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• Reference: 2021/1140
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How have your planning policies supported inclusive growth in Outer London?

• Reference: 2021/1141
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How many public toilets have been lost in London in the last 10 and 20 years?

• Reference: 2021/1142
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Al fresco dining is returning to the West End this year, where 60 roads were either closed, or pavements widened to support the economy and hospitality sector in a safe way. Will you consider introducing a seasonal policy on this in the future to enhance footfall and restaurant use?

• Reference: 2021/1143
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

How will you ensure that short-term population shifts as a result of the pandemic don’t influence London’s funding for the next 10 years as a result of the census?

• Reference: 2021/1144
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

As the pandemic starts to ease and people are spending more time outdoors in public places, litter has already started to increase. Will you be launching a litter campaign as well as urging local authorities and other stakeholders to increase bin capacity in public places?

• Reference: 2021/1145
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

There is a vast amount of privately owned green space in London, much of which is there for public amenity, for example, sports fields. However, CPRE London reports that many fields are being deliberately fenced off, stopping pitches from being booked, removing public access and allowing the land to become derelict, with a view to applying for planning permission once five years has passed and Sport England can no longer challenge them. What policy and legal levers are there to challenge private landowners to keep the fields in use for sports, where relevant, and open for public amenity more generally?

• Reference: 2021/1139
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

A recent study from GLA Housing & Land called ‘An analysis of housing floorspace per person’ (Feb 2021) showed that housing floorspace in the private rented sector in London fell since the 1990s. Given the importance of health and wellbeing as well as the trends of home working, what scope have you got to mitigate this?

• Reference: 2021/1026
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

A new report from the Department for Education shows that learning losses in schools that have many pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds were around 50% higher than those schools with very few pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. How worried are you about this generation of disadvantaged Londoners being left behind?

• Reference: 2021/1138
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

You are the first London Mayor to include in your London Plan strong policies on play and informal recreation with space standards of 10 square meters per child and young person. However, given that the new census is happening this weekend, will you be updating the calculator used to assess the number of under 18s in a development to ensure your policies and standards are met and accurately implemented.

• Reference: 2021/1027
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

London’s youth unemployment has reached 22%. This is incredibly worrying. What are you doing to reduce this?