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• Reference: 2012/0056-2
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 25 October 2012

I want to ask you some questions about undercover officers, Mr Mackey. I have been asking the Commissioner questions now since June and I finally got a letter on 23 October 2012 marked Confidential and Private. There was absolutely nothing private in there and absolutely nothing confidential. Basically, it was saying it could not answer certain questions of mine because of difficulties in exposing various practices and so on. I just do not believe that some of my questions are not able to be answered by the MPS and I will give you an example. Under which European or UK...

• Reference: 2012/0218-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 24 October 2012

Should we shift the balance of taxation in London from income to wealth, for example with a land value tax?

• Reference: 2012/2894
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Is it acceptable to you to reduce the number of sergeants within the Metropolitan Police Service by 1,000?

• Reference: 2012/2908
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Will you extend the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card to young jobseekers who are required to undertake unpaid work experience under your new scheme?

• Reference: 2012/2909
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

How much would it cost to extend the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card to 6,000 young jobseekers on your pilot scheme for the 13 weeks?

• Reference: 2012/2910
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Can you estimate how much would it cost to extend the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card to all Londoners referred to the Government's Work Programme, Mandatory Work Activity and Work Experience schemes?

• Reference: 2012/2911
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

How much is the GLA contributing to the work experience pilot in the current and future financial years out of ESF or other funds?

• Reference: 2012/2912
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

As you are part-funding this pilot, will you be applying your Employability Performance Rating system, which has been used for other similar projects, to track the quality of the opportunities provided to young people and the outcomes?

• Reference: 2012/2913
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Your Director of London 2012 Coordination wrote to the Assembly following the 24 March 2011 meeting of the Economy, Culture and Sport Committee. In his letter he stated that the GLA will "establish an effective performance management framework for the Work Programme in London which will set out to ensure that the Mayor and partners are able to establish how effective the Work Programme is in moving London's long-term unemployed back into work". Your answer to question 1903/2012 stated you were no longer developing this. Will you reconsider and develop such a framework for your work experience pilot?

• Reference: 2012/2914
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Please list (a) the employers that have signed up to the pilot, (b) work programme providers that you are working with, and (c) employers the GLA has approached directly.