA at the 11 November 2009 Assembly Plenary that: ' ... money that is raised from council tax or other taxation should be spent on public services and should not be stashed away by public authorities; whether it is local boroughs or the Fire Authority'?

• Reference: 2009/3759
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Do you accept the advice from LFEPA officers that £10.8 million is an adequate figure for their general reserves? If not, what level of general reserves do you think is adequate and why?

• Reference: 2009/3760
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

On the basis of the budget guidance you have given to LFEPA, and the draft Medium Term Financial Strategy you have been offered in return, when do you anticipate LFEPA's general reserves will be reduced to around the level of the £10.8m that officers have indicated is adequate?

• Reference: 2009/3761
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

In response to your budget guidance of June 2009 LFEPA has sent you a draft Medium Term Financial Strategy for 2010-11 to 2014-15. This includes an item for 2011-12 called 'London Safety Plan 4 Savings' which saves £3.386m. What reduction in the number of London fire-fighters do you understand this saving to require, and do you consider that to be consistent with your budget guidance that LFEPA maintains front-line services?