• Reference: 2011/1363
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Further to the announcement that the planned Multi Utility Services Company (MUSCo) in Elephant and Castle will not be going ahead, what steps will you take to ensure that the regeneration of the area demonstrates that it is "climate positive" and that the amount of on-site CO2 emissions are reduced to below zero?

• Reference: 2011/1362
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Back in May 2009 you tweeted 'Have persuaded Clinton to visit Elephant & Castle with me which is now at the cutting edge of combatting climate change'. Both the Elephant and Castle regeneration programme and the Albert Basin site are currently listed as part of the Clinton Foundation's Climate Positive Development Program. How will you ensure that London projects such as these continue to be at the cutting edge of combating climate change?

• Reference: 2011/1361
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

What income for the GLA, LDA, and London more broadly was generated by the Sport Accord Convention in April 2011, for which the GLA family budgeted nearly £1 million?

• Reference: 2011/1360
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

In December 2010 DD398 appointed the company Red Torch to assist the GLA with Sponsorship Activities in relation to the SportAccord Convention, as up to that point only 58% of the sponsorship target had been reached. How much was finally raised in sponsorship and how much did this represent of the original target?

• Reference: 2011/1359
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

MD249 outlined that £475,000 was being sought in sponsorship for the event (£300,000 New cash sponsors; £110,000 Technology partner; £25,000 Airline partner; £40,000 Hospitality partner). How much sponsorship was secured, both in cash and in kind?

• Reference: 2011/1358
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Further to MD249, which stated that the LDA had agreed funding of £650,000 towards the SportAccord Convention 2011 and 'should full budgeted commercial sponsorship not be achieved, then an approach would be made to the LDA to cover any shortfall up to £345,000', how much did the LDA in fact spend on the event in total and what, if any, shortfall did it cover?

• Reference: 2011/1357
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Mayoral Decision 249 outlined the funding arrangements for the SportAccord Convention in April 2011. The GLA was to manage the 'budget of £1.753 million for this project, and enters into funding agreements and receive sponsorship and funding in respect of this'. The GLA was also to make 'provision to underwrite £330,000 from 2010-11 GLA Programme budget ... in the event that full budgeted commercial sponsorship is not achieved, and the LDA has already contributed £345,000 towards the shortfall'. Now that the event has taken place, can you confirm the total amount the GLA spent on the event in cash and...

• Reference: 2011/1356
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

What were the findings of the 'interim progress report' delivered to the meeting of the Mayor and the Chief Executives/ Commissioners of the GLA and its functional bodies in February 2011 to monitor the progress of the savings and efficiencies programmes?

• Reference: 2011/1355
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Appendix F of your Draft Consolidated Budget 2011 outlined savings and efficiencies to be achieved from shared services across the GLA Group. Please provide an update on the plans for shared services for the following workstreams, which were due to be scoped from January-March 2011: - Procurement - Planning & Performance Management - Customer Services - Communications & Marketing - Websites - Human Resources - ICT

• Reference: 2011/1354
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Will you be taking up the recommendation of the Housing Investment Taskforce to create a Mayor's Housing and Property Company to use public sector land to boost construction? If so, how will you put this recommendation into practice?