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ESF funding

  • Reference: 2017/0686
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
Can you provide me with an update on securing replacement ESF funding after 2020?

Apprentice pay

  • Reference: 2017/0685
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
In your answer to MQ 2016/4479 you stated that there is an insufficient sample of apprentices in the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings to analyse levels of apprentice pay in London. Would the GLA consider collecting this data?

The ClassCeiling

  • Reference: 2017/0684
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
The Social Mobility Commission recently released a report looking into the impact of classon social mobility and found that professionals from working-classbackgrounds are paid £6,800 less on average each year than those from more affluent families. How will you seek to smash the classceiling for Londoners?

London Visa

  • Reference: 2017/0683
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
If a system of regional visas is an option, would you consider a condition of the employers being granted access to a visa only for those that pay the London Living Wage and are deemed to have good working conditions?

Visa-free travel

  • Reference: 2017/0682
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
Given the Prime Minister's stance on providing a 'hard Brexit' to the UK, there are concerns that we will not have access to visa-free travel. What would be the implications on London if it did not have access to visa-free travel?

Permitted development rights

  • Reference: 2017/0681
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
The Government has stated that there is no requirement to note how much office space is to change to residential use, only that from April 2016 applications for prior approval are required to note how many homes will be permitted. Is there scope for the GLA to analyse how much office space is being transferred to residential use if the Government will not do it?

Devolution

  • Reference: 2017/0680
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
Following the London Finance Commission's recommendations to devolve more power to London, how would you intend for any extra powers to be scrutinised?

Good business choice (2)

  • Reference: 2017/0679
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
Can you look into the possibility of creating a website to show which businesses are deemed to have good working conditions and pay to enable consumers to make informed choices?

Good business choice (1)

  • Reference: 2017/0678
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
You mentioned during the last Mayor's Question Time that you are keen to acknowledge businesses that ensure good working conditions and pay. How do you intend to promote good businesses to London's consumers?

EU powers (3)

  • Reference: 2017/0677
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 20 February 2017
When the UK leaves the EU, would there be scope for the GLA to set the minimum standard and enforcement of worker's rights if the Government do not proactively keep up with EU standards?
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