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• Reference: 2011/0075-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Dee Doocey (Chair): Can I formally welcome Baroness Ford and Andrew Altman to the meeting. Baroness Ford is the Chair of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) and Andrew Altman is the Chief Executive. Thank you very much for coming. If I could explain how the session is going to work; I understand that Margaret and Andrew are going to give a five minute opening statement. I will then ask a Member from each Group to put a question in the following order: the Labour Group, followed by the Liberal Democrat Group, followed by the Conservative Group, followed by the...

• Reference: 2010/0049-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 10 March 2010

What are you doing to end speculation over the future of the Olympic Stadium?

• Reference: 2010/0004
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 13 January 2010

Can you update me on your progress with the academies programme, and explain what provisions are being put in place to ensure a balanced intake of children compared to surrounding schools and especially a fair share of children with special educational needs?

• Reference: 2009/0112-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 18 March 2009

The Mayor has promised LDA funding for 10 academies. Has the Board yet considered whether funding secondary education is compatible with focusing on the LDA's core mission around jobs and business?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 18 March 2009

OK, a couple of quick questions first. Can I just clarify, any money that is left over at the end of the year, can you carry that forward or does that go back to the Government?

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 18 March 2009

OK, you are very keen on academies. I am completely neutral on the subject, but the figures just do not stack up to me. There are 43 academies in London, and we have got published results for 27 of them, because a lot of them are new and have not yet published. Over 50% of them have achieved less than half the national average at GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education). What I am not clear about is a lot of these are run by some serious players. I mean, we are not just talking fly-by-nights; we really are talking...