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• Reference: 2007/0207-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

I have read in the press, and heard directly from constituents, that some drivers are letting passengers with insufficient funds on their Oyster cards board the bus. Are drivers expected in any way to regulate the use of tickets on their buses?

• Reference: 2007/0208-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

Will TfL review its decision to not provide a direct link between Barking and the Queen's Hospital in Romford? Although direct services exist from other local areas, the busy transport interchange at Barking lacks a direct link to the hospital, with passengers having to change buses and therefore pay two Oyster or cash fares in each direction.

• Reference: 2007/0209
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

Please can you impose a timetable for the safety redesign of this busy junction? It has been over three and a half years since TfL began designing safety improvements at this location, and a new design is still awaited. What is the current progress of the redesign?

• Reference: 2007/0210
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

How effective have policing teams and new CCTV been in reducing pickpocket offences on bendy buses?

• Reference: 2007/0211-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

East London bus passengers have reported great improvements since the 205 route was extended to Mile End, which has taken pressure off the congested 25 route. Will TfL revisit the proposal to extend the 205 all the way to Stratford? Although the proposed 425 between Clapton and Stratford is via Mile End, this will create a disjointed journey for passengers wishing to travel the length of Mile End Road/Bow Road.

• Reference: 2007/0212-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

Further to TfL's decision not to supply a bus service linking residents to their new surgery on Church Elm Lane, what other bus services could be considered prior to the review in 2009? The residents on the eastern side of this residential area are extremely isolated, being nearly a kilometre from the nearest regular service, and only has a 900 series bus serving their streets once a week.

• Reference: 2007/0234-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 05 December 2007

Further to the petition I presented to the Mayor and TfL earlier this year, and the surveys carried out by TfL in early September, will we be getting more buses during peak times on the busy route 5 in Barking and Dagenham?

• Reference: 2007/2541
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

Do you share my concerns about the effect of the proposals to remove social care damping from formula grant distribution arrangements? Particularly because of its adverse effect on funding for social care in Inner London boroughs which have rapid population growth but which under the new formula stand to receive less funding because of their demographic and age profiles being significantly different from national trends and because of the loss of the 'children in flats' indicator which clearly discriminates against inner urban areas where there is little choice but to put needy families in flatted accommodation and where this is...

• Reference: 2007/2545
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

In view of the planned legacy of the Olympic 2012 project as far as housing is concerned, can the Mayor ensure that in addition to providing affordable housing for the residents of East London there will also be provision made for homes for retired people, whose needs are different?

• Reference: 2007/2547
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 14 November 2007

Given the proposal in your draft housing strategy that such a policy be rejuvenated can you advise how many nominations have London Boroughs made to seaside and countryside homes inn the past seven years? And in anticipation of the answer, why not?