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• Reference: 2013/4211
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 20 November 2013

Following on from MQ 3151 / 2013, can you provide me with the figures on referrals, mentors and matches for the second quarter of the mentoring scheme which are due out this month?

• Reference: 2013/3749
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 23 October 2013

A resident has contacted me to ask you whether you believe your bad language at September's Mayor's Question Time sets a poor example of how to behave to London's young people?

• Reference: 2013/2981
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 September 2013

Do you recognise that the high cost of childcare in London is a significant factor in increasing child poverty? What steps are you taking to ensure there is sufficient high quality affordable childcare provision in London?

• Reference: 2013/3138
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 September 2013

Further to Questions 1587/2013 and 1120/2013, would you be able to tell me the breakdown of monies allocated to each London Borough from the £25 million concessionary measures you won to ease the transitional period of welfare reform in 2012/13?

• Reference: 2013/3139
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 September 2013

Can you tell me how many Londoners you have assisted with your £25 million concessionary measures, by breakdown of London Borough and how this money was used to help struggling Londoners?

• Reference: 2013/3140
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 September 2013

Further to Question 1120/2013, how many Londoners have been exempt from the benefit cap since losing their job in London, and in Enfield and Haringey?

• Reference: 2013/3141
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 September 2013

In the first two months after the benefit cap was introduced in Enfield, 15 families with 46 children were moved out of London and the Enfield Council estimate that 2,700 families, including 4,000 children are currently financially worse off as a result of the Government's changes to housing benefit. Do you think this is acceptable? What are you doing to ensure that more people are not forced to relocate out of London as a result of the benefit cap?

• Reference: 2013/3142
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 September 2013

Further to Question 0991/2013, can you provide me with an update on your monitoring of the benefit changes in Enfield and Haringey, your regular discussions with the Department for Work and Pensions, and tell me what information you are monitoring?

• Reference: 2013/3143
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 September 2013

The Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) in Haringey have seen a 50 per cent increase in people seeking help and advice, with the two CAB offices helping 2,304 people seeking advice on benefits and debt problems in the three months to June - 726 more than the same period last year. Haringey CAB believes this is a direct result of the implementation of the benefit cap. Do you agree that the benefit cap is adversely affecting Londoners?

• Reference: 2013/3144
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 11 September 2013

Positive Youth News in Haringey have been working hard to change the negative stereotypes often attributed to young people by the media and society, this particularly affected Haringey after the riots in 2011. Haringey's Borough Commander let young people take over his diary last month and is working to change these perceptions. What are you doing as Mayor to challenge the stereotyping of young people?