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• Reference: 2024/1023
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

A previous Apprenticeship Grant for Employer Schemes led to a 21 per cent surge in apprenticeship starts during the Covid-19 crisis. With a correlation between a drop in apprenticeship starts in London and the reduction in financial incentives - and given the core Adult Education Budget is £346.3 million for 2024/25 - will you reintroduce the £3,000 apprenticeship incentive in London for under 25s?

• 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: 2023/1798
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Will you work with the Government to provide a data tool to closely monitor how many 16-19 year old Londoners are NEETs, as per Harriet Sergeant, Ghost Children articles. Do you have figures for 2016-22 and if so, could you please provide these?

• Reference: 2023/1453
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Given your stated commitment to early years and work on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), why do you think the number of children in care going on to be adopted is the fewest since the year 2000, and will you ask your Public Health Team to work with London Boroughs to improve matters? Please provide the latest figures from 2016 to date if you hold them.