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  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations

    • Reference: 2008/0006
    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    A number of times the phrase is used that you found 'no evidence'. It is difficult to ask you to prove a negative but I think it would be helpful to have assurances about the thoroughness of the review. Could you tell me about what interviews and discussions there were with staff, with representatives from the projects and so on?

  • Review process of LDA funding (Supplementary) [30]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    The report refers to, I quote, 'Having identified weaknesses in LDA project management and record keeping'. Does that lead you to have concern about other projects? Are you intending to carry out any reviews or audit work on other projects?

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [11]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    That is fine. I am happy with that. I take your word but it does seem as though what you have done is a sort of desk-based exercise, very internally focused. Here are the people who awarded the contracts doing the investigation. There seems to be a certain amount of independence lacking, if I could put it that way.

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [17]

    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    Just to clear up the point about when the report was released I think it went to the Board at 9 am or so and the press release came out 3 pm or 4 pm. I could not get the report itself off the LDA website until close to 7 pm on a Friday evening.

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [22]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    Can you give us a rough idea of the quantity of written material and email; the documents and the records that have been reviewed? Have you looked at all the LDA's paper records as well as the electronic records?

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [31]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    Without my wanting to imply too much by this, Deloitte's role as internal auditors to date has been reporting to you?

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [32]

    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    I would like to follow up that point and I do understand we are only looking at the process here today; we are not looking at the substance. The Assembly called for this to be put in the hands of an independent auditor in the [form of the] District Auditor. The Mayor and his advisers in response have been saying, 'Oh no, they are all involved, don't you worry' but the crucial thing you have said to us this morning is, 'The conclusions are mine alone'. That is the crucial point. Therefore, whilst you may well have had involvement and...

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [33]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    I was going to ask you what the role was of Deloitte, the internal auditors?

  • Legacy Master plan for the Olympic Park (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Dee Doocey
    • Meeting date: 10 November 2007
    The second question is to Manny Lewis. As you know, the Eastway cyclists vacated their site at Eastway after 32 years on the promise that they were going to be given replacement facilities. Now I know you sent out a press release about the cute little newts the other day, but the fact is that you knew about the newts in November 2006 because you were told about them by London Borough of Redbridge, and it seems to me that you have just been dragging your feet. My main concern is that the replacement facilities that you put in place...

  • Skills Legacy (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Dee Doocey
    • Meeting date: 10 November 2007
    My concern is the real deprived communities; the ones that are just not being picked up because nobody knows who they are. The more visits I do the more convinced I become that what is on offer is not really going to help these people and those are the people that we all want to help more than anyone. I wondered if you would consider a couple of things. First of all I really identified a need for some pan-London funding where at the moment you are giving it to boroughs to dish out, which I understand, but there is...