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• Reference: 2013/3414
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 23 October 2013

Are you concerned that the growth of free schools will give religious groups access to public funds, to enable them to create school environments which endorse sexist attitudes and discrimination against homosexuals? Will your criteria for supporting free schools rule out those which clearly discriminate in this way?

• Reference: 2013/1890
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 19 June 2013

To date how many mentors have been recruited to your programme?

• Reference: 2013/1891
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 19 June 2013

How many young boys have been matched with mentors as part of your mentoring scheme?

• Reference: 2013/1901
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 19 June 2013

Thank you for your answer to question 4033/2012 where you promised that the pan London analysis of school places data, identifying where there will be a need for school places in future years, would be available in early 2013. Can you please publish a copy?

• Reference: 2013/0862
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 20 March 2013

There have been suggestions concerning using disused police or fire stations for new free schools or academies. As many of these buildings are located besides roads with significant or excessive vehicular pollution, can you give me an assurance that no new school will be permitted to occupy such locations?

• Reference: 2013/0692
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 25 February 2013

How many young people started on your mandatory work experience pilot in each of the following months: November 2012, December 2012 and January 2013?

• Reference: 2013/0712
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 25 February 2013

How can you ensure that placements under your mandatory work experience pilot don't displace existing jobs? There have been many anecdotal reports of this happening in other parts of the Work Programme.

• Reference: 2013/0126
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 30 January 2013

Will you arrange for either yourself or your Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture, Munira Mirza, to meet with the organisation ALLFIE to look at how disabled people can have direct opportunities to influence the GLA's education plans?

• Reference: 2013/0127
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 30 January 2013

You have previously spoken out on the issue of overseas students coming to study and work in London. Will you write to the Government urging them to lift onerous restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian students working while studying in the UK?

• Reference: 2013/0128
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 30 January 2013

Are you concerned that Brunel University in Uxbridge allowed a cleric who supports the killing of gay people, Abu Usamah, to attend a student event? While we must rightly uphold the principle of free speech do you, like me, draw the line at incitement to murder and violence?