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  • TfL Facility Time

    • Reference: 2020/4326
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    As you will be aware, the practice, known as ‘facility time’ is when an employee takes time off from their normal role to carry out duties and activities as a trade union representative. On 8 October 2020, LBC reported: ‘In Boris Johnson's last year as London’s Mayor, TfL spent £4.4m, or 0.23% of its total wage bill on facility time. That body’s latest accounts show that figure is now £8.7m, or 0.4% of the wage bill.’ 1 The entire Home Civil Service spends just £10m on facility time. So just over £1m more than TfL, in spite of the fact...

  • Fines for Refusal to Wear a Mask

    • Reference: 2020/4327
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    To ask the Mayor how many people have been given fixed penalty notices for failing to wear a face covering on public transport and what has been the total value of the fines?

  • Stonewall Diversity Champions (1)

    • Reference: 2020/4329
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    How much does the London Fire Commissioner pay Stonewall each year to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion?

  • Stonewall Diversity Champions (2)

    • Reference: 2020/4330
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    How much does the Metropolitan Police pay Stonewall each year to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion?

  • Taxi and Private Hire Trade and Masks

    • Reference: 2020/4334
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    How many fines, warnings and other sanctions have been given out to i) black cab drivers, ii) private hire vehicle drivers, by TfL Compliance Officers for not wearing a face mask since 1st April 2020?

  • Private Company Policing

    • Reference: 2020/4335
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Does G4S or any other private company supply the Metropolitan Police with any policing services? If so, what powers of policing do they have?

  • Taxi and Private Hire Trade and Covid-19

    • Reference: 2020/4336
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Given that black cabs have a built-in partition separating the driver from passengers, do you consider that i) black cabs, ii) private hire vehicles, are safe environments for passengers to travel in with relation to Covid-19?

  • London Election Counting Locations

    • Reference: 2020/4337
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    What alternative locations do the GLA plan to use instead of Excel for vote counting in next year's London elections, given that Excel is in use as a Nightingale Hospital?

  • London Election Counting Machines

    • Reference: 2020/4338
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Given the widespread reports and allegations of election fraud using Dominion/Smartmatic machines and systems in the US Presidential elections, what is the GLA doing to remove Smartmatic from involvement in the counting of votes in the London elections on 6th May 2021?

  • Abuse of London Underground Staff

    • Reference: 2020/4339
    • Question by: David Kurten
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    I note the poster campaign about passengers abusing staff, currently being run by TfL on the London Underground. I would be interested to learn the statistics of how many staff have been abused over the last five years on the Underground and I would like you to categorise your response by types of abuse.