• Reference: 2021/3630
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

London First has also recently recommended the creation of a London Careers Service to provide tailored support, guidance, and training courses to those looking for work and a London Adult Retraining Scheme to support employees displaced from their jobs during the pandemic. Do you support these recommendations, and if so, how will you be using your Adult Education Budget and other levers to ensure they are delivered?

• Reference: 2021/3629
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

London has one of the UK’s highest unemployment rates and is suffering from a skills shortage. Will you consider the creation of a London Apprenticeship Fund to help restart apprenticeship growth, as has been recommended by London First?

• Reference: 2021/3628
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Under-25s in London suffered 60% of Covid job losses. Work placements are one of the best ways to get young people into employment, helping them gain practical experience, improve their CVs, and connect them with potential employers. How many work placements did young Londoners attend in the last 12 months, and how are you working with businesses to increase this number and provide people with the opportunities, resources, and confidence to take this first step into the world of work?

• Reference: 2021/3627
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Could you confirm whether you are undertaking any engagement with the Home Office to ensure skills and immigration policies consider the needs of London’s economy?

• Reference: 2021/3626
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

One of London’s leading competitive advantages is its ability to attract diverse talent, both domestically and internationally. With recent reports of skills shortages in sectors such as hospitality and HGV drivers as a result of Brexit and the pandemic, please confirm how you will work to ensure London continues to attract the brightest and most diverse talent?

• Reference: 2021/3625
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

How are you using your powers and levers to support our leading sectors as they look to grow their offerings to support Net Zero, such as skills development in green finance?

• Reference: 2021/3624
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

How are you planning to help and support Londoners working in decarbonisation-focussed roles to transition into transferable roles, once their role has been completed? For example, after the completion of retrofitting London’s buildings and boilers, how will you support these skilled workers into roles ensuring their skills and expertise are not lost?

• Reference: 2021/3623
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

How are you measuring the success of the Let’s Do London campaign, particularly considering the need to identify areas in London’s economy that may need additional support?

• Reference: 2021/3622
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

In March you published the findings of commissioned research on the economic future of the Central Activities Zone (CAZ). The research found that while “central London’s ecosystem is well placed to recover strongly”, the strength of recovery will be dependent on people returning to the city centre for activities such as work, study, leisure and tourism. Alongside the Let’s Do London campaign and London Recovery Board ‘High Streets’ mission, what plans do you have to aid central London recovery over the coming months and years?

• Reference: 2021/3621
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

With over one million Londoners claiming Universal Credit at present, do you share my concerns over the potential impact that the abrupt end to the uplift in September will have on families and individuals across London?