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• Reference: 2023/4815
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 21 December 2023

The London Assembly Environment Committee 2019 report, Keeping out the chill: fixing London’s cold, damp and mouldy homes, recommended that your Warmer Homes programme evaluation include an assessment of how many children, older or disabled people were reached through the programme. Expanding upon your answer to my question 2019/20728, could you share in the second and third rounds how many children, older or disabled people were helped through the Warmer Homes programme?

• Reference: 2023/4405
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

A constituent has contacted me about the Transport for London (TfL) requirement that all taxis must have a tighter turning circle than standard cars, and has asked if you could produce evidence-based analysis of the tyre pollution created by taxis completing tight U-turns in comparison to standard cars performing U-turns?

• Reference: 2023/3960
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 12 October 2023

Thank you for your answer to question 2023/3079, in which you said the loans made by the Green Finance Fund will be financed with “GLA’s working capital and reserve cash balances that it holds from time to time”. Were these reserve cash balances and working capital available in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and would such internal borrowing have been permitted in those years?

• Reference: 2023/3095
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

The 30 June 2023 report, Greater London Authority air quality exposure and inequalities study, from Aether, highlights that the most deprived communities and that Black, Mixed Multiple and Other populations are more likely to live in the most polluted areas. Could you tell me what action you are taking to improve the monitoring and reporting of air pollution for these communities and populations?

• Reference: 2023/3096
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 20 July 2023

The 30 June 2023 report, Greater London Authority air quality exposure and inequalities study, from Aether, highlights that the most deprived communities and that Black, Mixed Multiple and Other populations are more likely to live in the most polluted areas, yet: “Despite progress towards meeting the WHO targets, the disparity in exposure by ethnicity is not expected to change over time without further significant action.” Could you tell me what action over air pollution you are taking to reduce these disparities with regard to income and ethnicity, and what targets, if any, you are working towards?

• Reference: 2023/1234
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

In January 2022, London’s Child Obesity Taskforce transitioned into the Mayor’s Advisory Group on Child Healthy Weight. How has the group’s approach changed to consider improving the health of: a) underweight children, and b) young people living with eating disorders, and to what extent does it consider the importance of mental health to children’s healthy weight?

• Reference: 2023/1235
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

In the context of your plans to fund free school meals for all primary school children, and given the detrimental health and environmental impacts of meat, dairy and processed food consumption, what steps are you taking to encourage local authorities to prioritise the provision of good quality vegetables in school meals?

• Reference: 2022/1332
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

How many Safer Schools Officers are assigned to each secondary school in London? Could you provide details in table format with a breakdown of the total number of secondary schools and the total number of officers in each borough.

• Reference: 2022/1334
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 19 May 2022

How many youth workers are based in schools across London, and do you have any plans to increase this number?

• Reference: 2022/0507
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

At the People’s Question Time (PQT) meeting on 3 February 2022, you said that 86,000 young people had been helped by the Young Londoners Fund (YLF). Could you tell me: a) how much money from the YLF has been spent in each borough since the fund’s creation, and b) how many young people were helped in each borough?