• Reference: 2024/3318
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

On average, London’s high street vacancy rate is 10 per cent, whereas on Oxford Street is this currently 14 per cent. Will you commit to a target to reducing this vacancy rate and by when?

• Reference: 2024/3317
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

You recently suggested that granting City Hall extra powers over planning in Oxford Street will mean American candy stores and vape shops will be replaced by ‘flagship’ stores. Please can you specify how you intend to do this?

• Reference: 2024/3316
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Please can you confirm the number of times the Night Czar has attended the Economy, Culture and Skills Committee since 2016?

• Reference: 2024/3315
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Please can you set out a timeline for your Royal Docks development project and when we can expect key infrastructure to open?

• Reference: 2024/3314
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

In response to question 2024/1721, you claimed that your Skills Academies do not consider zero-hour contract jobs to be ‘good’ jobs. Do you still agree with this?

• Reference: 2024/3313
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

In response to question 2024/1721, you said “the definition for a ‘good’ job going forward will be jointly developed with key stakeholders and partners as we develop the new London Growth Plan. It will then be applied to monitoring of our initiatives and programmes”. Can you provide an update on the development of this definition you outlined?

• Reference: 2024/3312
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Are applicants who are in receipt of other Mayoral grants excluded from receiving UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocations?

• Reference: 2024/3311
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

How transparent is the application process to receive UK Shared Prosperity Fund funding and how is equality of opportunity being upheld?

• Reference: 2024/3310
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

With regards to previous allocations, are there any audits on how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund funding has been used and how is success being evaluated to get best value for taxpayers?

• Reference: 2024/3309
• Question by: Alessandro Georgiou
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

Is there a plan for how the 2024-2025 allocation will be spent and to which organisations will it be allocated to?