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• Reference: 2012/1719
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

In your manifesto you are committed to 'spearhead a campaign for 20,000 part-time jobs to help parents return to work'. This is very welcome given the lack of opportunity for women in particular to work in part time roles in London. How many part time jobs to you aim to find in 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2016/16?

• Reference: 2012/1720
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

In your manifesto you are committed to 'spearhead a campaign for 20,000 part-time jobs to help parents return to work'. This is very welcome given the lack of opportunity for women in particular to work in part time roles in London You go on to say you will use the £25million from the new London Growth Fund to create 7,500 jobs by 2015. Please answer both parts of this question: a) How much resource from this fund will be allocated to creating good quality part time jobs for Londoners? b) Of the 7,500 how many will be part-time?

• Reference: 2012/1721
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

You have committed to holding monthly tweet-ups with Londoners. Given the fiasco of the data monitoring of twitter during the State of London Debate which led you to falsely claim 12,380 people had sent tweets (MQ 3320/2010). What systems have you put in place to measure the reach and effectiveness of your tweet-ups? Will you commit to sharing this data with Londoners as part of you pledge for greater transparency at City Hall?

• Reference: 2012/1722
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

What events do you plan to hold this year for Londoners to gain access to City Hall and question you directly? Where will these events take place?

• Reference: 2012/1787
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 June 2012

What issues will you be taking into account when making your decision on the Walthamstow stadium site?

• Reference: 2012/0022-2
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 31 May 2012

Jennette Arnold (AM): Chair, we did, with your support, want to just raise the issue about violence against women and girls, especially the domestic violence promise which we welcome from the Mayor. The Mayor said in his 2012 manifesto, 'I will work with the Police, Boroughs, National Health Service, Home Office and the Crown Prosecution Service to commission and fund a pan-London domestic violence service and maintain the number of Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVA).' Those are Independent Domestic Violence Advocates. Now, I have two pages of questions so clearly I will not be able to address those, Chair. If...

• Reference: 2012/1313
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 May 2012

Will you use your influence as Mayor to bring together local authorities, London's Colleges and Universities to investigate the re-introduction of an Education Maintenance Allowance for London's 16-19 year olds who are struggling to stay in education?

• Reference: 2012/1428
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 May 2012

I was disappointed to find no mention of equalities in any of your manifestoes during the election campaign. Will you commit to rigorously assessing the impact on women, BAME communities, Londoners with disability and London's elders of all your policies and spending decisions in the coming term?

• Reference: 2012/1429
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 May 2012

Will you commit to publishing all of these equality impact assessments on all your policies and spending decisions in the coming term on the GLA website so that Londoners may scrutinise your commitment to equality?

• Reference: 2012/1430
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 23 May 2012

Following repeated questions from me regarding the Equality Impact of your 2012 Fare Rise (3940/2011, 3549/2011, 2984/2011) you finally revealed that the Equality Impact Assessment you promised Londoners on the major policy decision of your 2012 fare rise was covered in the Equality Impact Assessment of your 2010 Transport for London Business Plan. Despite repeated requests Transport for London will not share this Equality Impact Assessment. Following my question to you 0971/2012 you assured me that Transport for London would write to me to clarify the situation. This has not happened. It is now 8 months since I first requested...