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Cost of policing Taylor Swift August 2024

  • Reference: 2024/2794
  • Question by: Zoë Garbett
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
What was the cost of policing the Taylor Swift Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium on 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 August 2024? Could you break this down by: a) police officer shifts, b) police staff shifts, c) number of police officers, d) opportunity costs, e) overtime costs, f) non-pay costs, and g) costs recovered from event organisers?

Environmental impacts of Developmental Consent Order schemes

  • Reference: 2024/2793
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
What involvement do teams at the GLA and associated bodies have with current Development Consent Order (DCO) promoted schemes, and what environmental impacts are you considering as part of your work responding to these DCOs?

Updating your Environment Strategy (9)

  • Reference: 2024/2792
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1875, in which you said a decision on any further update to the Environment Strategy will: “be subject to a decision following formal agreement of the GLA’s work priorities with the Mayor’s office and with the new Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy when they are appointed.” When will this be complete and how will you update Londoners?

Environmental priorities for mandates

  • Reference: 2024/2791
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
What environmental priorities and aims will be addressed through the developing mandates approach to planning GLA work?

Research on odours

  • Reference: 2024/2790
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
What understanding do you have of the impact of odours from industrial sites in London, both present and former, and are you funding any research?

Environment Agency funding

  • Reference: 2024/2789
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
What lobbying have you made to support funding increases for the Environment Agency so that their regulation and enforcement work in London can be more effective?

New Addington flooding (2)

  • Reference: 2024/2788
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
Surface water flash flooding affected New Addington on 1 August 2024, what communications with residents have you or Croydon council used to explain the causes of this flooding and how it can be addressed?

New Addington flooding (1)

  • Reference: 2024/2787
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
Surface water flash flooding affected New Addington on 1 August 2024, what understanding do you have of the causes of this incident, and will you now prioritise investment in this area to address any future risks?

London City Airport expansion appeal

  • Reference: 2024/2786
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
The Government has now approved expansion at London City Airport on appeal, which will increase annual passenger capacity from 6.5 million to 9 million. London Gatwick already has a proposal to expand being assessed, and London Heathrow is set to start an application process later this year. The Climate Change Committee has said that no aviation expansion should be happening until a UK wide capacity management framework is in place to annually assess and control climate emissions from aviation. When is Transport for London (TfL) going to set a scope 3 emissions target that includes aviation emissions from take-off and...

Care experienced young people loneliness

  • Reference: 2024/2785
  • Question by: Zack Polanski
  • Meeting date: 12 September 2024
The November 2020 report, What makes life good? Care leavers’ views on their well-being, from Coram Voice, said two-thirds of care leavers reported feeling lonely at some point in the last few weeks. Of these 22 per cent recorded they had ‘always/often’ felt lonely which is twice as high as compared to the general population. What steps are you taking to tackle the issue of loneliness among care experienced young people in London?
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