Mayor of London logo London Assembly logo
Home

Search questions

Filter results

Asked of 2

Meeting type

Organisation 1

Question by

Status

Year

  • Temporary Venues (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Dee Doocey
    • Meeting date: 21 October 2009
    In retrospect, do you regret perhaps not negotiating more robustly - I am choosing my words with care - with the IOC over some of its more elitist demands? For example, we spent vast amounts of money upgrading the transport system but it is insisting that nearly half the people have got the right to use the roads.

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations

    • Reference: 2008/0006
    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    A number of times the phrase is used that you found 'no evidence'. It is difficult to ask you to prove a negative but I think it would be helpful to have assurances about the thoroughness of the review. Could you tell me about what interviews and discussions there were with staff, with representatives from the projects and so on?

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [11]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    That is fine. I am happy with that. I take your word but it does seem as though what you have done is a sort of desk-based exercise, very internally focused. Here are the people who awarded the contracts doing the investigation. There seems to be a certain amount of independence lacking, if I could put it that way.

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [22]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    Can you give us a rough idea of the quantity of written material and email; the documents and the records that have been reviewed? Have you looked at all the LDA's paper records as well as the electronic records?

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [31]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    Without my wanting to imply too much by this, Deloitte's role as internal auditors to date has been reporting to you?

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [32]

    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    I would like to follow up that point and I do understand we are only looking at the process here today; we are not looking at the substance. The Assembly called for this to be put in the hands of an independent auditor in the [form of the] District Auditor. The Mayor and his advisers in response have been saying, 'Oh no, they are all involved, don't you worry' but the crucial thing you have said to us this morning is, 'The conclusions are mine alone'. That is the crucial point. Therefore, whilst you may well have had involvement and...

  • London Development Agency Funding of Organisations (Supplementary) [33]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2008
    I was going to ask you what the role was of Deloitte, the internal auditors?

  • Budget and Venues Update (Supplementary) [28]

    • Question by: Dee Doocey
    • Meeting date: 10 November 2007
    I am not arguing with the principle. I am just trying to understand how many of the 70,000 volunteer places will actually be available if the sponsors take up their allocation and do not decide to give them to the community. How many are going to be available for the community? Is it 60,000, is it 50,000 or is it 65,000?

  • Budget and Venues Update (Supplementary) [29]

    • Question by: Dee Doocey
    • Meeting date: 10 November 2007
    I will come on now to sponsorship. There have been reports in the press that sponsors are going to get an allocation of tickets, which is perfectly understandable. I suppose you share my view and hope that it will not be like Wembley, where so many of the tickets are sold to people who have no interest in football and have their back turned to the game. My main concern is it is also reported in the press that staff of sponsors are going to get the opportunity to have some of the volunteer places. First of all I want...