• Reference: 2020/2227
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

What impact has COVID-19 had on your ESOL-Plus programme?

• Reference: 2020/2226
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Are you concerned that small businesses, concentrated in poorer areas of London, will not have the resources to adhere to COVID-secure guidance?

• Reference: 2020/2225
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

What efforts are you making to build on the mutual aid and NHS volunteering programmes that have seen so many Londoners active in their communities through this pandemic?

• Reference: 2020/2224
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Will you be reviewing your Social Integration strategy in light of the inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic?

• Reference: 2020/2223
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

What are the terms of reference for the Health Equity group and will you publish its meetings and papers in future?

• Reference: 2020/2222
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

How is the membership of the Health Equity working group, to form part of the London Recovery Board, being decided?

• Reference: 2020/2221
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

Thank you for your answer to question 2020/1876. Can you provide an update on the tutoring pilot? Will this scheme link in with the Government’s recently announced National Tutoring Service?

• Reference: 2020/2220
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

In February, I was proud to propose a motion to the Assembly in support of LGBT+ inclusive relationships and sex education. However, in the context of COVID-19, the Government is allowing schools to delay introducing this new element of the curriculum for a year. This makes the Assembly’s call for you to provide strategic support even more crucial. Can you provide an update on how you will be supporting schools to deliver this crucial education even during these challenging times?

• Reference: 2020/2219
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

As many Londoners shift to working from home for an extended period, there will be large quantities of unused IT equipment in offices across the city. Could you explore the possibility of setting up loan programmes for offices to provide essential tech to London’s schools until all children can return on a full-time basis?

• Reference: 2020/2218
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 16 July 2020

How will you monitor the success of funding awarded under both strands of the response fund, to ensure it is working for providers during this highly volatile time?