Archive for January, 2008

Visible policing and security

Yesterday, Boris spoke of his wish to increase ‘on the beat’ policing to improve safety in the streets and on public transport. Click here for more information.


Supporting the village shop - update

This afternoon, Boris stopped in Checkendon, in his Henley constituency, to inaugurate the combined village shop and Post Office which was taken over by Bal Budesha in 2007. Despite the biting wind and the hour of the day, over 70 local people of all ages turned out for the occasion. After cutting the inaugural ribbon [...]


Welcome to the revamped site!

Well, here it is - the new, shiny, official Boris Johnson website!
Hopefully you’ve managed to find your way around by now - if not, you can explore the archives, visit the photo gallery, read about Boris and contribute to the enormous community on the official Forum.
A web monkey (well, me) has been tinkering under the [...]


Cycling and health

With the aim of improving safety for all cyclists, Boris has asked the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions in each primary care trust in Greater London there were of

cyclists [in general]
cyclists under the age of 11
cyclists under the age of 16 years

involved in a road accident in each year [...]


Violence statistics

Boris has asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the percentage crime detection rates for:

violence against the person
sexual offences
burglary
robbery and
theft from a vehicle was in each London borough

in each year since 1988, broken down by age group.
Click for the Written Answers.