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• 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: 2023/4806
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

Could you confirm the anticipated publication date of the London Ownership Hub impact report?

• 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?

• Reference: 2023/3581
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. Have Transport for London (TfL), London Fire Brigade (LFB) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) all assessed their estate to ensure that the buildings they own do not contain any RAAC and, if they have found any related risks, what are they and what actions are being taken?

• Reference: 2023/3582
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The Health and Safety Executive has said that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) is now beyond its lifespan and may: “collapse with little or no notice”. What wider assessment have you made of the implications of this problem for resilience and strategic planning in London?

• Reference: 2021/0400
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

The Government’s Equalities Office ‘Unconscious bias and diversity training – what the evidence says’ report published 15 December 2020, concluded that there: “is currently no evidence that this training changes behaviour in the long term or improves workplace equality in terms of representation of women, ethnic minorities or other minority groups”. It also states that there is emerging evidence of unintended negative consequences. As a result, it is being phased out in the Civil Service 1 . Given this damning conclusion, will you instruct City Hall, Metropolitan Police Service, London Fire Brigade and Transport for London to cease all unconscious...

• Reference: 2021/0402
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Since you came to office in 2016, how many employees in a) City Hall b) London Fire Brigade, and c) Transport for London has been given unconscious bias training. How much did this cost?

• Reference: 2021/0036
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

In your answer to my question 2019/14230 you told me that, to date, no recruitment for Transport for London (TfL) had been name-anonymous but you planned future changes to support this. Have these changes now happened and does TfL now use name-anonymous shortlisting in recruitment?

• Reference: 2021/0037
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

Can you confirm whether shortlisting for recruitment in all GLA bodies is now name-anonymous, including recruitment done through partner bodies, outsourced specialist recruitment agencies and for any other work programme, such as apprenticeship schemes run by the GLA and Transport for London (TfL)?

• Reference: 2021/0052
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 21 January 2021

To ask the Mayor, how much in fines was handed out by the Metropolitan Police to Londoners celebrating the New Year? Commander Paul Brogden, leading this year’s operation, said: ‘We are still dealing with the stark reality of fighting a deadly virus. Although the New Year is almost upon us, now is not the time for complacency or to meet with others and hold parties of any kind. If people insist on gathering and breaching regulations, then officers will attend and encourage people to disperse. Where necessary, enforcement action, including fines starting at £100 and working their way up to...