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  • Peer outreach and Oyster cards

    • Reference: 2019/17402
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
    It has been suggested that the need for members of your Peer Outreach Team to pay for work travel costs up-front represents a barrier to working in the team. Will you further support their valuable work by providing members of the team with a pre-loaded Oyster Card for work trips, or enabling one to be linked to a GLA payment card, to help with these expenses?

  • Toilet facilities at West Ham station

    • Reference: 2019/17405
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
    A constituent has raised concerns about the lack of toilet facilities at West Ham station. When will Transport for London (TfL) complete its London-wide review of toilet facilities and will the final conclusions be publicly shared?

  • Update on name-blind recruitment in the GLA group

    • Reference: 2019/14230
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
    With reference to my question 2017/2811, since your 2018 review of name-blind recruitment in the GLA, what proportion of, and how many, recruitment processes in each of the GLA group of organisations have used name-blind shortlisting for job applicants? Are any future changes planned to procedures in each organisation to increase this proportion?

  • Sponsored content on the Mayor's twitter account

    • Reference: 2019/12047
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 20 June 2019
    On 3 June 2019, you posted a video message on the @MayorofLondon twitter account that was filmed and sponsored by Elle magazine ( https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1135548243604049920 ). Clearly this message concerning women's rights and President Trump’s poor record was worthwhile and important, but under what arrangement was it sponsored by a commercial organisation, and was any payment made to you or the GLA? Do you have further plans for commercially sponsored content on this public communication channel and, if so, what guidelines will you use for which are appropriate companies to work with?

  • Extinction Rebellion’s pink boat

    • Reference: 2019/8867
    • Question by: Caroline Russell
    • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
    Will you help find a permanent home in one of London’s museums for Berta Cáceres, the pink boat from the Extinction Rebellion peaceful protest at Oxford Circus in April 2019?

  • Hackney Community Law Centre cuts

    • Reference: 2019/8893
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 16 May 2019
    In answer to question 2018/1172 regarding cuts to legal aid and advice organisations you said: “To assist them my team are hosting data surgeries to share skills on recording and measuring impact - a key part of applying for and retaining funding.” Can you offer any advice or assistance to the Hackney Community Law Centre which is facing potential closure following cuts to its funding from Hackney Council, in which its grant was cut from £203,000 to £115,000 without suitable consultation? Do you share my concern about both the process of making these cuts and their potential impact on vulnerable...

  • Mayor of London’s diary (1)

    • Reference: 2019/4140
    • Question by: Siân Berry
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2019
    Your diary webpage ( https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/governance-and-spending/sharing-our-… ) says: “The Mayor has committed to publish his diary as part of his commitment to openness and transparency. The information will be published on a regular basis and will include information from the preceding six months.” The latest entry on this page at the time of tabling this question is November 2017 – April 2018. Could you upload more up-to-date records to this page and keep it updated regularly as you have committed to do, from now on?