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• Reference: 2024/0141
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 18 January 2024

Given recent statistics in Hammersmith and Fulham showing longer waiting times in accessing support services, including a case where it took a year to claim pension credits, how can the Mayor use his convening powers to encourage councils to improve the efficiency of customer support services for residents facing financial hardships?

• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 07 September 2023

Sakina Sheikh AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning to the panel. It has been a sort of informing but somewhat depressing conversation so far this morning. I wanted to just drill down into this conversation that has been had around the use of hotel accommodations to house asylum seekers. Enver, I am going to come to you specifically. I had a roundtable meeting organised by Migrant Voice with a lot of asylum seekers recently. Then they also released a report called No Rest No Security. Some of the details around the conditions in the hotels are shocking. We have heard...

• Reference: 2023/3068
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

How did you commemorate the Grenfell tragedy this year?

• Reference: 2023/3057
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

Please provide a list of charities in West Central London that receive funding from the GLA.

• Reference: 2023/2034
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

When do you expect your London-Wide Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment to be published?

• Reference: 2023/2045
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Following the publication of Migrant Voice’s report into the worrying conditions that asylum seekers face in hotels in London, what steps can the GLA take to improve conditions in the hotel that are being used to house asylum seekers?

• Reference: 2023/2046
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

What additional funding can the GLA provide to boroughs to support asylum seekers who are living in hotels in London?

• Reference: 2023/2047
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

What steps can the GLA take to improve access to healthcare for asylum seekers in hotels in London?

• Reference: 2023/2048
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Would it be possible for you to lobby the Home Office to remove the restrictions on the right to work for asylum seekers currently staying in hotels in London?

• Reference: 2023/2049
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 18 May 2023

Would it be possible for you to lobby the Home Office to improve its communications on asylum claims for asylum seekers who are currently staying in hotels in London?