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• Reference: 2017/5268
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

After some recent headlines about Uber and customer complaints, you said a consultation would take place at the end of this year for customer complaints signage for Private Hire vehicles, so that customers dissatisfied by their driver, operator, fare or quality of the vehicle can complain directly to LTPH. This would improve customer safety and confidence. Can you instruct TfL to carry out this consultation with some urgency?

• Reference: 2017/5269
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Do you recognise the seriousness of Uber's cover up of the breach of personal information of its customers and drivers? Do you agree that this latest misdemeanour proves their conduct is beyond the pale, further evidence that they should not be relicensed?

• Reference: 2017/5270
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Uber have said they have "assurances" that the data has been destroyed. Is it your understanding that these assurances from the criminal hackers who blackmailed them? Are you and TfL going to accept this statement as fact?

• Reference: 2017/5271
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

You stated in a previous answer that you are an advocate of the London Living Wage, but said TfL do not have the power to force Private Hire companies to provide it. Many Private Hire drivers do not earn the minimum wage as highlighted in the recent Uber employment appeal. Some Private Hire Operators make vast profits without ensuring their drivers earn the legal hourly rate. As Mayor, you could introduce a condition at the point of licensing, that an operator must ensure it pays drivers the minimum wage. Do you agree that this would be an excellent initiative and...

• Reference: 2017/5272
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

The London Fire Brigade recently tweeted that there has been a 40% increase in road traffic collisions over 5 years, that they have attended. Uber were first licensed 5 years ago. TfL have allowed approximately 40,000 Private Hire drivers with Uber as their operator access to work on demand, reliant on smart phones or similar equipment to accept jobs and navigation. Do you agree with the London Cab Drivers Club (LCDC) that this huge increase, adding to the workload of a vital, strained public service is no coincidence, and mainly due to Private Hire drivers driving for Uber?

• Reference: 2017/5273
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

TFL recently said that a drop of passengers using its services was partly because of "Brexit". Please could you provide the evidence of these findings?

• Reference: 2017/5274
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Would you agree that the drop in passenger numbers on its services could be due to people using Uber's rather than TFL's mass transport network?

• Reference: 2017/5275
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Would you agree that the congestion caused by cycle superhighways which is slowing down bus speeds and increasing bus journey times is putting many people off from using buses?.

• Reference: 2017/5276
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

What are the 30 separate daily figures for racially motivated, religiously motivated, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, homophobic, disability and transphobic hate crime for each of the 30 days between 1st November 2017 and 30th November 2017?

• Reference: 2017/5277
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

How many hate crimes for the period between 1st November 2017 and 30th November 2017, were reported directly to the Metropolitan Police and how many were reported via the CST, Tell Mama, Galop and Stop Hate UK?