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  • Area Reviews of FE in London

    • Reference: 2015/4196
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2015
    What is the target end date for the Area Review of FE in London that your office is conducting next year?
  • Digital Skills Programme

    • Reference: 2015/4197
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2015
    How will you actively encourage women to take part in your Digital Skills programme?
  • London's universities

    • Reference: 2015/4198
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 16 December 2015
    The Government have announced they would freeze the repayment threshold of graduates paying back their student loans at £21,000 a year meaning the average graduate would pay back about £3,000 extra, while disadvantaged students who had previously been eligible for support grants would be even worse off with the replacement of maintenance grants with loans. How will you ensure that London's universities do not lose out on talent and how will you ensure that disadvantaged young people are still able to access Higher Education?
  • Apprenticeship levels

    • Reference: 2015/3949
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
    Your response to MQ 2015/3497 does not provide me with the information that I require. Can you provide, or obtain if you do not already have this, a spreadsheet containing a breakdown of apprenticeships in London by level, which is then further broken down into age, gender, ethnicity and disability?
  • London Ambitions Careers Offer

    • Reference: 2015/3953
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
    Can you provide me with an update of the work that has been carried out on the London Ambitions Careers Offer to provide young people with good quality careers advice, since the launch in June 2015? Where changes were introduced in schools from September 2015?
  • TfL apprenticeship gender balance

    • Reference: 2015/3954
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
    Your response to MQ 3498 highlights that double the number of males are starting apprenticeships with TfL compared to females since 2012, of particular concern is this year where only 25 females have started an apprenticeship with TfL compared to 131 males. What action are you taking to ensure there is an equal gender balance with apprenticeships in TfL?
  • Work Experience Week

    • Reference: 2015/3959
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 18 November 2015
    What action did you take to promote Work Experience Week in London, which took place between 12th-16th October?
  • University students in London

    • Reference: 2015/3085
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 16 September 2015
    Concerns have been raised that universities in London are going to struggle to recruit prospective students due to the cap on tuition fees being removed, maintenance grants being replaced with loans and the high cost of living in London. What action will you take to ensure that London universities continue to attract students, from London and elsewhere, to study in the Capital?
  • Universal Free School Meals

    • Reference: 2015/1948
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 17 June 2015
    Arising from your attendance at the Prime Minister's political cabinet and in your role as Mayor, will you commit to encouraging the Government to roll-out universal free school meals to all primary school children in London over the course of the current Parliament?
  • Careers guidance in London

    • Reference: 2015/1450
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 21 May 2015
    Further to MQ 2015/0752, have you produced your final report on the proposals for the London Career Offer? If so, can you provide me with a copy?