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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: 2023/4231
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

Please provide the total spend on the recent Mayor of London advertising campaign about free school meals that we have seen on the transport network?

• Reference: 2023/3732
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

In light of the updated publication of the "Ending Gender-Based Violence and Abuse in Young People's Relationships - Teacher's Toolkit", please detail the steps you are taking to ensure that teachers are aware of the updated details to ensure that those men and boys at risk of abuse or being abused can be properly supported?

• Reference: 2023/3733
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Given the statistical errors, and inferences that flowed from the initial "Ending Gender-Based Violence and Abuse in Young People's Relationships - Teacher's Toolkit", what steps are you taking to ensure such errors don't occur again?

• 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: 2023/1028
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

We support the plan to provide all primary school children in the capital with free school meals. This needs to be done in a way that is sustainable for the schools. What figure will you use for the unit cost per meal under your Free School Meals programme for 2023-24?

• Reference: 2023/1029
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

We support the plan to provide all primary school children in the capital with free school meals. This needs to be done in a way that is sustainable for the schools. If the funding from your Free School Meals programme does not cover the full cost to schools of providing the meals under their existing catering contracts, will you expect schools or councils to cover the shortfall, and if so will schools be permitted to charge any shortfall to parents?

• Reference: 2023/1030
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

We support the plan to provide all primary school children in the capital with free school meals. This needs to be done in a way that is sustainable for the schools. What estimate are you using of the expected uptake of free school meals under your scheme?

• Reference: 2023/1031
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

We support the plan to provide all primary school children in the capital with free school meals. This needs to be done in a way that is sustainable for the schools. Will any of the £130 million you have allocated for free school meals in 2023-24 be earmarked for schools to upgrade and increase the capacity of their kitchens? Will any other assistance be available for this purpose?

• Reference: 2023/1032
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

We support the plan to provide all primary school children in the capital with free school meals. This needs to be done in a way that is sustainable for the schools. What are your plans if schools cannot deliver the meals required as a result of your Free School Meals programme on-site?