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• Reference: 2013/4407
• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

A recent review conducted by the Government's former Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor, Sir Ken Knight, identified nearly £200 million worth of potential savings across England and Wales' 46 Fire Authorities. Given the size and complexity of the London Fire Brigade, in comparison to the brigades on which the review focused, how many of the areas highlighted in the report offer a real opportunity for cost savings in the provision of fire and rescue cover to the Capital?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 12 September 2012

In the past two years it is correct, is it not, that you have been extremely helpful to the Police Service, because you have such fine reserves that you are able to give them financial contribution.

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 12 September 2012

So there is no particular reason that he will have changed his view. Can I ask you, can you give us some idea of how many meetings there have been over the last 12 months between finance officers of the GLA and finance officers at LFEPA? Do you happen to know how many there have been?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 21 July 2010

Minister, you have talked about devolution to the boroughs as a whole. Recently I read the suggestion by a former Parliamentary colleague, Rob Hayward [former Member of Parliament for Kingswood], that perhaps there are too many London boroughs; currently there are 32, and some of them are rather small. He said that he had been an advisor to the Secretary of State when he was in the Shadow Cabinet. Are you aware that your Department might be looking at reducing the number of London boroughs?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 21 July 2010

One historically controversial area has been the sale of school playing fields by local authorities for development. What sort of controls are you going to keep over that because the public do have some very strong feelings about it?