• Reference: 2020/1368
• Question by: Lord Duvall of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich OBE
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

How many fewer pupils does the Violence Reduction Unit and its partners hope to have been expelled from secondary schools in London by the end of 2020 compared with 2019?

• Reference: 2020/1367
• Question by: Lord Duvall of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich OBE
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

How is the VRU working with Pupil Referral Units?

• Reference: 2020/1366
• Question by: Lord Duvall of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich OBE
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

If children expelled from school are more likely to be involved in crime, when can we expect the Violence Reduction Unit to set some objectives and metrics for how it plans to improve the way exclusions are managed in the future in London?

• Reference: 2020/1365
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

The 240 bus route runs through town centres, residential areas and passes many schools in Mill Hill, Edgware and Hendon. It still uses polluting Euro IV diesel buses, increasing the risk of respiratory disease (especially in younger children). A local resident in Barnet contacted TfL customer services, who seem to think that the company in charge of running this service, Metroline, has been using contractually compliant Euro VI buses. This is unfortunately not the case according to the resident and harmful pollutants continue to be emitted on a daily basis by these buses. Will you look into this and ensure...

• Reference: 2020/1364
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

What more can you do to encourage building owners, like Notting Hill Genesis, to prioritise getting fire safety certificates for their buildings so that residents are not trapped in homes of unassessed safety?

• Reference: 2020/1363
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Notting Hill Genesis have failed to ensure an intrusive fire safety inspection has been carried out, resulting in my constituents being unable to remortgage, sell, or move. Do you agree that building management companies should address fire safety certification as a matter of urgency?

• Reference: 2020/1362
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

It is becoming increasingly clear that the Government remedial fund, limited solely to ACM cladding on tall buildings is too restrictive and inadequate in quantum. Other types of cladding are often equally dangerous but are excluded; and residents are facing huge bills for ‘waking watch’ and other fire prevention works. Will you lobby the Government to extend and improve the scheme in London to allow other high fire risk buildings to be included?

• Reference: 2020/1361
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

Please state how much money has been a) allocated and b) disbursed and to how many buildings for the GLA-administered social and private sector ACM cladding remediation funds.

• Reference: 2020/1360
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

What steps are the London Fire Brigade and the GLA taking to get building managers to implement the reforms in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry ahead of new legislation?

• Reference: 2020/1359
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 19 March 2020

How many buildings have implemented the steps, insofar as possible within the current legal and regulatory framework, recommended in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry?