• Reference: 2023/0136
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Arts Council England has offered £143.7 million of awards to 258 creative and cultural organisations in London per year through 2023-26. What is your view about the drastic difference in funding between inner and outer London boroughs and did you make any representations about supporting all cultural venues across London?

• Reference: 2023/0135
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Arts Council England has offered £143.7 million of awards to 258 creative and cultural organisations in London per year through 2023-26. Do you think it is appropriate that Waltham Forest has only been awarded £61,104 compared to Tower Hamlets which has been awarded £13,851,961?

• Reference: 2023/0134
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Arts Council England has offered £143.7 million of awards to 258 creative and cultural organisations in London per year through 2023-26. Do you think it is appropriate that Sutton has only been awarded £100,000 compared to Lambeth which has been awarded £41,227,421?

• Reference: 2023/0133
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Arts Council England has offered £143.7 million of awards to 258 creative and cultural organisations in London per year through 2023-26. Do you think it is appropriate that Harrow has only been awarded £350,000 compared to Islington which has been awarded £8,835,899?

• Reference: 2023/0132
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Arts Council England has offered £143.7 million of awards to 258 creative and cultural organisations in London per year through 2023-26. Do you think it is appropriate that Enfield has only been awarded £102,431 compared to Hammersmith and Fulham which has been awarded £2,168,602?

• Reference: 2023/0131
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Arts Council England has offered £143.7 million of awards to 258 creative and cultural organisations in London per year through 2023-26. Do you think it is appropriate that Bromley has only been awarded £233,464 compared to Camden which has been awarded £8,418,126?

• Reference: 2023/0130
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Arts Council England has offered £143.7 million of awards to 258 creative and cultural organisations in London per year through 2023-26. Do you think it is appropriate that Bexley has only been awarded £108,000 compared to Hackney which has been awarded £6,322,931?

• Reference: 2023/0129
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Will you instruct TfL to allow the retrofitting of Euro V TX4 or Vito taxis such as by HJS Emission Technology Ltd in order to enable those taxis to be driven on London's streets for 15 years?

• Reference: 2023/0128
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Further to your response to question 2022/5403, if TfL’s Dial-a-ride drivers are represented by Unite the Union, was there any further enquiry from that union’s leadership after TfL’s Bus Directorate issued masks and gloves to its Dial-a-Ride members on 9 April 2020 but, on the same day, TfL told Unite’s bus driver representatives that “masks [were] not necessary”? If so, please provide me with a copy of this enquiry.

• Reference: 2023/0127
• Question by: Neil Garratt
• Meeting date: 19 January 2023

Following on your response to question 2022/5402, does the fact TfL’s 173 Dial-a-Ride (DaR) drivers “are all permanent employees of TfL” explain why TfL’s Bus Directorate issued masks and gloves to them on 9 April 2020 while, on the same day, telling Unite the Union that “masks [were] not necessary" for London’s 25000 bus drivers?