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  • Increasing Tourism (1)

    • Reference: 2024/1135
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 15 March 2024
    What are you doing to increase the number of tourists visiting London?

  • Increasing Tourism (2)

    • Reference: 2024/1136
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 15 March 2024
    Residents in both Brent and Harrow have informed me that their relatives in India who wish to visit London are being refused visas. What discussions are you having with the Home Office to ensure that more Indian nationals are granted visas to visit London?

  • Autumn Statement 2023

    • Reference: 2023/4539
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 21 December 2023
    Was the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement deeply anti-London?

  • Business Rates Retention system

    • Reference: 2023/4542
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 21 December 2023
    Has the GLA responded to the “Technical adjustments to the Business Rates Retention System in response to the Non-Domestic Rating Bill” consultation? If so, please publish a copy of the response.

  • London’s Taxbase

    • Reference: 2023/4543
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 21 December 2023
    Your budget guidance for 2024/25 states that there is an assumed £20million increase in the taxbase. Given on 8 November 2023 the Government published the “Council Taxbase 2023 in England” data, is the assumption in your guidance still correct?

  • Mayor Pension Credit campaign Harrow

    • Reference: 2023/4337
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2023
    How many Harrow residents have benefitted from your campaign to ensure older Londoners are not missing out on unclaimed Pension Credit that people should be rightfully entitled to?

  • Autumn Statement

    • Reference: 2023/4312
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2023
    What does London need from the Autumn Statement next week?

  • Lack of Information from Government

    • Reference: 2023/4313
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2023
    Your “Budget Guidance for 2024-25” published on 14 July 2023 says, “In preparing this guidance, we again have to manage a chronic lack of information from government, including on funding levels for next year and important aspects of the business rates system such as the ‘multiplier’ uplift that should be applied to take account of inflation.” Can you provide me with details on what information you were waiting for Government to provide, what effect the lack of information had on your ability to prepare the 24/25 budget and if the information has now been provided?

  • Business Rates (1)

    • Reference: 2023/4315
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2023
    The September CPI rate is normally used by government as the basis for uprating the business rates multiplier and key welfare benefits for the following financial year. Given the September 2023 CPI is 6.7% has the Government provided any information regarding whether it intends to cap, freeze or uprate the business rates multiplier, and on what basis?

  • Business Rates (2)

    • Reference: 2023/4316
    • Question by: Krupesh Hirani
    • Meeting date: 16 November 2023
    Government has been freezing the business rates multiplier since 2019/20 and compensated local authorities for the cumulative lost revenues, arising from these decisions, via the general ‘section 31’ grant. What discussions, if any, have you had with Government regarding the potential freeze and Section 31 grant in 2024/25 and beyond?