• Reference: 2024/4000
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Does the GLA have any data on the numbers of children who bring inhalers to school for asthma in each of the years 3 to 6 in every London Primary School? And if you have such data could you publish it as a table with: a) borough, b) name of school, and c) total number of children bringing inhalers to school?

• Reference: 2024/3999
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Rivers in London are subject to flood risk assessments and catchment management plans that are published in overlapping documents without clear leadership. Could you provide a strategic lead from the GLA to explain more clearly and concisely to Londoners the risks of flooding that are understood to be present in London, and the proposed plans both funded and unfunded that could reduce and manage those risks?

• Reference: 2024/3998
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

What engagement have you and the wider GLA Group had with River Partnerships in London (RiPL) to discuss nature-based solutions in the Thames catchment, and what further funding or powers do you think would support faster delivery of a catchment based approach?

• Reference: 2024/3997
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

The Government has published a report which concludes that: “real-world performance of bus retrofit SCR technology is highly variable, achieving 80 to 90% NOX reductions in some cases, but having a minimal effect in others.” You have also funded fitting inland vessels on the Thames with Selective Catalytic Reductions (SCR) technology, what was the outcome of this investment and what is your position on the pathway now needed to reduce emissions from diesel vehicles other than buses?

• Reference: 2024/3996
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

You said to me at Mayor’s Question Time in November that you “want to see an overhaul of the previous Government’s aviation decarbonisation strategy to meet our climate change commitments.” What would you want to see from an overhaul of this strategy?

• Reference: 2024/3995
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

The published page for the Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy includes a line in the job description that expects them to “Establish Energy for Londoners to help Londoners generate more low-carbon electricity, working towards the goal of London being a zero-carbon city by 2050.” What is your current aim for Energy for Londoners, and can you confirm what targets you are aiming for a zero-carbon city?

• Reference: 2024/3994
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

On 14 October the European Council formally adopted a directive setting updated air quality standards for pollution across the EU. Can you confirm your support for London having full compliance for the new directive, with the same standards or better throughout London by the deadlines that have now been adopted?

• Reference: 2024/3993
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Could you provide an estimate of the revenue foregone for 2024-25 and 2025-26 if the travel concession for care leavers aged 18-25 expanded to include Tube travel?

• Reference: 2024/3992
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

Could you provide an estimate of the revenue foregone for 2024-25 and 2025-26 for the travel concession for care leavers aged 18-25?

• Reference: 2024/3991
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 19 December 2024

What indicators does the GLA use to decide what constitutes child poverty, and does the definition of child poverty vary by team, directorate or use case?