Mayor's Questions - HGV action

I have received this from Jenny Jones ref CEVU and the future - there's a PDF as well to read - it is attached.

Jenny Jones asked me to circulate this letter from Boris Johnson to interested cyclists, please feel free to pass on.
Hi
I have finally had a response from Boris Johnson about the Commercial Education Vehicle Unit being cut (attached). I wrote to him back in November with a set of specific questions about the functions which the CEVU carries out to address the lack of a safety culture in many dark corners of the freight industry. The reply represents a significant shift from the Mayor's initial responses which emphasised the role which Transport for London and the Freight Operators Recognition Scheme would play. This response recognises that it will in fact be the Met Police who will have to carry out most of the functions of the CEVU, but without the £1m of annual funding from TFL.
The Traffic Police within the Met are already having to make efficiency savings, along with the rest of the service. The creation of a specialist team to deal with commercial vehicles will probably require cuts to other important work which the Traffic Unit currently carry out. If this team is less than the 12 specialist police officers currently employed in the CEVU, then it will raise concerns about a loss of capacity. I will therefore be pressing the Mayor to increase funding for the Met Police Traffic Unit in order to set up a specialist team and to compensate for the TfL cut.
You can contact the London Mayor on: Mayor@london.gov.uk
E-mail addresses for Assembly Members are available at : http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/lams_facts_cont.jsp
Jenny Jones
Green Party member of the London Assembly

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• Reply from Mayor to Jenny Jones CVEU.pdf