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• Reference: 2024/1217
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

The most recent Mayor’s Equality Report covered the period between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2022. When will your next Mayor’s Equality Report be published?

• Reference: 2023/4818
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

In your answer to my question 2019/20119, you noted you were considering a memorial to the 12,000 Londoners who lost their lives in the Great Smog of 1952, and identified the 70th anniversary in 2022 as the best way to do so. Could you provide me with an update on your plans for any such memorial?

• Reference: 2023/3566
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/3532 about the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair, in which you said: “Given the significant opposition that exists and the local disruption this event causes I have written to both ExCel and the event organiser strongly urging them not to hold this event at ExCel in the future.” Could you tell me what response you received from both ExCel and the event organiser, and what further representations have you made to both ExCel and the organiser about not holding this event in London?

• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Caroline Russell AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, everyone. My question is for Enver Solomon. I met recently with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants in preparation for this plenary. They told me about the experience of a woman who claimed asylum in the UK, was 33 weeks pregnant and living in asylum accommodation near Gatwick. She was being given food that was unsuitable during pregnancy. She complained about the food to the hotel and medical practitioners from her hospital also spoke to hotel managers saying that the food was unsuitable for her and her baby, but no...

• Reference: 2022/2915
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 15 September 2022

To what extent has the Young Londoners Fund reached young members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community in London? Could you provide details of any assessment carried out of funded programmes to ascertain the number of GRT young people reached, and whether any specific funding has been allocated to GRT youth projects?

• Reference: 2022/1837
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 23 June 2022

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/0992, in which you stated that all young people in need will have access to a personal mentor by 2024, and that this: “includes those young people such as Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.” What reporting will you and your office do on the progress of your promise to provide a mentor for every young Londoner, and will any data provided include a breakdown of the diversity of young people supported, including the number from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller groups?

• Reference: 2022/1318
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

In your response to the February 2022 London Assembly Health Committee report, Trans Health Matters, you stated that you engage with trans and gender-diverse people through roundtables and the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group. Could you confirm which organisations are representing trans and gender-diverse people at these meetings?

• Reference: 2022/0992
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 March 2022

On 9 February 2022 you announced: ‘a mentor for every young Londoner’. How many of these mentors will work with young people in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities?

• Reference: 2022/0997
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 March 2022

In your Action Plan - Transparency, Accountability and Trust in Policing you announced a three-month project with communities to co-design and launch a new Disproportionality Scrutiny Group. Did this project happen, and if so, what were the outcomes?

• Reference: 2021/4827
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 December 2021

Your office and your Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience did excellent work through the Strategic Coordination Group (SCG) to unite and coordinate all levels of government across London tackling coronavirus. What work is the SCG doing to prepare London for variants of concern, and to be resilient against coronavirus this winter?