• Reference: 2022/0710
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

What work has the GLA’s Culture Team done with the GLA Planning Team to protect cultural venues that are at risk?

• Reference: 2022/0709
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

How is your Culture at Risk Office supporting cultural venues when they are faced with the threat of being converted to residential?

• Reference: 2022/0708
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

Has your Culture at Risk Office noticed any impact in London of the Government’s reforms to Permitted Development Rights since they introduced Use Class E and latterly allowed Class E to be converted to residential?

• Reference: 2022/0707
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

How many organisations and individuals has your Culture at Risk Office helped since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

• Reference: 2022/0706
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

Should lessons be learnt from Haringey Council’s example of allowing densification of up to 1.5 stories in South Tottenham if complying with a strict new design code?

• Reference: 2022/0705
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

A team of Samaritans volunteers was in action recently in my constituency at Ealing Broadway Station, along with MTR Elizabeth Line staff, for the annual ‘Brew Monday’ event. It encourages people to reach out for a cup of tea or coffee and to catch-up with those they care about. How important is normalising mental wellbeing via projects such as this one, and how can you help projects like this continue?

• Reference: 2022/0704
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith Samaritans recently celebrated its 50 th anniversary. Does the Mayor believe Londoners needing emotional support are adequately served by the Samaritans and similar organisations, or is more help required?

• Reference: 2022/0703
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

Beryl Carr is 100 years of age and still serving behind the cash register and making drinks at Friends Café in Ealing Hospital in my constituency. She started as a volunteer at the café 18 years ago when she moved to London after her husband died. Beryl said she knew no-one, so it became a lifeline for her. How does the Mayor encourage volunteering in London? What learning has been made from this and how can it be improved?

• Reference: 2022/0702
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

Can you provide a breakdown of how many buildings in Hillingdon are now under a simultaneous evacuation policy due to: a) unsafe cladding, b) non-cladding concerns, c) both?

• Reference: 2022/0701
• Question by: Onkar Sahota
• Meeting date: 24 February 2022

Can you provide a breakdown of how many buildings in Ealing are now under a simultaneous evacuation policy due to: a) unsafe cladding, b) non-cladding concerns, c) both?