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Impact of benefit reforms in London

  • Reference: 2014/2897
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
In your answer (2014/2261) you said that it is still too early to judge the impact of some measures of welfare reform. Can you be more specific about what measures you can judge now, and when you expect to be able to judge the rest, considering it is over a year since Londoners felt the impact of welfare changes.

Cinemas Living Wage

  • Reference: 2014/2896
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
Have you now met with staff from the Ritzy cinema who are campaigning to be paid the London Living Wage?

Housing Market

  • Reference: 2014/2895
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
I asked what assessment the GLA has made of the possibility, and implications, of a sudden fall in house prices in London. In your response you simply said the GLA 'monitors the market' - please outline what monitoring occurs and outline how this is then assessed.

Pay

  • Reference: 2014/2894
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
In your response (2014/2225) you said you are calling on all employers to pay the London Living Wage rate excluding tips. Do you have any data on how widespread the practice of charging an admin fee on tips waiters and waitresses receive?

Living Wage

  • Reference: 2014/2893
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
In your response (2014/2224) you said you would ask your officers to liaise with the Living Wage Foundation to ensure that contractors who implement the London Living Wage are then not just cutting costs by reducing hours - has this now happened and what was the outcome?

Zero hour contracts

  • Reference: 2014/2892
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
In your response (2014/2217) you said that statistics on use Zero Hour Contracts are only collected by the Office of National Statistics, so there is no regional breakdown. Do you have any plans to undertake survey work about their use in London?

Crossrail 2 and fire coverage

  • Reference: 2014/2891
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
Do you agree that any fire station closures that result from Crossrail 2 should be replaced to maintain the level of fire cover across London?

Extreme Weather and the Economy

  • Reference: 2014/2890
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
What plans are in place to make London's key digital infrastructure such as Data Centres resilient to extreme weather?

European funding for GLA projects

  • Reference: 2014/2889
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
Please provide a break-down of all the GLA projects that have received financial support from European funding streams since 2008, listing how much money has been provided in each case and basic details of the project.

Data Roaming Charges (2)

  • Reference: 2014/2888
  • Question by: Fiona Twycross
  • Meeting date: 23 July 2014
What steps will the Mayor take to promote the new EU caps to prospective visitors to London from the EU?
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