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• Reference: 2013/4533
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

Between 2005 and 2009, the London Fire Brigade was ranked top fire and rescue service by Stonewall as an LGBT employer yet are now not even in the top 100. Do you think it is important that the London Fire Brigade returns to being a leading employer for the LGBT community and demonstrating that by getting back on to the Stonewall list for 2014?

• Reference: 2013/4534
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

Can you please advise how many Station Managers and operational officers above that rank have retired and been reemployed as FRS staff over the last five years. Have any of these officers have returned to a similar role that they performed prior to retirement and have any of these officers received subsequent promotions?

• Reference: 2013/4544
• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

What plans do you have for youth engagement programmes at the London Fire Brigade?

• Reference: 2013/4545
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

What processes does Capital Guard have in place to vet staff and potential staff?

• Reference: 2013/4546
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

What is the rationale behind the privatisation of the Protective Equipment Group, given that they highly regarded around the country, they are an efficient group within the organisation and the risks for the organisation if their work failed would be catastrophic?

• Reference: 2013/4547
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

What criteria were used to determine that the Dagenham fire was a major incident and that firefighters should be recalled to duty?

• Reference: 2013/4548
• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

What are you doing to improve relations between the Union and the Authority?

• Reference: 2013/4549
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

To ensure the Mayor and LFEPA were compliant with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), they should have - during the decision-making process to close, initially, 12 and, later, 10 fire stations across London, including Clerkenwell and Kingsland in my constituency - carried out an assessment to see what impact these closures will have on equality. Please may I have sight of the documentation pertaining to this?

• Reference: 2013/4550
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

Are all schools in London fitted with sprinkler systems? If not, can you list the percentage of schools fitted with a sprinkler system in each Borough?

• Reference: 2013/4551
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 04 December 2013

How many enforcement notices have been given out in Enfield and Haringey this year? How does this compare with the five previous years?