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• Reference: 2016/4802
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

What action can you take to ensure that internships in London are not exclusive and only accessible to those with other means of income?

• Reference: 2016/4803
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

What is your view on the implications for London of the £50 million of new capital funding to support the expansion of existing grammar schools in each year from 2017-18, particularly given that the Schools for Everyone consultation does not end until 12th December 2016?

• Reference: 2016/4804
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

What would be your priorities for allocation of the Adult Skills Budget when this is devolved to the GLA in 2019/20?

• Reference: 2016/4805
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

What will the associated costs of delivering adult skills be for London? Will this come out of the Adult Skills funding being devolved?

• Reference: 2016/4806
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

How will the spending and delivery of the Adult Skills budget be monitored?

• Reference: 2016/4807
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

What engagement have you and the GLA had to date with London's colleges and further education providers?

• Reference: 2016/4808
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

Can you provide me with an update on the work you are undertaking on the FE Area Reviews and when you expect the review to be completed?

• Reference: 2016/4953
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

A recent report by Ofsted has urged the government to do more to promote "enterprise education" in schools", including the promotion of economic and business understanding and financial capability" among pupils. This would include how schools prepare pupils for employment and self-employment, and employers should offer more support in the form of mock interviews, careers talks and work experience. Will you take these ideas into consideration when you look into improving careers guidance across London?

• Reference: 2016/4954
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

Can you update me on your conversations with regards to the devolution of skills funding for 16-18 year olds?

• Reference: 2016/4494
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 November 2016

Since September 2016, schools and colleges in England have been required by the Department for Education to ask parents if their children are foreign nationals and where they were born. This may result in this information being used for immigration enforcement purposes. Will you ask your Deputy Mayor with statutory duties for education and childcare to look into this new requirement and its implications on the school children who may be affected?