• Reference: 2012/2867
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Given your manifesto promise to work with employers to increase the number of companies offering the London Living Wage to 250, how many private companies in the capital are currently signed up? Which companies are signed up?

• Reference: 2012/2866
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

What did you mean by the statement that you are not "wedded to football" for the future of the Olympic Stadium? Are you distancing yourself from West Ham's bid, which you have previously said would 'almost certainly' be successful? When will a decision be made?

• Reference: 2012/2865
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

I have been contacted by a number of Boroughs who are keen to put on events to thank Games Makers and other volunteers for their hard work over the summer, yet LOCOG have declined to share their contact details. Will you work with LOCOG and the Boroughs to facilitate the sharing of information so that the volunteers can be thanked for their contribution to the Olympic and Paralympic Games?

• Reference: 2012/2864
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Further to your announcement of a new £100 million fund to stimulate building activity across London, how many additional intermediate homes do you expect to deliver during the current spending period (2011-15)?

• Reference: 2012/2863
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Given the direct savings to the public purse which could be achieved by freeing up much needed social rented homes, how exactly will you prioritise the 65,000 households currently living in the social rented sector who are eligible for intermediate housing?

• Reference: 2012/2862
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Please outline the calculation used to estimate the total economic value of your additional funding to the intermediate housing market.

• Reference: 2012/2861
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Further to your announcement of £100 million to deliver additional intermediate housing in London, please confirm how much funding was made available by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Please also outline which, if any, GLA budgets have been adjusted to enable this capital investment.

• Reference: 2012/2860
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

How do your respond to recent Planning Guarantee Monitoring statistics released by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) which show that over 2,500 planning decisions took longer than 26 weeks to determine in London, including 453 major planning decisions? How will you ensure this does not harm London's chances of attracting greater investment?

• Reference: 2012/2859
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Will you agree to monitor the number and type of 'community assets' listed across London to ensure that local voluntary groups are benefiting from provisions contained within the Localism Act (2011) which give them the right to identify, and bid for, any building or land that they believe to be of importance to their community's social well-being?

• Reference: 2012/2858
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 17 October 2012

Research commissioned by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) shows that 43 London pubs closed in the period to March 2012. In view of this evidence, will you look again at strengthening your London Plan to protect London's pubs, many of which remain a vital part of their local community?