• Reference: 2019/6268
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

The most recent statement from London Fire Brigade reports 159 residential buildings in London currently have simultaneous evacuation. In 37 of these, the reason is something other than ACM-type flammable cladding. Please provide a breakdown of the reasons for the simultaneous evacuation policy being applied in these 37 properties.

• Reference: 2019/6267
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

In how many instances since June 2017 has London Fire Brigade reviewed the implementation of a waking watch and other interim fire safety measures in a tall residential building and found them to not meet the requirements set out to the Responsible Person?

• Reference: 2019/6266
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

At Fire, Resilience and Emergency Planning Committee on 31 January, the LFC stated that there was difficulty in “getting Responsible People who wanted to commit and sign their name on documents stating whether or not buildings were safe and whether or not the right safety checks had taken place”. Since June 2017, at how many premises has the Brigade encountered difficulty in securing sign-off from the Responsible Person?

• Reference: 2019/6265
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

The exceptionally hot weather in summer 2018 led a higher risk of fire and London Fire Brigade asked boroughs to institute a barbecue ban in parks. What preparations is the Brigade making for a repeat of the hot and dry weather?

• Reference: 2019/6264
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

What will be the economic impact of Brexit on the London University sector?

• Reference: 2019/6263
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Will you support Universities UK’s #Support Study Abroad campaign ( https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/supportstudyabroad) to give Londoners opportunities to study abroad ?

• Reference: 2019/6262
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Brexit will mean the end of opportunities for UK students to study in other EU countries, and for other country EU students to study in the UK, under the Erasmus programme. What can you do to campaign to help bring such opportunities back for Londoner students?

• Reference: 2019/6261
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Are you concerned that the growth in ultra-short-term lets (through such services as AirBnB) is distorting the market for longer-term residential property lettings, especially given the abuse of the 90 day per year maximum letting period rule, and if so will you encourage local councils to take tougher enforcement action against those who seek to flout these rules?

• Reference: 2019/6260
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

So-called “umbrella companies” are used by some firms to manage payroll functions. How many umbrella companies are a) currently in use by any Greater London Authority family organisation, or any contractor of the GLA family, and b) how many have been used in each year back to 2015/16?

• Reference: 2019/6259
• Question by: Andrew Dismore
• Meeting date: 21 March 2019

Do you have any plans to support “worker tech” – digital options to help employees improve their working conditions – through the Civic Innovation Challenge or the TechInvest programme?