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FOI - Information regarding the Night Czar [May 2023]

Key information

Request reference number: MGLA160523-7490

Date of response:

Summary of request

Your request

Between the appointment of the Night Czar in 2016 to date, please provide the 
following information for Amy Lamé:

  • her annual salary broken down by year.
  • the total number and percentage of meetings she attended and the total number and percentage of meetings from which she was absent.
  • her current average office and home working pattern (how many days in the office and how many days at home per week) and state whether this has been any different since the end of all Covid restrictions.
  • the amount of press interview requests accepted and refused during this time.
  • how many official nights out she has attended during this time (nightclub or evening party events in her capacity as Night Czar).

Further, if this does not cause the request to exceed the time and cost limit:

  • the total amount of expenses claimed per year from 2016 to present, plus a broken down list of all expenses claimed from 2019 to present - should include travel, accommodation, etc.

Our response

Salary

We have previously disclosed this information in relation to a previous request.

Meetings attended or absent, working pattern and press interviews accepted or refused and ‘official nights out’ (2016-2023)

The GLA does not hold the information to be able to respond to this part of your request.

The Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations apply to information held by public authorities. They do not have to create new information to respond to requests. 

Expenses

The expenses incurred by the Night Czar are reported to the Audit Panel on a quarterly basis.

If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact us, quoting
reference MGLA160523-7490.

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