• Reference: 2019/20640
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

A target set as part of the Ethnicity Pay Gap Action Plan was to “develop a pool of GLA BAME staff trained specifically to participate in interviews at any level.” Please provide details of the pool and its involvement in recruitment across the GLA.

• Reference: 2019/20639
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

In January 2019 a press release from your office stated that “The key factor contributing to the gap is the lack of BAME staff in senior positions.” Please detail the work you and your office have undertaken to ensure that BAME staff are moving into senior positions across the GLA family.

• Reference: 2019/20638
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Please provide an update on the work of the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group announced in January 2019.

• Reference: 2019/20637
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

You recently invested £4m to embed more youth workers in hospitals to help divert young people away from crime. Would schools also benefit from this model, to take some of the pressure off teachers and Safer Schools Officers?

• Reference: 2019/20636
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

You previously stated that there would be an updated figure on the number of Safer Schools Officers (SSO) in August. Please provide the most up to date figure broken down by: number of SSOs per Borough, number of SSOs allocated to one school vs number allocated to multiple schools, and number of schools with an SSO.

• Reference: 2019/20635
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

What discussions have you had with the Department for Education to gain clarity on London’s funding allocation for schools?

• Reference: 2019/20634
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

What targets do you have for Teach London’s recruitment of BAME teachers?

• Reference: 2019/20633
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Thank you for your answer to question 2019/20070 on Teach London. How exactly will the programme be accelerating the recruitment of BAME teachers specifically?

• Reference: 2019/20632
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

We also recently heard at Education Panel of the difficulties facing schools and Boroughs in relation to place allocations and highly mobile populations, which is strongly linked to housing insecurity. How do you support Boroughs to coordinate overcoming this challenge, and how do you support families facing insecure housing so that their children’s education is not interrupted?

• Reference: 2019/20631
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

How do your housing programmes support provision of affordable housing for teachers across London? What progress has been made during your mayoralty to make it easier for London’s teachers to find affordable housing?