• Reference: 2014/3483
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

What was the core aim behind the publication of this report?

• Reference: 2014/3482
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

Further to MQ 2014/2875, how will the traineeship figures be differentiated to apprenticeship figures to give an idea of how many young Londoners are not yet able to apply for an apprenticeship and are undertaking traineeships?

• Reference: 2014/3481
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

Careers guidance in schools is often referred to as of a poor standard. What action are you taking to ensure that young Londoners have the advice and knowledge of career pathways in order to make informed choices about their future?

• Reference: 2014/3480
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

Following the LEP review of careers guidance services in London which you said would take place this summer, what were the findings and recommendations?

• Reference: 2014/3479
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

According to the latest youth unemployment figures, London still has one of the highest youth unemployment rates and it has not reduced significantly in your second term of your mayoralty. Are you doing enough to reduce youth unemployment in London?

• Reference: 2014/3478
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

The Skills Funding Agency are cutting their staff by a third, and reducing the number of people that work on "apprenticeships and delivery services" by 47 per cent, leading to concerns about the impact this will have on the National Apprenticeship Service. Are you concerned that this will have an impact on improving the quality of apprenticeships and on helping young people into apprenticeships? How will you ensure that this does not affect young people in London?

• Reference: 2014/3477
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

How much money are you dedicating to the doubling of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers and how many apprenticeship starts do you expect to create per year as a result?

• Reference: 2014/3476
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

In July you announced the Growth Deal in which you intend to spend £2 million of funding for a programme to help raise digital skills among young people in London. Can you provide me with the details of this scheme, such as when it will start, how you will raise digital skills among young people in London, and whether you will target any young people in particular?

• Reference: 2014/3475
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

Given your vocal support for apprentices and further to DD1166, can you confirm that the two finance apprentices that will be working at the GLA from September 2014, employed by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, will be paid the London Living Wage?

• Reference: 2014/3474
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

When will the review into the GLA apprenticeship and traineeship programmes be completed, and would you be able to send me a copy once it has been completed?