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• 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...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

There has to be something ready, and you must engage with Londoners.

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Fine, but just can you please tell us about it, because if I do not know, what chance is there that local builders know? Can I just make one final point: speed is of the essence. The Construction Industry Training Board estimate that 88,000 recruits are needed over the next five years ' not in 10 years' time, but over the next five years. You need to get your act together, and you need to get your act together now. Bob Blackman (AM): To build on those questions: the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had a key concern, which was the...

• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

I am sure you could.

• Reference: 2005/0310-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Please can you supply copies of the detailed timelines that according to the bid document ''have been subjected to contingency and risk planning''?

• Reference: 2005/0312-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

How do you anticipate using the new Mayoral Olympics powers proposed in the London Olympics Bill?

• Reference: 2005/0350-1
• Question by: Dee Doocey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What work has been done to maximise the training and employment opportunities of the Games? How will apprenticeship opportunities be maximised?