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• Reference: 2024/1103
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

The scale of your universal free school meals programme offers significant opportunities to support local food production through procurement. Are you currently, or do you plan to, explore any opportunities regarding local procurement?

• Reference: 2023/4578
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Do you think there is a case for a GCSE in Healthcare covering a syllabus on healthy lives, health promotion and self-care?

• Reference: 2023/3852
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

I recently visited Sacred Heart School in North Battersea with the Deputy Mayor for Children and Families. Would you be surprised to hear that the parents, staff and pupils are delighted with the launch of the recent Free Schools Meals scheme?

• Reference: 2023/3165
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Do you believe the UK Emissions Trading Scheme goes far enough in the aviation sector? Should it be rolled out to cover more flight destinations if we are to reach Net Zero?

• Reference: 2022/4025
• Question by: Leonie Cooper
• Meeting date: 17 November 2022

How are you working with the Further Education sector to help tool up London with solar installation and maintenance skills?

• Reference: 2022/3372
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

Hillingdon Council is closing its three early years centres in December. It claims that financial pressures caused by rising inflation have forced it to make efficiencies. While you do not have ultimate responsibility for childcare, given your work on early years, do you share my concern that the closure of the centres will place many families in financial hardship, as private providers are very expensive, and what support can you provide families facing high childcare costs?

• Reference: 2022/1551
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

There is significant variation in the number of children being offered their first preference for primary school. Although the average from all of London is 87.9%, this ranges widely from 94% to 66% by borough. Given your previous comments on the importance of providing a good school place for every child in London, would you please outline what it is that makes one borough more successful at awarding a first-choice primary school than another?

• Reference: 2022/1555
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

Data that I obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request showed that the Government has only provided 141 London schools with air filters as part of their national scheme. Do you agree that this scheme should now be expanded and relaunched to ensure more London schools can tackle poor air quality and the transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses in the classroom?

• Reference: 2022/1146
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 24 March 2022

Can you provide details of how many Young Londoners Fund projects have been introduced and supported in Hillingdon and the total amount of grant funding allocated?

• Reference: 2022/1147
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 24 March 2022

Can you provide details of how many Young Londoners Fund projects have been introduced and supported in Ealing and the total amount of grant funding allocated?