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• Reference: 2015/0558
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2015

Can you please give me more details about the contract that TfL has with The Metro newspaper, when this contract runs out, and what steps will be taken to ensure that, unlike last time, more than one paper applies during the tendering process, and as wide and diverse a selection of applications are received as possible?

• Reference: 2015/0559
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2015

Given that the Evening Standard does not always cover issues that relate to some of the community groups across London, what work does TfL undertake to try to diversify the types of newspapers that are available across the TfL network in the evenings? If it has not already happened, I would urge TfL to reach out to, for instance, media that cater for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. Will you look into what can be done to provide a more diverse selection of newspapers in the evenings across the TfL network?

• Reference: 2015/0560
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2015

A survey of broadband speeds released shortly before Christmas ranked London 26 out of 33 other European cities with Bucharest, Paris and Vilnius all beating London. Is this not a shocking indictment of your Mayoralty's failure to deliver a more connected London?

• Reference: 2015/0561
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2015

In answer to Question No 2014/0133, you state that prior to the introduction of Night Tube, London Underground (LU) will be carrying out a thorough assessment of noise issues and will undertake works to improve the condition of the track. How is this assessment coming along and are there any places where noise has been deemed too high?

• Reference: 2015/0562
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2015

What percentage of bus stops in Hackney are accessible? If this figure is below your target of 95 per cent accessibility by 2016-17, what steps do you plan to take to reach your goal?

• Reference: 2015/0563
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2015

What percentage of bus stops in Islington are accessible? If this figure is below your target of 95 per cent accessibility by 2016-17, what steps do you plan to take to reach your goal?

• Reference: 2015/0564
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2015

What percentage of bus stops in Waltham Forest are accessible? If this figure is below your target of 95 per cent accessibility by 2016-17, what steps do you plan to take to reach your goal?

• Reference: 2015/0565
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2015

During your Better Junctions programme, how will new bus terminal points be agreed where the current bus terminal sits on or near a current gyratory? How much will it cost? And who will pay - TfL, Boroughs, or the bus operating company? And, can you reassure me that TfL will negotiate sensibly with Boroughs and consult with residents where land that is owned by Boroughs needs to be given over to TfL to accommodate any new bus terminals?

• Reference: 2015/0566
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 February 2015

Why have you been so slow to spend money allocated to you as part of the Urban Broadband Fund? What have been the main impediments?

• Reference: 2015/0118
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 21 January 2015

Are you willing to start a London Equality Scorecard that monitors data on socioeconomic inequality across London, along the lines of those done by Kingston, Croydon and Redbridge Councils in co-operation with The Runnymede Trust, as recommended in my report, Falling Further Behind?