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• Reference: 2014/4104
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 05 November 2014

How soon do you believe it will be necessary to start planning further operational cuts to London's fire brigade?

• Reference: 2014/3607
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Further to your answer to MQ2014/3109 - in which you stated that the costs of relocating Transport for London's insurance subsidiary would be considerable - can you clarify the additional costs Transport for London (TfL) would face if the company were brought on-shore and regulated by the UK Government?

• Reference: 2014/3608
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Following your answer to my Mayor's Question 2014/3123, paragraph 4.7 (of agenda item 9 of the Investment and Performance Board's 19 August 2014 meeting) states that the apprenticeship figures are "currently" not included in the job creation estimates. This suggests they may well be in the future. The preceding sentence moreover states that the apprenticeships figure "can legitimately count towards the 200,000 jobs target." Why do you believe this, when they concern two separate manifesto commitments and constitute two entirely separate forms of employment?

• Reference: 2014/3610
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

What are your plans for the £1,390,414 of net savings from the European Social Fund's Youth Programme, as referred to in DD1239? Will it be reinvested in the same field?

• Reference: 2014/3611
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Can you give a more detailed explanation for how £150,000 will be spent in supporting London's bid to host the World Expo in 2025, as referred to in DD1230?

• Reference: 2014/3613
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Your Europe Report acknowledges that immigrants from the European Economic Area who arrived after 1999 "have made a big positive impact on public finances", contributing 34% more in taxes than they have received as transfers. Why does the same report repeatedly advocate a curb on the free movement of this exact group of people?

• Reference: 2014/3614
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Citigroup, the British Bankers Association and other City representatives have expressed support for further EU integration. Your Europe Report also acknowledges this support. Why then do you and your Europe Report claim the need to protect the City from the EU?

• Reference: 2014/3615
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Do you regret giving EU driving regulations for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes as an example of bad legislation at the launch of your Europe Report, when it is in fact supported by the Road Haulage Association (which represents the interests of all British truck drivers from owner-drivers to large fleets)?

• Reference: 2014/3616
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

When your Europe Report repeatedly calls for a halt to 'unnecessary legislation', what exactly do you mean by this? Can you give any examples? Who will be the judge of what is necessary? How would the halt work in practice?

• Reference: 2014/3617
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

How can you ensure EU funding goes to parts of London with the most relevant need, for example youth unemployment programmes to areas with high youth unemployment etc.?