• Reference: 2021/0679
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Could you please confirm that two thirds of the second round of the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund in 2018 was invested in areas of London which ranked in the top 20% of the UK’s most deprived wards. Which wards were they and how have they since used the funding to alleviate severe levels of deprivation in their communities?

• Reference: 2021/0678
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Please advise as to whether the 33 London-based projects to benefit from the second round of the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund in 2018, have since supported the creation of new jobs, fuelled investment in community assets & driven sustainable economic growth in the areas exhibiting the highest levels of deprivation in London. Please provide examples.

• Reference: 2021/0677
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Please advise as to whether the 33 London projects, awarded funding via the second tranche of the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund in 2018, focussed on supporting Londoners in areas with high levels of unemployment, youth violence & poor mental health. Please give examples of the work of the projects.

• Reference: 2021/0676
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Please advise which 33 projects across London were awarded funding via the second round of the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund, as referred to in your press release on 04/12/18, entitled Mayor backs projects with £30m to help reduce deprivation.

• Reference: 2021/0675
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

How has the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP) funding been meeting the skills gap in London created by the UK leaving the EU?

• Reference: 2021/0674
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

How effective has the £7.2m you invested in the Mayor’s Construction Academy been? Please provide data evidencing how many people have obtained employment in the construction industry as a direct result of the funding.

• Reference: 2021/0673
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

How has any further education since 2018, funded by your Skills Training for Londoners Capital Fund, provided the skills offenders need to get jobs on release and reduce offending? Please provide data showing jobs obtained on release by offenders, also evidence that the training has reduced reoffending.

• Reference: 2021/0672
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Which further education providers have worked with prisons or young offender institutions since your £82m injection into the Skills Training for Londoners Capital Fund in 2018?

• Reference: 2021/0671
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Please detail how your £82m investment in 2018 in skills training for Londoners has helped Londoners of all ages & backgrounds to acquire the skills they need for employment.

• Reference: 2021/0670
• Question by: Susan Hall
• Meeting date: 25 February 2021

Has all of the £82m funding you announced in August 2018 since been awarded to further education colleges & training providers across the capital? Please provide headline figures showing where & when it was spent.