MQT late answers Oct 20
Question No: 2020/2300
Andrew Dismore
In the event of City Hall moving to The Crystal, what is the estimated loss of annual income from lettings at The Crystal?
Answer for City Hall proposed move [3]
The Mayor
Last updated: 21 July, 2020
Officers are drafting a response
City Hall proposed move [3]
The Mayor
Last updated: 19 October, 2020
The annual income that could be secured from letting The Crystal building in its current state to a 3rd party outside of the GLA Group is currently estimated at £1.2 million per annum.
Question No: 2020/2301
Andrew Dismore
What was the income generated by The Crystal for each of the last 4 years?
Answer for City Hall proposed move [4]
The Mayor
Last updated: 21 July, 2020
Officers are drafting a response
City Hall proposed move [4]
The Mayor
Last updated: 19 October, 2020
The income for the last four years has been as follows:
| Financial year |
| 2016-17 |
| 2017-18 |
| 2018-19 |
| 2019-20 |
The low income in 2016-17 was because the property was not owned by the GLA until November 2016. The reduction in income in 2019-20 was as a result of the mid-year surrender by Siemens of their lease, under which they paid rent of £1.75 million per annum
Question No: 2020/3061
Andrew Dismore
Have you assessed the impact a second wave of coronavirus would have on GLA services, especially the police, fire brigade and TfL, including the impact on their budgets?
Coronavirus Second Wave [2]
The Mayor
Last updated: 19 October, 2020
The assessments for the potential impact of a second wave are ongoing and continuing to evolve as more information is provided and is known about the virus. Each organisation now has access to the National Reasonable Worst Case Planning assumptions for a second wave during the Winter and early Spring months and is reviewing their actions from a first wave and likely requirements for a second wave.
The details of the response and the impact of a future wave will be dependent on the interventions, policy changes and measures put in place by Central Government e.g. potential for a second national lockdown.
Answer for Coronavirus Second Wave [2]
The Mayor
Last updated: 22 September, 2020
Officers are drafting a response
CCTV cameras for East Finchley
Question No: 2020/3063
Andrew Dismore
You may recall the serious problem last winter of teenagers in East Finchley being mugged in the evenings. The SNT are requesting an improvement in local CCTV coverage in the area, especially from the tube station to the entrance to Cherry Tree Wood. Will you ask TfL to install and extra camera or cameras at the station, in consultation with the SNT, in order to improve safety here?
Answer for CCTV cameras for East Finchley
The Mayor
Last updated: 22 September, 2020
Officers are drafting a response
CCTV cameras for East Finchley
The Mayor
Last updated: 19 October, 2020
Transport for London (TfL) will work closely with the Safer Neighbourhood Team, the British Transport Police and the local authority to understand the issues and how best to address any issues. After this investigation has been completed, TfL will be in a position to take appropriate action, which may include the installation of CCTV.
Government Safer Streets scheme (2)
Question No: 2020/3065
Andrew Dismore
Give the rising street crime rates in the Bloomsbury area and its impact on the local West End economy, especially affecting tourists and visitors to London, why was this area not chosen as a suitable bid to the Government Safer Streets scheme?
Answer for Government Safer Streets scheme (2)
The Mayor
Last updated: 22 September, 2020
Officers are drafting a response
Government Safer Streets scheme (2)
The Mayor
Last updated: 19 October, 2020
As was mentioned in Mayor’s Question 2020/3064, MOPAC identified the Boroughs that fulfilled the scheme’s criteria. Using this criteria, 1,566 Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) were found to be eligible in London – approximately one in three areas. MOPAC calculated the average rate of offending across the LSOAs to identify those that had rates five or more standard deviations above the mean, which resulted in 6 boroughs being identified as they had the top 9 LSOAs for acquisitive crime. Camden (and therefore Bloomsbury) was not one of the Boroughs identified as having the top LSOAs for acquisitive crime.
The real issue here is that the Government cynically chose to distribute its £25M fund equally across 43 police force areas, rather than by demand. The latter would have meant that much more money would have been available for several boroughs in London, instead, London was awarded £301,162 for only one borough.
Delay to incorporation of Grenfell Tower learning
Question No: 2020/3067
Andrew Dismore
The Consolidated GTI and HMI action plan notes a delay from April 2020 to March 2021 incorporating learning from Grenfell Tower into incident command training, so that all LFB personnel understand the nature and risk of high rise and external wall system fires. Why is the delay on this so much longer than other covid-19 related impacts?
Answer for Delay to incorporation of Grenfell Tower learning
The Mayor
Last updated: 22 September, 2020
Officers are drafting a response
Delay to incorporation of Grenfell Tower learning
The Mayor
Last updated: 19 October, 2020
The Grenfell action plan was combined with the HMICFRS action plan in April 2020 to create a consolidated plan. At that time, the baselined end date for this task was set as April 2020. When the consolidated plan was reviewed and an update provided in May 2020, the forecast end date was amended to March 2021 to take into account the date by which the training courses will have been developed and implemented. The forecast end date has remained the same ever since.
Urban firefighting and rescue course
Question No: 2020/3071
Andrew Dismore
Please provide an update on the five-day course covering high rise, fire survival guidance and evacuation policies as noted in LFB’s consolidated GTI and HMI action plan.
Answer for Urban firefighting and rescue course
The Mayor
Last updated: 22 September, 2020
Officers are drafting a response
Urban firefighting and rescue course
The Mayor
Last updated: 19 October, 2020
The Urban Firefighting and Rescue Course is part of phase three of the training plan for the high rise policies. This course is currently in the planning stage. Due to the necessity to use a real fire training venue that can allow the products of a fire to be safely dispersed, a venue needs to be sought outside London. Work is taking place to establish a suitable venue, instructors and costings. This work will continue throughout the first two training phases for the high rise policies.
Specialist appliance crewing (1)
Question No: 2020/3104
Andrew Dismore
How many LFB operational staff have completed a) Fire and Rescue Unit and b) Command Unit training in each year since 2016?
Answer for Specialist appliance crewing (1)
The Mayor
Last updated: 22 September, 2020
Officers are drafting a response
Specialist appliance crewing (1)
The Mayor
Last updated: 19 October, 2020
Please see the tables below, which show the number of staff that have completed Fire and Rescue Unit training, and Command Unit Training for each year.
Fire and Rescue Unit Training
| 2020 | 17 (as of 9 September 2020) |
| 2019 | 73 |
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2017 | 37 |
| 2016 | 44 |
Command Unit Training
| 2020 | 26 (as of 9 September 2020) |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2016 | 10 |
Face coverings on TfL services
Question No: 2020/3125
Andrew Dismore
Despite publicity, it is clear that some passengers are ignoring the requirement to wear face coverings on TfL services. What can you do to encourage better compliance? As some people appear to think that the rules don’t apply to tube station concourses and platforms, but put on coverings when boarding trains, will you improve the publicity to make clear the rules apply throughout stations as well as on trains and buses?
Answer for Face coverings on TfL services
The Mayor
Last updated: 22 September, 2020
Officers are drafting a response
Face coverings on TfL services
The Mayor
Last updated: 19 October, 2020
Transport for London (TfL) has a implemented a wide-reaching publicity campaign about the correct wearing of face coverings which includes information about how and where they should be worn.
The campaign describes how to wear a face covering over the mouth and nose and that it should be worn for the full duration of your journey. The information has recently been updated to include the new fines of up to £3,200 for not wearing a face covering.
This information can be seen widely across the TfL network including stickers, posters as you enter the station, updates to Conditions of Carriage on display at all stations and an extensive advertising campaign. TfL also includes this information on its coronavirus webpage, which has been visited over 1.5 million times. Its latest research indicates that 91 per cent of customers claim to wear a face covering on every journey. TfL continues to monitor the situation and amend publicity as required.
As of 21 September, 95,280 people had been stopped by TfL enforcement officers from getting on our public transport services until they put on a face covering. Most complied by getting their face covering from their bag or pocket, putting it on correctly or purchasing one from a nearby shop.
