• Reference: 2024/2368
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

The 2017 London Finance Commission report, Devolution: A Capital Idea recommended that, “The operation and setting of council tax should be devolved to London’s government. Growth in the tax base should be retained locally as should the power to set rates. Council tax should be a local revenue which, in addition to delivering resources to fund local services, would provide an incentive for London’s boroughs and the GLA to build up the tax base. The number of council tax bands and the amount charged from band to band could be reformed to reflect market conditions”. Do you still agree with...

• Reference: 2024/2367
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

The 2017 London Finance Commission report, Devolution: A Capital Idea recommended that, “We endorse the recommendations in Raising the Capital that the full suite of property taxes should be devolved to London’s government – council tax, business rates, stamp duty, annual tax on enveloped dwellings and capital gains property disposal tax”. Do you still agree with this recommendation, and will you be speaking to the new Government regarding it?

• Reference: 2024/2366
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

How many years should multiyear funding settlements provided by Government to the GLA Group, including TfL, last for?

• Reference: 2024/2365
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

The 2017 London Finance Commission report, Devolution: A Capital Idea recommended that, “The operation and setting of business rates (including setting the multiplier) should be devolved to London’s government. To protect business rate payers, the multiplier should be linked to changes in council tax. London’s government should also be granted full control of business rates reliefs, including the flexibility to introduce a more effective relief scheme for small businesses which reflects the capital’s higher rental values”. Do you still agree with this recommendation, and will you be speaking to the new Government regarding it?

• Reference: 2024/2364
• Question by: Krupesh Hirani
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

How will you work with the new Government to improve the health of Londoners and how will children in London benefit from policies such as supervised toothbrushing and breakfast clubs?

• Reference: 2024/2363
• Question by: Len Duvall OBE
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

Since the introduction of the dial-a-ride app, have you seen any trends in changes to the number of users accessing the service?

• Reference: 2024/2362
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

How many Community Assessors are full time? How many are part time or seasonal?

• Reference: 2024/2361
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

What is the breakdown of Community Assessors by ethnicity and gender? Please break this down by year since 2019.

• Reference: 2024/2360
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

Structurally, where do Community Assessors sit within the MPS and MOPAC? Who do they report to?

• Reference: 2024/2359
• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 18 July 2024

How much is spent on Community Assessors each year since 2019? Please break down by year.