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• Reference: 2021/1109
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 18 March 2021

Costs are higher in London and this is a challenge that Government itself faces in directly funding the capital. Be it capital city function funding for the police, the, in my view, vindictive cuts to TfL funding or the recent cuts to university funding, do you believe London is being targeted by the Government for cuts? Is this levelling down London, instead of levelling up the rest of the country, as they promised?

• Reference: 2021/0876
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

How does the size of LFB’s budget (£43.36 per head of London’s population per year) compared to Toronto’s (£105.43 per head per year) impact on the work it is able to undertake? What limitations does it put on the work of LFB?

• Reference: 2020/3058
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Have you received representations from London’s culinary sector on the current state of their industry? What was their feedback, particularly with regards to Eat Out to Help Out? Have you raised this with the Government?

• Reference: 2020/3059
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Do you agree with me that with homeworking becoming a reality of modern working life, it is vital all Londoners have access to high-speed broadband? BT Openreach do not currently have plans to ensure rollout to all areas, such as Silverbell Court in N11. Will you ask them to do so?

• Reference: 2020/3079
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

Have any contract specific remedial action plans been initiated following the review of the Brigade’s contracts?

• Reference: 2020/3086
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

What impact does LFB predict on its finances from the proposals set out in the Government’s consultation document on remedying the unlawful discrimination in firefighter pensions, following the FBU’s court victory in 2019?

• Reference: 2020/3089
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 17 September 2020

What is the cost to the Brigade, on top of the standard Babcock contract costs, for the expanded secondee programme proposed to address issues in the GTI and HMI reports?

• Reference: 2020/2309
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

The Government is indicating that it intends on ending the furloughing scheme, have you made representations to the Government asking them not to do this?

• Reference: 2020/2310
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

What has each London Borough reported as being its expenditure due to Coronavirus, what additional funding has been provided to each of them to cover the costs of Coronavirus by the Government, and what is each council’s funding gap?

• Reference: 2020/2311
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Has the Government indicated to you whether they are considering the reform or merger of councils in London?