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Question tile: Austerity and Transport for London

  • Reference: 2018/3230
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
Now that the Chancellor and Prime Minister have announced the 'end of austerity', have they cancelled their impending cuts to the Transport for London budget? What is the cumulative total of the cuts so far and those to come over the next three years?

Diving facilities at Copthall [3]

  • Reference: 2018/3229
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
Given the lack of deep pool diving facilities in North London, and the strong campaign waged by local residents to provide up to fifty accessible diving programmes per week, will you reconsider your decision not to award the spacehive funding?

Diving facilities at Copthall [2]

  • Reference: 2018/3228
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
What further assistance are you providing to North London Aquatics to support their efforts to retain the diving facilities at Copthall?

Diving facilities at Copthall [1]

  • Reference: 2018/3227
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
North London Aquatics recently applied to the Crowdfund London team for funding as part of their community bid to retain diving facilities at Copthall. This bid was refused. Please could you state the reasons why?

Local Authority Housing in London

  • Reference: 2018/3226
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
I am sure you will have heard the appalling stereotypes that have been touted in some quarters about women having babies in order to obtain council flats in London. Will you take this opportunity to make clear that you do not agree this is the case, and to repudiate such comments?

Teenage pregnancy

  • Reference: 2018/3225
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
Are you aware that the ONS conception statistics indicate that the number of conceptions of under 20s fell from 113,330 in 1990 to 56,111 in 2016. Last year the chief executive of the Family Planning Association Natika Halil told the Independent “This reduction is thanks to the hard work of health and education professionals, and the legacy of the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy – a key component of which was improving access to contraception," Will you put this assessment to the London Health Board and reject the suggestion by some that handing out free contraception would lead to higher crime?

'London is open' campaign

  • Reference: 2018/3224
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
You have arranged for 'London is open' to be translated into different languages depending on the local population. The list of stations where vinyl stickers are being installed is: Perivale (Polish) Kilburn (Irish) Gloucester Road (French) Edgware (Romanian) Stockwell (Portuguese) Bounds Green (Cypriot) Lancaster Gate (Spanish) Wood Green (Bulgarian) Canning Town (Lithuanian) Kentish Town (Greek) What consultation did you have with these communities and local representatives about where to put these stickers: for example, Romanian could be better placed at Burnt Oak rather than Edgware; and what plans do you have to put these stickers on other stations?

WTO terms agreement

  • Reference: 2018/3223
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
Following the failure of Secretary of State Liam Fox MP to secure a "copy and paste" deal with the World Trade Organisation, the UK is likely to entre a protracted period of post-Brexit negotiations. What is your assessment of the impact of this on London's economy?

Business rates (4)

  • Reference: 2018/3222
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
Please provide the number of rateable values in London under £51,000 by borough?

Business rates (3)

  • Reference: 2018/3221
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 22 November 2018
Please provide the number of rateable values in London under £51,000 by sector?
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