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• Reference: 2021/0055
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

In September 2020, you told the Assembly that you were seeking clarity from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on what the abolition of Public Health England, and creation of the National Institute for Health Protection, would mean for London. Have you received a response from Government to your concerns on this issue?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

David Kurten AM: Good morning again, Mr Mayor. You said in that previous answer that you think the vaccines are safe. There are two things wrong with that statement, Mr Mayor. There are three vaccines - or what have been called vaccines - that are being used. Two of those are not vaccines in the sense that most people would understand vaccines. They are experimental mRNA gene technologies that have never been used before on human beings. We do not know anything about their long-term safety. How could you say that you know about the safety, particularly for pregnant women...

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

David Kurten AM: The question does follow on from some of the earlier points make about the judgment yesterday about the Streetspace scheme. It is disappointing that you are appealing that judgment. What do you say to taxi drivers particularly who are affected very negatively by not being able to drive along Bishopsgate?

• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 12 January 2021

David Kurten AM: Thank you, Chair. I would like to ask Dr Fenton. We heard from the Chair and you earlier about admissions to hospitals with COVID being the highest since the start of the declared pandemic in March 2020. How do total hospital admissions now, this January, compare to last January and other winter seasons before this year?

• 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...

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?