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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: 2009/3757
• 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: 2009/3811
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

What will you be doing to support CABE's Grey to Green campaign? Will you be mapping green spaces in London and encouraging the GLA family to consider how it can further invest in green infrastructure?

• Reference: 2009/3812
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

In the draft London Plan you have committed to increasing the surface area greened in the Central Activities Zone by at least 5% by 2030 and a further 5% by 2050. Will you consider increasing this figure and also include as a KPI of the London Plan?

• Reference: 2009/3813
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

What estimates have TfL made of the impact of the Brent Cross Cricklewood development on levels of traffic congestion in the Edgware Road area? Traffic congestion will have a significant effect on the roads of Brent and Camden. Can the Mayor detail the nature and extent to which consultation work has been conducted by TfL directly with those boroughs, in relation to mitigating any potential traffic congestion that will occur?

• Reference: 2009/3814
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Further to MQ 2956/2009 what progress has been made since your press release announcing the establishment of the Promote London Council [11/06/09] stated that 'In the coming weeks the Mayor through the Promote London Council will be tendering for agencies to present their ideas for rebranding the capital'? As of 14 October you stated that 'An agency has not yet been appointed as the procurement process is still underway'. Is there a procurement process and is it underway? When is a decision expected?