Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 14 December 2021.
In your long-delayed 25 August response to 24 June Question 2021/2356, you stated:
"Recruitment is underway for Transport for London’s (TfL) Director of Bus Operations role. This is a competitive internal and external recruitment campaign to ensure TfL finds a suitable candidate. TfL will provide an update once an individual has been appointed to the role.”
On 18 October, in response to Question 2021/3888 you stated:
"Following a competitive recruitment process, Transport for London (TfL) appointed Louise Cheeseman as the new Director of Buses. Louise joined TfL on Monday 2 August.”
However, a 13 July article in Intelligent Transport https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-news/126575/louise-cheese... announced
"TfL appoint Louise Cheeseman as Director of Buses” and contains a quote from Gareth Powell, Managing Director of Surface Transport at TfL:
“I’m thrilled that Louise will be joining us to lead the decarbonisation of London’s buses while helping this iconic form of transport support London’s sustainable recovery.”
If TfL Senior Executives were making public statements about Louise Cheeseman’s appointment in July 2021, will you acknowledge that your responses to Questions 2021/2356 and 2021/3888 were inaccurate and untimely?
Due to an administrative error, there was a delay to the publication of Mayor’s Question 2021/2356.
Louise Cheeseman was appointed as the new Director of Buses and joined Transport for London on Monday 2 August.