CM: That is still the set up. Normally there is one FISO and an assistant, and occasionally there is a second FISO if it is very busy.
The only traffic info you will get is if there is a glaringly obvious confliction.
Bear in mind also that that bloke is covering the whole of the London FIR. The other day I was over North Wales (nicely described by CM as 'desolate'
) talking to them and they were also talking to someone crossing the boundary towards Dover and someone else up towards OTR. Not much chance of traffic info there!
The initial few postings had it right: Call them for airways rossings, boundary estimates etc, but use local units for the three-point navex over Oxfordshire!