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• Reference: 2013/5242
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

London’s high streets have seen an increasing number of loan companies and pawn shops. There are a number of initiatives you have told me you support through the GLA’s London Debt Strategy Group, partnership work with Capitalise and your own Know Your Rights Campaign. How has success on tackling the prevalence of shops offering these forms of lending been measured, and how can these bodies promote credit unions?

• Reference: 2013/5243
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

The London Debt Strategy Group page on the London.gov.uk website says that the Capitalise Debt Advice Service has Government funding until 31 March 2013. Will this service continue to be funded after this date?

• Reference: 2013/4949
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

Thank you for your answer to question 2013/4339 on apprentices within Transport for London. Can you please provide figures for the (a) total number and (b) proportion of apprentices employed by Transport for London that were female in each year since 2008?

• Reference: 2013/4953
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

Thank you for your response to my question (2013/4348) on street markets in London. Could you please outline which markets you are supporting "in 21 places across 15 Local Authorities" in London, and what you are doing in each instance to support these?

• Reference: 2013/4954
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

Do you know how many people are currently unemployed in London and how many jobs are currently advertised in the capital?

• Reference: 2013/4955
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

Thank you for your answer to question 2013/4377 regarding youth unemployment among those from black and ethnic minority communities. Can you update the Assembly one whether any targets have been set since this question was tabled and, if not, when you anticipate targets will be agreed? Furthermore, what targets are you seeking in regards to this issue?

• Reference: 2013/4923
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

Have you had the opportunity to read the report 'London Rising: The case for a London Minimum Wage', and would you support the introduction of the London Minimum Wage?

• Reference: 2013/4931
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

Following MQ 2013/4382, can you please answer whether you expect to meet your target of 250,000 apprenticeship starts by 2016, judging by the number of apprenticeship starts so far?

• Reference: 2013/4932
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

Following MQ 2013/4382, London Datastore figures show that the rate of apprenticeship starts have decreased by 10 per cent in 2012/2013 compared to previous years. Can you explain this decrease?

• Reference: 2013/4933
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 18 December 2013

Can you provide me with your definition of an apprenticeship start in London, and a list of requirements that an apprenticeship start needs to meet in order to be included in your figures?