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• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 09 December 2014

Commissioner, could I go back to the conundrum about the future cuts in budgets and the increasing number of officers and, therefore, the increasing percentage that their pay will be. You have already said that pay is a huge percentage of your budget. As you increase offices you are actually brining the point at which it becomes inefficient and you are going to have to backfill officers into support staff roles, eve closer, are you not? If you stick with this what is a fairly arbitrary number of 32,000, or even what has been described as a ‘fetish’ for the...

• Reference: 2005/0276-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What alternative sites are being provided for the Traveller families displaced by the Olympics?

• Reference: 2005/0278-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Given the massive potential for waterborne freight in the Lower Lea Valley, will the Olympic construction contracts require that construction companies make full use of the waterways surrounding the Olympics site to transport materials and waste?

• Reference: 2005/0279-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What will be done to ensure that the potential for waterborne fright in the Lower Lea Valley is maximised during the legacy phase of the Olympics?

• Reference: 2005/0280-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

As a new lock at the junction of Prescott Channel and Abbey Creek could significantly increase the potential of the River Lea to carry freight, why does planning report PDU/0909a,b,c,d/02 stipulate that no new impounding structures be permitted?

• Reference: 2005/0281-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Are there any plans to recommission Cody Dock for use by waterborne freight carriers?

• Reference: 2005/0282-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

During the initial construction phase of the Olympics, will facilities such as depots and concrete plants be placed in waterside locations?

• Reference: 2005/0283-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What is currently being done to ensure that local people are encouraged to make the most of job opportunities surrounding the Olympics? For example, will special courses be set up to help local people gain skills in areas such as construction?

• Reference: 2005/0284-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Once the legacy phase is complete, what kinds of jobs will be available for local people?

• Reference: 2005/0014-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 12 January 2005

Are you satisfied that the voluntary and community sectors have equal access to your office compared with private business and public sector organisations? If so, how can you demonstrate this and in particular, should your monthly report to the London Assembly list the meetings which your advisors have had with external people and organisations?