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• 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: 2009/3929
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Can you provide an update on the progress of the Earn Your Travel Back initiative?

• 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?

• Reference: 2009/3930
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Will you ensure as a matter of urgency that both northbound and southbound tunnels have functioning public address systems so that motorists can be provided with clear instructions when incidents occur in the Tunnel?

• Reference: 2009/3931
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Will you provide signage on all approach roads to the Blackwall Tunnel to alert drivers if the Tunnel is closed and to suggest alternative routes?

• Reference: 2009/3932
• Question by: James Cleverly
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

In the light of the gridlock caused the morning after the Blackwall Tunnel fire, what is being done to increase resilience in the road network so that it can cope with major incidents?