• Reference: 2025/0646
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

The Government announced a £40 million pilot to trial a new kinship allowance in up to 10 local authorities. How many London boroughs are participating in this trial, and what is the expected number of families who will benefit?

• Reference: 2025/0645
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

Can you list any specific programmes that the GLA supports which aims to assist children in London that are living in kinship care?

• Reference: 2025/0644
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

According to the 2021 Census, approximately 141,000 children were living in kinship care in England and Wales. Does the GLA have any information regarding the number of children estimated to be living in kinship care in London? If so, can you provide a breakdown, by borough, year, and care arrangement (e.g. informal care, special guardianship, child arrangements orders, private fostering), of the number of children living in kinship care across London between January 2020 and the present day?

• Reference: 2025/0643
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

Can you provide a breakdown, by year and by route, of the number of buses in the TfL network that have sustained any sort of damage that can be attributed to potholes on London’s roads between January 2020 and the present day?

• Reference: 2025/0642
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

Can you provide a breakdown of the amount of housing, by year, provided as a result of the opening of the Elizabeth line since its opening in May 2022?

• Reference: 2025/0641
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

Can you provide a breakdown of the number of new jobs, by year, generated by the opening of the Elizabeth line since its opening in May 2022?

• Reference: 2025/0640
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

Can you provide a breakdown, by line and by year, of ridership across the whole TfL network (Underground, Overground, Elizabeth line and DLR) between 2020 and the present day?

• Reference: 2025/0639
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

What research have you conducted into understanding the amount of money spent by schools on energy bills, and can you provide a breakdown of the amount spent by schools in each borough on energy bills between January 2020 to the present day?

• Reference: 2025/0638
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

Can you provide a point-by-point explanation as to how schools can save money on energy bills and spend more of children’s education through your Greener Schools pilot?

• Reference: 2025/0637
• Question by: Hina Bokhari OBE
• Meeting date: 25 February 2025

Can you provide a breakdown, by borough, year and means of travel (car, cycling, walking etc.), through research done by TfL’s Travel for Life programme, of the number of school journeys made by car, both nominally and in the form of a percentage of total journeys, between January 2020 and the present day?