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• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Len Duvall AM: Your recent announcement around trying to step in to save the Commonwealth Games was an important contribution. In terms of the challenges for us if we had to do it, are we really sure that we are able to do that? You will have done your work, no doubt, when you made that announcement and the offer. Of course, it is about those events that make those wider contributions on a whole number of levels, if you are successful in holding them and working on those. Can you just tell us a little bit more about your...

• Reference: 2021/3164
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 15 July 2021

How many proposals did you receive from individuals or organisations looking to host events as part of the London Festival of Ideas?

• Reference: 2020/1435
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Just 15% of workers in London’s national portfolio organisations are from black and ethnic minority backgrounds compared to 40% of London’s working population. How can you and the Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries tackle this inequality and ensure culture and the arts are open to all Londoners?

• Reference: 2020/1428
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Please provide a list of projects that have received funding in Croydon as part of the Young Londoners Fund since its inception.

• Reference: 2020/1429
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Please provide a list of projects that have received funding in Sutton as part of the Young Londoners Fund since its inception.

• Reference: 2019/20035
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Will you be holding more ‘We are all Londoners’ events?

• Reference: 2019/4005
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

How will you capitalise on London hosting some of the Euro 2020 games to attract business and tourists to visit and stay in London?

• Reference: 2019/4006
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 25 February 2019

The Viagogo website recently published details of its most prolific sellers showing the scale of exploitation for access to live music and sports events. This is unfair to Londoners who often struggle to get tickets and then face extortionate prices to see an event. How can you work with events in London to reduce this exploitative practice?

• Reference: 2019/0438
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 January 2019

A recent study of West End theatres found that there is an average of just one toilet for every 38 female audience members meaning that for all women to use the toilet, they would need a 57-minute interval instead of the average 20 minutes. This will be of particular concern to women who are pregnant or have hidden disabilities. Given that the theatre is an important part of London’s culture, how can you help institutions in London to have adequate and equal facilities?

• Reference: 2019/0439
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 January 2019

The same study found that many theatres only have one disabled toilet or none at all which is a problem for Londoners with disabilities that wish to visit the theatre. How can theatres in London be made more accessible?