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  • Art Council England Funding (1)

    • Reference: 2015/2449
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 15 July 2015
    There have been calls for a rebalancing of Arts Council funding away from London to the rest of the country. The case needs to be made that Londoners have lower levels of cultural participation than the rest of the country, and there is a wide variation between boroughs across the capital. In 2007, the Mayor of London was given powers to appoint members of the London Regional Council of Arts Council England. What representations have you instructed these Members to make in regard to these ongoing discussions at Arts Council England?

  • Art Council England Funding (2)

    • Reference: 2015/2450
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 15 July 2015
    Will you also carry out further research and communications to make the case publicly that investment in the arts in London pays dividends which benefit tourism across the UK?

  • Art Council London Executive Director

    • Reference: 2015/2451
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 15 July 2015
    Can the Mayor update the Assembly on the Arts Councils' review of the position of the London and South East Executive Director and his view on the review on this important position?

  • Measuring Cultural Participation

    • Reference: 2015/1435
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 May 2015
    At a Plenary meeting last year I raised the fact that the Arts Council and DCMS no longer produce participation figures for cultural participation by borough through their Taking Part survey about cultural participation. Is it possible to calculate these by Borough from the London dataset? If so please provide the figures.

  • New Music Centre (1)

    • Reference: 2015/1444
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 May 2015
    Who is taking the lead in conducting the feasibility study into this project, the DCMS or the GLA?

  • New Music Centre (2)

    • Reference: 2015/1445
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 May 2015
    Who is funding this feasibility study?

  • Battersea Arts Centre fire

    • Reference: 2015/1157
    • Question by: Richard Tracey
    • Meeting date: 25 March 2015
    Will the Mayor offer his regrets for the recent devastating fire that has severely damaged Battersea Arts Centre and inform us as to what, if anything, is being done to help restore this historic building, and protect similar institutions across London from similar tragedies?

  • Staff at the National Gallery

    • Reference: 2015/0940
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 25 March 2015
    It has been reported that the National Gallery is the only major museum or gallery that does not pay the London Living Wage. Have you had any discussions about the National Gallery becoming accredited to pay its staff the London Living Wage? Have you made any representations about the decision to move 400 of its 600 staff to the private sector?

  • Wi-Fi in Museums

    • Reference: 2015/0101
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 21 January 2015
    In DD1272 the justification for increasing the Wi-Fi Museums Scheme from £1.2m to £1.75m (at the expense of the SME Broadband Voucher Scheme) is that it "will translate to economic growth in London, greater inward investment, increased visitors attraction, new jobs and employment growth." Can you explain exactly how this would be the case?