• Reference: 2014/3994
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

How frequently will those attending the summit meet and how were they selected?

• Reference: 2014/3993
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Following press reports that you are aiming to ensure that 99% of homes and businesses in London have super-fast broadband by 2018; can you confirm how you intend to achieve this?

• Reference: 2014/3992
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

With reference to your response to question 2014/3457, can you confirm that there are no powers and/or responsibilities that you would you like to see devolved to the Greater London Authority in relation to childcare?

• Reference: 2014/3991
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Can you confirm what work you are doing to increase the take-up of the London Living Wage and would you agree that increasing pay for people on low and middle-incomes in London is a sensible way of increasing income tax receipts while reducing welfare spending on Working Tax Credits and other in-work benefits, which could make a sizeable contribution to the Government's deficit reduction plans that are otherwise resulting in significant cuts to local government spending in London?

• Reference: 2014/3990
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

An increase in interest rates would clearly have a significant impact on London, particularly for homeowners. The 16th annual Geneva Report, published in September, forecasted that interest rates across the world will have the remain low for a "very, very long" time to enable households, companies and governments to service their debts and avoid another economic crash. What is your view of the impact this would have on London?

• Reference: 2014/3989
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

What are you doing to ensure that small businesses are fairly represented in the London Enterprise Panel's decision making processes?

• Reference: 2014/3988
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

What discussions have you had with your colleagues in Government to seek higher funding levels for childcare in London, given the higher cost of providing childcare services in the capital?

• Reference: 2014/3987
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

The August edition of 'London's Economy Today', produced by GLA Economics, highlighted that "without a rise in the interest rate, CPI inflation is forecast to be above 2 per cent for most of the forecast period according to the Bank's (Bank of England) central projection". What do you perceive to be the implications for London's economy of CPI inflation returning to, and settling at, a position above the Bank of England's 2 per cent target over the medium term? Conversely, what do you foresee as the implications of an increase in interest rates?

• Reference: 2014/3986
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

In answer to MQ 2889/2014 you stated that mitigating the loss of EU funding was a hypothetical question and would be for the government of the day. Is not the whole Europe Report by definition a hypothetical exercise, what is the difference?

• Reference: 2014/3985
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 22 October 2014

Following your answer to MQ 2014/3476 please provide details of what specific targets will be set for the Digital Skills Programme and what the agreed success criteria are?