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• Reference: 2023/4052
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

In a recent CityAM article, analysis showed that there is a shortage of tradespeople of 166,000 which could impact regional GDP growth in London by £11.7bn and £98bn of growth to the UK economy. How are you using your Adult Education Budget to address the skills shortage in London?

• Reference: 2023/4053
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

What courses do you offer applicable to tradespeople, such as plumbers and electricians, and what is the uptake?

• Reference: 2023/4054
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

How often do you engage with tradespeople to help address industry challenges?

• Reference: 2023/3289
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

What support are you giving to Tower Hamlets for their Free Secondary School meals programme?

• Reference: 2023/2762
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

The number of workers in insecure employment is lower in the rest of the UK than London. What more could be done with the Adult Education Budget (AEB) to re-skill these workers in order that they can find longer term roles?

• Reference: 2023/2768
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

What provision is there in your free school meals programme for those with faith-based requirements?

• Reference: 2023/2759
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

From 2020/21 to 2021/22, there was an increase in under 19s and 19-24 year olds starting apprenticeship programmes in London. Can you please update me on enrolment rates for those embarking on Adult Education courses?

• Reference: 2023/2133
• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 22 June 2023

What are you doing to improve literacy in London?

• Reference: 2022/2611
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 July 2022

Preloaded charge cards have been found to reduce stigma attached to free school meals. Will you commit to looking into this and other measures to increase uptake of free school meals in London?

• Reference: 2022/1655
• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Following the tragic death in 2015 of a five-year-old girl on a swing in a council playground in Tower Hamlets, for which a court judgement was issued last year, can you please reassure me that all play equipment funded by the GLA, either through housing or other funding, meets the highest possible safety standards?