• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Zack Polanski AM: Thank you very much, Chair. We are in a climate crisis and we know that the solutions to the cost of living crisis, the energy crisis and the climate crisis are the same solutions. One of the biggest ones at the moment is that we need to insulate homes, so I want to ask you about your green jobs. Citizens UK has been in touch with me. In April 2021 it wrote to the Mayor to ask for an annual report on green jobs, particularly around insulating homes. Will we be getting those regular reports?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel. My question is to you, Michelle. What are the current skills gaps facing London and how will the AEB tackle them?

• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Len Duvall AM: Thank you, Chair. In terms of the UKSPF and the skills in London, how does that fund adequately replace the funding London received for skills from the European Union (EU) and how does that factor in to the work of the AEB?

• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Shaun Bailey AM: Good morning, Michelle and Jules, I hope you are doing well. Great to see you again. Long time, no see. How do London’s enrolment and qualification rates compare to other AEBs across the country?

• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Joanne McCartney AM: Thank you. My first question is to Jules. You mentioned earlier you had given a funding uplift to FE providers, which I know was very welcome, but in no way is it going to offset the rises in inflation, particularly in energy bills, for example. If further funding is not given by central Government, what are the possible outcomes that could mean for FE providers and students in the city?

• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Dr Onkar Sahota AM: Deputy Mayor, the Mayor has called for devolution of the 16 to 18 education budget. Can you provide an update and whether you are asking for this delegation to be devolved further for 16 to 18‑year‑olds?

• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Hina Bokhari AM: Morning. I would like to start off with what value you have added to Londoners by using the Mayor’s delegated powers on adult education over the next year. What will you be adding, value‑wise?

• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Marina Ahmad AM: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, panel, great to see you here. Deputy Mayor, as you know, we are now predicted, very sadly, to be going into a recession and the associated high unemployment that will come with that. Through the AEB, how is the GLA going to support Londoners through what is going to be a turbulent time?

• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Zack Polanski AM: Jules, as Deputy Mayor, I want to ask you a few questions about people seeking asylum. It is something you mentioned in your introductory remarks. First of all, just to applaud, really, that this is an important part of the work of the AEB. Now, I know that there has been a lot of focus on improving coordination of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL). Could I ask what other types of course that you are looking to do, or are doing, for people seeking asylum?

• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 08 September 2022

Neil Garratt AM: Good morning. Always a pleasure to hear from the Deputy Mayor and Michelle. My question, though, is: why is the Mayor not here?