• Reference: 2023/4054
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

How often do you engage with tradespeople to help address industry challenges?

• Reference: 2023/4053
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

What courses do you offer applicable to tradespeople, such as plumbers and electricians, and what is the uptake?

• Reference: 2023/4052
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

In a recent CityAM article, analysis showed that there is a shortage of tradespeople of 166,000 which could impact regional GDP growth in London by £11.7bn and £98bn of growth to the UK economy. How are you using your Adult Education Budget to address the skills shortage in London?

• Reference: 2023/4051
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

How much engagement have you had (if any) with the Thames Freeport?

• Reference: 2023/4050
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

How much funding was given to the Mayor's International Business Fund? Please provide a breakdown by year since 2020.

• Reference: 2023/4049
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

How many businesses have been supported since the Grow London Global programme was launched? How much funding was used and what were the results?

• Reference: 2023/4048
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

It has been reported that previous trade missions have helped raise £6.5 billion of investment, how was this amount calculated?

• Reference: 2023/4047
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

How much carbon emissions will be generated from a return flight to Japan in tonnes?

• Reference: 2023/4046
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

The unit cash price of the LEVC TX taxi in October 23 sits at £74,359. With the plug-in taxi grant (which runs out in Spring 2024) the cash price is £66,859. Most taxi drivers cannot afford to buy a vehicle at cash price. The cost of the vehicle alongside finance sits at £91,327.40. Do you believe the high cost of the vehicle is pushing taxi drivers out of the industry and at what future unit price does the vehicle become unviable as a taxi?

• Reference: 2023/4045
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 16 November 2023

How much money from the UK government's Shared Prosperity Fund has been provided to the Grow London Global programme?