• Reference: 2014/3463
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

During July's Mayor's Question Time, you said of zero-hours contracts that: "The evidence I am hearing now is they can be OK and in some cases perhaps, you have to be a little bit cautious about the way they are being used. My thinking on this has evolved, as it often does. I have been talking to some business leaders who are concerned and who share your concerns and the concerns that Members have raised about zero-hours. That is not to say that I think we should have a blanket ban on them. As I have said before in this...

• Reference: 2014/3462
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

The letter that I received on the 24th July 2014 from Kit Malthouse AM stated that the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) leads on monitoring developments around the use of such contracts, but London Enterprise (LEP) is not planning to undertake any research on the use of zero hours contracts. When will you next have a discussion about Zero Hour Contracts with BIS, and can you ask them to carry out research on the scale of their use in London?

• Reference: 2014/3461
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

What assessment do you make of economic productivity levels in London?

• Reference: 2014/3460
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

How many employees of the Greater London Authority currently work on promoting the London Living Wage?

• Reference: 2014/3459
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

How much has been spent by the Greater London Authority in promoting the London Living Wage in each year since 2008? Please outline the data for as many years as possible.

• Reference: 2014/3458
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

Why do you think men are still paid 13 per cent more than women across London and the gender pay gap has widened under your Mayoralty?

• Reference: 2014/3457
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

What powers and responsibilities would you like to see devolved to the Greater London Authority in relation to childcare?

• Reference: 2014/3456
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

How much government funding has been spent on childcare in London in each year since 2008? Please break the figures down by funding stream and local authority.

• Reference: 2014/3455
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

In regard to your commitment to monitor the £8m fund to encourage longer nursery opening hours (2014/0485), please provide an update on progress.

• Reference: 2014/3454
• Question by: Fiona Twycross
• Meeting date: 17 September 2014

You said you were 'looking at options' on how to increase childcare provision through your London Childcare Fund which is a joint initiative with the Department for Education in your answer (2014/1221) what options were identified, when can we expect them and how will they be measured on success?