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  • Work & Health Programme - Autumn Statement

    • Reference: 2016/4927
    • Question by: Onkar Sahota
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    What assessment has the Mayor made of the Government's announcement on the devolution of the Work & Health programme as part of the Autumn statement, and does he consider that funding arrangements are sufficiently devolved to ensure London is able to best make the right decisions without DWP interference?
  • London & Partners - Overseas Offices

    • Reference: 2016/4943
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    Please give a full update of all overseas offices in countries like Indian, China and Australia and how they are functioning and the role they are playing particularly in the post-Brexit era.
  • Adult Skills Budget

    • Reference: 2016/4952
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    Has the amount that you will receive from the Government for the Adult Skills Budget in 2019-20 been decided yet? If so, how much has been agreed?
  • Autumn Statement (1)

    • Reference: 2016/4956
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now judges that uncertainty following the decision to leave the EU will reduce business investment and that GDP growth has been revised down by 0.8 percentage points in 2017 and by 0.4 percentage points in 2018. How will this impact on London's economy?
  • Autumn Statement (2)

    • Reference: 2016/4957
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    What proportion of the £1.8 billion awarded to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) across England through a third round of Growth Deals, of which £492 million to London and the south east, is the London Enterprise Panel expecting to receive?
  • Autumn Statement (3)

    • Reference: 2016/4958
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    In the Autumn Statement, the government have said that they will transfer to London the budget for the Work and Health Programme, subject to the two areas meeting certain conditions, including on co-funding. When do you expect the transfer to take place and what budget do you expect to receive?
  • Autumn Statement (4)

    • Reference: 2016/4959
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    As the Social Market Foundation has recently highlighted, self-employed workers are often low-paid, particularly in London. Are you concerned at the Chancellor's rhetoric that the self-employed do so in order to avoid paying tax?
  • Wages

    • Reference: 2016/4960
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    With the forecasts for slower earnings growth than previously predicted meaning that workers would earn less in real wages in 2021 than they did in 2008, and with the potential 5% increase in the cost of food over the next six months, how can you ensure that more Londoners do not fall into poverty?
  • Gender pay gap (1)

    • Reference: 2016/4961
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    Following the publication of the gender pay gap across the GLA, what are your next steps in tackling this issue in London?
  • Gender pay gap (2)

    • Reference: 2016/4962
    • Question by: Fiona Twycross
    • Meeting date: 14 December 2016
    What is the timetable for the Gender Pay Gap Action Plan to be consulted on and then published?