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Support for Londoners to Re-enter the Workforce

  • Reference: 2020/2999
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Across the UK, almost 200,000 additional people aged over 50 were classified as economically inactive between March-May as compared to December-February. How are you supporting older Londoners who have lost their jobs as a result of Covid-19 to re-enter the workforce?

Redundancy Criteria

  • Reference: 2020/2998
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Should persons who have been shielding and persons who have been furloughed be added to the government’s list of unfair redundancy criteria?

Support for Londoners that are no longer shielding

  • Reference: 2020/2997
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Following the Government’s advice that clinically extremely vulnerable individuals will no longer have to shield, the food and medicine packages that a number of shielded Londoners received stopped on the 1 st August. How did the London Transition Board coordinate the work of your office, local authorities and national government to prepare people for this change and ensure nobody was put in danger by having this support suddenly removed?

Thames Tideway

  • Reference: 2020/2996
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
How has the construction of the Thames Tideway tunnel been affected by COVID-19?

River pollution

  • Reference: 2020/2995
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
There have been recent reports that the Environment Agency is considering watering down its river pollution targets. Can you guarantee London will retain higher standards in our waterways?

Fuel poverty (4)

  • Reference: 2020/2994
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Your Fuel Poverty Action Plan has now been published for two years. Will you be publishing an interim results report on all the metrics?

Fuel poverty (3)

  • Reference: 2020/2993
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Will you be updating your Fuel Poverty Action Plan to reflect the economic challenges faced by Londoners at the moment?

Fuel poverty (2)

  • Reference: 2020/2992
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
At MQT last December, you updated me on the progress with your Fuel Poverty Action Plan and Warmer Homes schemes. How has this been affected by the pandemic, and can you provide me with the latest data?

Fuel poverty (1)

  • Reference: 2020/2991
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
Fuel poverty is always a serious concern, but this year I am particularly worried due to the coming economic crisis and the likelihood that many Londoners will be spending more time at home than usual, increasing their bills. What proportion of London’s population are you expecting to be in fuel poverty this winter?

London Power (3)

  • Reference: 2020/2990
  • Question by: Leonie Cooper
  • Meeting date: 17 September 2020
What customer feedback have you so far received? Are you conducting customer satisfaction analysis?
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