AGENDA

Meeting London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Date Monday 24 February 2020 Time 10.00 am Place Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA

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Jennette Arnold OBE AM Tony Arbour AM Chair of the London Assembly Deputy Chairman Friday 14 February 2020

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Agenda London Assembly (Mayor's Question Time) Monday 24 February 2020

1 Apologies for Absence and Chair's Announcements

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.

2 Declarations of Interests (Pages 1 - 4)

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat Contact: Fiona Bywaters; [email protected]; 020 7983 4425

The Assembly is recommended to:

(a) Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b) Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c) Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and to note any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

3 Minutes (Pages 5 - 10)

The Assembly is recommended to confirm the minutes of the London Assembly (Plenary) meeting held on 29 January 2020 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

The appendices to the minutes of the 29 January 2020 meeting (including the transcript of the question and answer session held at that meeting) have been circulated to Assembly Members separately. Transcripts and written answers for past meetings can be downloaded from www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/london-assembly/whole-assembly

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4 Final Draft Consolidated Budget 2020/21 a Report of the Mayor

(Circulated separately).

The Final Draft Consolidated Budget 2020/21 has been circulated for the Assembly’s consideration.

The Mayor will present the Final Draft Consolidated Budget 2020/21. b Questions to the Mayor

Assembly Members will put questions to the Mayor on the Final Draft Consolidated Budget document. c Consideration by the Assembly of the Mayor of London's Final Draft Consolidated Budget Proposals 2020/21

The Assembly is under a duty to consider the Mayor’s Final Draft Consolidated Budget and to approve it, with or without amendment, in accordance with paragraphs 8(3) and (7) of Schedule 6 of the GLA Act 1999 (as amended).

In accordance with Standing Order 6.8 the following substantive motion will be before the Assembly:

“To approve the Final Draft Consolidated Budget for 2020/21 with or without amendment.”

[Note: In accordance with GLA Standing Order 6.12(B), the motion set out above shall be considered without being proposed or seconded by a Member. The motion may be amended by a Budget Amendment, in accordance with the procedures described in Standing Orders 6.10, 6.12 and 6.16. The Assembly will consider amendments to the Final Draft Consolidated Budget, and budget-related motions (if any).

If a Budget Amendment is carried by the requisite majority (a two-thirds majority of Members present and voting in favour) then the Substantive Motion shall fall and the Final Draft Consolidated Budget shall be deemed agreed as amended.

If no amendment is agreed, or if the Substantive Motion is not passed (whether put to the vote or not) then the Assembly is deemed by law (Paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 6 to the GLA Act 1999) to have approved the Final Draft Consolidated Budget without amendment.]

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5 Mayor's Report (Pages 11 - 64)

The Assembly is recommended to note the Mayor’s Report covering the period from 3 January to 10 February 2020.

A list of all the decisions taken during the same period is attached, for Members only, on pages 47 to 64, as a background complementary paper to the Mayor’s Report (and as previously published). This document can also be downloaded at www.london.gov.uk/mayor- assembly/london-assembly/whole-assembly

6 Questions to the Mayor

(Circulated separately)

The Assembly is recommended to note that written answers to questions submitted to this meeting under the Mayor’s Question Time procedure will be provided on 27 February 2020.

[Note: the Assembly agreed at its meeting on 19 December 2019 to accept written answers to all questions submitted to this meeting under the Mayor’s Question Time procedure, in order to devote time to the discussion of the Mayor’s Final Draft Consolidated Budget under Item 4.]

(The list of questions to be put to the Mayor can also be downloaded at www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/london-assembly/whole-assembly)

7 Date of Next Meeting

The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly will be the Plenary meeting which will take place at 10.00am on Thursday 5 March 2020 in the Chamber, City Hall.

8 Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent

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Subject: Declarations of Interests

Report to: London Assembly (Mayor’s Question Time)

Report of: Executive Director of Secretariat Date: 24 February 2020

This report will be considered in public

1. Summary

1.1 This report sets out details of offices held by Assembly Members for noting as disclosable pecuniary interests and requires additional relevant declarations relating to disclosable pecuniary interests, and gifts and hospitality to be made.

2. Recommendations

2.1 That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table below, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests1;

2.2 That the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s) be noted; and

2.3 That the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at below) and any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s) be noted.

3. Issues for Consideration

3.1 Relevant offices held by Assembly Members are listed in the table overleaf:

1 The Monitoring Officer advises that: Paragraph 10 of the Code of Conduct will only preclude a Member from participating in any matter to be considered or being considered at, for example, a meeting of the Assembly, where the Member has a direct Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in that particular matter. The effect of this is that the ‘matter to be considered, or being considered’ must be about the Member’s interest. So, by way of example, if an Assembly Member is also a councillor of London Borough X, that Assembly Member will be precluded from participating in an Assembly meeting where the Assembly is to consider a matter about the Member’s role / employment as a councillor of London Borough X; the Member will not be precluded from participating in a meeting where the Assembly is to consider a matter about an activity or decision of London Borough X.

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Member Interest Tony Arbour AM Jennette Arnold OBE AM European Committee of the Regions Gareth Bacon AM MP Member of Parliament, Orpington; Member, LB Bexley Shaun Bailey AM Sian Berry AM Member, LB Camden Andrew Boff AM Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (Council of Europe) Leonie Cooper AM Member, LB Wandsworth Tom Copley AM Member, LB Lewisham Unmesh Desai AM Tony Devenish AM Member, City of Westminster Andrew Dismore AM Len Duvall AM Florence Eshalomi AM MP Member of Parliament, Vauxhall Nicky Gavron AM Susan Hall AM Member, LB Harrow David Kurten AM Joanne McCartney AM Deputy Mayor Steve O’Connell AM Member, LB Croydon Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM Keith Prince AM Alternate Member, European Committee of the Regions Caroline Russell AM Member, LB Islington Dr Onkar Sahota AM Navin Shah AM Fiona Twycross AM Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience; Chair of the London Local Resilience Forum Peter Whittle AM

[Note: LB - London Borough]

3.2 Paragraph 10 of the GLA’s Code of Conduct, which reflects the relevant provisions of the Localism Act 2011, provides that:

- where an Assembly Member has a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter to be considered or being considered or at

(i) a meeting of the Assembly and any of its committees or sub-committees; or

(ii) any formal meeting held by the Mayor in connection with the exercise of the Authority’s functions

- they must disclose that interest to the meeting (or, if it is a sensitive interest, disclose the fact that they have a sensitive interest to the meeting); and

- must not (i) participate, or participate any further, in any discussion of the matter at the meeting; or (ii) participate in any vote, or further vote, taken on the matter at the meeting

UNLESS

- they have obtained a dispensation from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer (in accordance with section 2 of the Procedure for registration and declarations of interests, gifts and hospitality – Appendix 5 to the Code).

3.3 Failure to comply with the above requirements, without reasonable excuse, is a criminal offence; as is knowingly or recklessly providing information about your interests that is false or misleading.

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3.4 In addition, the Monitoring Officer has advised Assembly Members to continue to apply the test that was previously applied to help determine whether a pecuniary / prejudicial interest was arising - namely, that Members rely on a reasonable estimation of whether a member of the public, with knowledge of the relevant facts, could, with justification, regard the matter as so significant that it would be likely to prejudice the Member’s judgement of the public interest.

3.5 Members should then exercise their judgement as to whether or not, in view of their interests and the interests of others close to them, they should participate in any given discussions and/or decisions business of within and by the GLA. It remains the responsibility of individual Members to make further declarations about their actual or apparent interests at formal meetings noting also that a Member’s failure to disclose relevant interest(s) has become a potential criminal offence.

3.6 Members are also required, where considering a matter which relates to or is likely to affect a person from whom they have received a gift or hospitality with an estimated value of at least £25 within the previous three years or from the date of election to the London Assembly, whichever is the later, to disclose the existence and nature of that interest at any meeting of the Authority which they attend at which that business is considered.

3.7 The obligation to declare any gift or hospitality at a meeting is discharged, subject to the proviso set out below, by registering gifts and hospitality received on the Authority’s on-line database. The on- line database may be viewed here: https://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/gifts-and-hospitality.

3.8 If any gift or hospitality received by a Member is not set out on the on-line database at the time of the meeting, and under consideration is a matter which relates to or is likely to affect a person from whom a Member has received a gift or hospitality with an estimated value of at least £25, Members are asked to disclose these at the meeting, either at the declarations of interest agenda item or when the interest becomes apparent.

3.9 It is for Members to decide, in light of the particular circumstances, whether their receipt of a gift or hospitality, could, on a reasonable estimation of a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts, with justification, be regarded as so significant that it would be likely to prejudice the Member’s judgement of the public interest. Where receipt of a gift or hospitality could be so regarded, the Member must exercise their judgement as to whether or not, they should participate in any given discussions and/or decisions business of within and by the GLA.

4. Legal Implications

4.1 The legal implications are as set out in the body of this report.

5. Financial Implications

5.1 There are no financial implications arising directly from this report.

Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 List of Background Papers: None Contact Officer: Fiona Bywaters, Committee Services Manager Telephone: 020 7983 4255 E-mail: [email protected]

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MINUTES

Meeting: London Assembly (Plenary) Date: Wednesday 29 January 2020 Time: 10.00 am Place: Chamber, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London, SE1 2AA

Copies of the minutes may be found at: http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-assembly/london- assembly/whole-assembly

Present:

Jennette Arnold OBE AM (Chair) Nicky Gavron AM

Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chairman) Susan Hall AM

Shaun Bailey AM David Kurten AM

Siân Berry AM Joanne McCartney AM

Andrew Boff AM Steve O'Connell AM

Léonie Cooper AM Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM

Tom Copley AM Keith Prince AM

Unmesh Desai AM Caroline Russell AM

Tony Devenish AM Dr Onkar Sahota AM

Andrew Dismore AM Navin Shah AM

Len Duvall AM Fiona Twycross AM

Florence Eshalomi MP AM Peter Whittle AM

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1 Apologies for Absence and Chair's Announcements (Item 1)

1.1 Apologies for absence were received from Gareth Bacon MP AM.

1.2 The Chair, then provided an update on some recent Assembly activity, including: the People’s Question Time held in Haringey, the City Hall service marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia, the Education Panel’s recent letter to the Mayor calling on him to address educational inequality and its impact on young Londoners, and the publication of the Budget and Performance Committee’s response to the Mayor’s Draft Consultation earlier in the month.

2 Declarations of Interests (Item 2)

2.1 The Assembly received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

2.2 Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Item 3, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

3 Draft Consolidated Budget 2020-21 (Item 3)

Report of the Mayor (Item 3a)

3.1 The Assembly received an oral statement from the Mayor on his draft 2020-21 Consolidated Budget document.

3.2 A copy of the Mayor’s statement is attached at Appendix 1.

Response by the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee to the Mayor of London's GLA Group Budget Proposals and Precepts 2020-21 Consultation Document (Item 3b)

3.3 The Chairman of the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee, Susan Hall AM, presented the Committee’s response to the Mayor of London’s GLA Group Budget Proposals and Precepts 2020-21 Consultation Document.

3.4 A copy of the statement by the Chairman of the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee is attached at Appendix 2.

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Questions to the Mayor on his Draft 2020-21 Consolidated Budget Proposals (Item 3c)

3.5 The Chair explained that, in accordance with section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, she had agreed to admit to the agenda a supplementary paper in relation to the Mayor’s budget proposals as an urgent item of business. This was on the grounds that it related to the police settlement for 2020/21, which had been published after the agenda for the meeting and was required to be considered as part of the Mayor’s Draft Consolidated Budget 2020/21.

Assembly Members put questions to the Mayor on each of the seven component budgets set out within the draft Consolidated Budget proposals.

3.6 David Bellamy, Chief of Staff, and Martin Clarke, Executive Director of Resources, were also in attendance for the duration of the question and answer session.

3.7 The record of the questions put by Members, together with the Mayor’s answers, is attached at Appendix 3.

3.8 The Deputy Chairman assumed the Chair from 10.45am to 11.01am for the duration of questioning from the Chair, Jennette Arnold OBE AM.

3.9 During the course of the discussion the Mayor undertook to:  Commission a report into the outcome of the increased support, in relation to special educational needs and disabilities teaching, and share the report with the Assembly;  Investigate the provision of funding basic digital skills, through the Adult Education Budget, for adult Londoners aged 50 and above;  Provide details of the amount of funding allocated to the new rough sleeping initiatives in the previous year which came from Government funding and the amount from GLA resources;  Provide the number of restarted homes in 2018/2019;  Provide details of the amount of earmarked reserves to be drawn down to smooth police officer numbers in the medium-term;  Provide details of the proportion of MOPAC reserves that would be used for updating “outdated technology” currently used by police officers;  Provide details of when the Metropolitan Police Service Senior Management Board would be making a decision on whether to continue with the sale of specific police stations and police estates;  Write to Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM regarding the future operation of Wimbledon Police Station; and

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 Investigate the possibility of conducting a survey of the impact on air quality on both sides of Hammersmith Bridge resulting from closure of the bridge.

4 Consideration by the London Assembly of the Mayor of London's Draft Consolidated Budget Proposals 2020-21 (Item 4)

4.1 At 12.22pm, the Chair adjourned the meeting until 1.30pm. The meeting reconvened at 1.33pm.

4.2 The substantive motion before the Assembly was:” To approve the draft Consolidated Budget of 2020-21, together with the draft component budgets comprised within it, with or without amendment.”

4.3 A formal budget amendment was moved by Susan Hall AM and seconded by Andrew Boff AM (and is attached at Appendix 4).

4.4 A formal budget amendment was moved by Caroline Russell AM and seconded by Siân Berry AM (and is attached at Appendix 5).

4.5 The Assembly then turned to debate the Mayor’s draft Consolidated Budget 2020-21 and the two formal budget amendments.

4.6 Following debate and upon being put to the vote:

The formal budget amendment proposed by Susan Hall AM was declared lost (with 7 votes being cast in favour and 15 votes being cast against).

4.7 A named vote was requested under the provisions of Standing Order 6.7 in relation to the Budget Amendment in the name of Caroline Russell AM. The votes were cast as follows:

For the amendment: Siân Berry AM; Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM; and Caroline Russell AM.

Against the amendment: Shaun Bailey AM, Andrew Boff AM, Léonie Cooper AM, Tom Copley AM, Unmesh Desai AM, Tony Devenish AM, Andrew Dismore AM, Len Duvall AM, Florence Eshalomi MP AM, Nicky Gavron AM, Susan Hall AM, David Kurten AM, Joanne McCartney AM, Steve O’Connell AM, Keith Prince AM, Dr Onkar Sahota AM, Navin Shah AM, Fiona Twycross AM, Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chairman), and Jennette Arnold OBE AM (Chair).

The formal budget amendment proposed by Caroline Russell AM was declared lost (with 3 votes being cast in favour and 20 votes being cast against).

4.8 A budget related motion was moved by Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM and seconded by Siân Berry AM (and is attached at Appendix 6).

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4.9 Following debate, a named vote on the budget related motion in the name of Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM was requested under the provisions of Standing Order 6.7. The votes were cast as follows:

For the motion: Siân Berry AM, Andrew Boff AM, Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM, and Caroline Russell AM.

Against the motion: Shaun Bailey AM, Léonie Cooper AM, Tom Copley AM, Unmesh Desai AM, Andrew Dismore AM, Len Duvall AM, Florence Eshalomi MP AM, Nicky Gavron AM, David Kurten AM, Joanne McCartney AM, Keith Prince AM, Dr Onkar Sahota AM, Navin Shah AM, Fiona Twycross AM, Tony Arbour AM (Deputy Chairman), and Jennette Arnold OBE AM (Chair).

Abstentions: Susan Hall AM and Steve O’Connell AM.

The budget related motion proposed by Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM was declared lost (with 4 votes being cast in favour, 16 votes being cast against and 2 abstentions).

4.10 The Chair then moved the substantive motion, namely: “That the Assembly approves the draft Consolidated Budget for 2020-21 together with the draft component budgets comprised within it without amendment”.

4.11 Upon being put to the vote, the substantive motion was carried (with 12 votes being cast in favour and 10 votes being cast against).

4.12 The Chair stated that this concluded the Assembly’s consideration of the draft Consolidated Budget for 2020-21.

5 Date of Next Meeting (Item 5)

5.1 The next scheduled meeting of the London Assembly was the Plenary meeting which would take place at 10.00 am on Thursday 6 February 2020 in the Chamber, City Hall.

6 Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent (Item 6)

6.1 There were no items of urgent business.

7 Close of Meeting

7.1 The meeting ended at 3.19 pm.

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Chair Date

Contact Officer: Davena Toyinbo, Principal Committee Manager; Telephone: 0208 039 1285; Email: [email protected]

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39th Mayor’s Report to the Assembly Mayor’s Question Time (Final Budget) – 24th February 2020

This is my thirty-ninth Mayor’s Report to the Assembly, fulfilling my duty under Section 45 of the

Greater London Authority Act 1999. It covers the period from 3rd January – 10th February 2020.

Executive Summary

Streatham incident statement

On 2 February, a man was shot dead by armed police in Streatham following an incident that is being treated as terrorism-related. A number of people are believed to have been stabbed.

I am in close contact with the Met Commissioner and local representatives, and want to thank our police, security and emergency services staff for their swift and courageous response. They truly are the best of us.

Terrorists seek to divide us and to destroy our way of life - here in London we will never let them succeed.

London is Open

On Friday 31 January, the day the UK left the EU, I worked with partners across the city to spread the message that London Is Open to Londoners and our international friends.

This day was particularly difficult for over one million European Londoners who have made our city their home. In order to support and reassure them that they will always belong here, I opened the doors of City Hall in the evening, hosting a special event that provided free legal advice on the EU Settlement Scheme and emotional support services. Over 400 EU Londoners and other Londoners attended the event to access those services. I made a speech at the event telling them that London would always be open to them.

To ensure the London Is Open message was carried across the city throughout the day, I worked with Transport for London to help share the positive message across their network. I was pleased to see London’s cultural, business, and educational institutions join in sharing the message that our city will continue to welcome people from around the world through their social channels and digital assets. This included the CBI, Southwark Cathedral, The Royal Albert Hall, Sadlers Wells, Somerset House, the National Theatre, London City Airport and the Piccadilly Circus Lights.

On this day in history, we showed Londoners, especially those from EU countries, that London remains an outward-looking city that is open to people and ideas from across the globe.

TfL set to take over the operation of the Woolwich Ferry

The Woolwich Ferry is an important part of London’s transport network, and I share passengers’ frustration at the unacceptable closures they have faced over the past year. That is why, on 10 February, I was delighted to announce that Transport for London (TfL) will be taking over the

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The Tulip development

On 7 February, I urged the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick MP, to support my decision to reject plans for the development known as the Tulip.

I am supportive of developments which add important office space to the heart of the City, but the proposed development is an inappropriately sited visitor attraction which would make no economic or positive social contribution to London.

London City Resilience Strategy Launch

On 5 February, I launched the first-ever London City Resilience Strategy. The strategy, developed in partnership with 100 Resilient Cities, the Global Resilient Cities Network, sets out how London and Londoners can prosper in the face of complex future challenges, including acute shocks and long-term stresses.

It is vital that we continue to adapt and change to safeguard our city, our communities and the progressive values that bind us together.

462 new homes in Kensington and Chelsea

On 3 February, we approved a planning application for a piece of land in Earl’s Court to be transformed into 462 homes and a new leisure centre. Under the approved plans, some of the existing buildings on the site will be demolished to make way for eight new buildings, to include a public leisure centre, gym and pool, along with commercial and retail premises and new public spaces.

Tom Copley AM appointed as Deputy Mayor for Housing

On 31 January, I was pleased to announce Tom Copley as my new Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development. Tom will succeed James Murray, who recently left the post to stand successfully as a Member of Parliament.

We’ve begun making progress fixing the housing crisis in London, including starting the highest number of new council homes in the capital in 34 years. I know that Tom shares my ambition to go even further, working with all levels of Government to solve the housing crisis in London once and for all.

7,000 new street trees to be planted across the capital

On 29 January, I announced that I had secured over £2 million from the Forestry Commission’s Urban Tree Challenge Fund to plant 7,000 street trees across London by 2021. Working in partnership with 20 London boroughs, the funding has been matched by £1.2 million from my Greener City Fund, £280,000 from the Royal Docks Enterprise Zone, and over £1 million from local authorities.

The street trees will be planted in over 180 wards that currently have low tree canopy cover – less than 20 per cent – the majority of which are also areas of high deprivation. These new trees

Page 12 will deliver multiple benefits to Londoners – improving air quality, providing shade, helping to cool the city and making our streets more beautiful. They will also help towards achieving my target to increase London’s existing tree canopy cover by 10 per cent by 2050.

Proposed council tax increase to tackle violent crime

On 29 January, I proposed increasing my share of council tax by 22p a week – with the vast majority going directly to tackle violent crime in the capital. The proposed increase will raise an additional £15.7 million for policing and crime reduction on top of my initial council tax proposals. This will allow us to fast-track funding to recruit 600 extra police officers in 2020/21, who would otherwise not have been recruited until 2021/22.

The Government’s settlement does not make up for the number of police officers lost since 2010, even though the capital’s population has grown. To make matters worse, the Metropolitan Police was told there would be a £9.1 million reduction in its capital grant and the Government has hit London with a new £7 million bill towards the cost of national IT programmes.

I am extremely concerned that Ministers are continuing to shift the burden of police funding from Government grant to Council Tax. The stark reality of the increase in violent crime that we have seen in London and around the country means that I have no choice but to increase the policing element of council tax by the maximum amount allowed.

Scrappage support boost for London’s van and heavy vehicle drivers

On 22 January, I announced that payments for my van scrappage scheme would double to £7,000, with £9,500 also now available to those switching to electric vans. The eligibility criteria has also been broadened to include small businesses. These changes will enable more van and minibus owners to switch to cleaner vehicles, while helping businesses, charities and sole traders to prepare for the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the North and South Circular roads next year, and the tightening of the London-wide Low Emission Zone standards this October.

Alongside helping van and minibus owners, I am also taking action to support small businesses operating heavy vehicles later in the year. Heavy vehicles, which include HGVs, coaches and buses that are not part of the TfL network, make up more than a third of the harmful pollution from transport. TfL is finalising the details of the scheme, but it is expected that it will be in the form of a grant of around £15,000 for each polluting heavy vehicle, up to a maximum of three vehicles.

Update on Grenfell Tower recommendations published

The Grenfell Tower fire was a national tragedy that shocked us all. We will never forget the 72 people who lost their lives in a fire that should never have happened.

On 21 January, I published the first report on the progress made since the Grenfell Tower Inquiry as part of a commitment to transparency and keeping the community and Londoners updated. The Inquiry’s Phase One report made 46 recommendations directed at the London Fire Brigade, other fire and rescue services, the emergency services, Government and owners and managers of residential buildings.

Page 13 I am committed to doing everything I can, working closely with the new London Fire Commissioner, to ensure those recommendations are implemented fully and quickly. While I do not have powers over the Government or high-rise building owners, I am publishing the first regular progress report as part of my commitment to relentlessly hold to account those who need to take action.

As the next phase of the Inquiry begins, it’s crucial that the Government, housing and building owners do not sit back and wait until it concludes before taking action in order to prevent another tragedy.

Mayor’s visit to Poland

On 27 January I attended the commemoration to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Poland.

Before the main commemoration, I met with two Holocaust survivors at Auschwitz, Renee Salt and Hannah Lewis, who are both Londoners. To hear their stories was incredibly moving. Following this, I unveiled London’s name on the donor walls at the main entrance to Auschwitz. This was in recognition of our recent grant of £300,000 to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation to help preserve the concentration camps and the lessons they tell us for generations to come.

The commemoration itself was attended by heads of state, heads of government and European royalty including Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall. The day’s proceedings took place within the grounds of the Birkenau extermination camp at the ‘gate of death’, where over a million European Jews, Roma, Poles, LGBTQ+ and others were murdered.

The guests of honour of the commemoration were the 200 Holocaust survivors in attendance. This was likely to be the last milestone anniversary attended by those who survived the horrors of the Holocaust and could still tell their stories first-hand. I heard moving speeches by four survivors who spoke during the commemoration, all of whom had a clear message to the world – we must never forget what happened at Auschwitz-Birkenau and the atrocities committed during the Holocaust, and we must always defend minorities from any form of persecution.

At the end of the commemoration I then had the honour of joining a procession, alongside survivors and heads of the state delegations, towards the Birkenau memorial. On behalf of all Londoners I laid a candle at the memorial and paid my respects to all those who lost their lives during the Holocaust.

People’s Question Time – Haringey

On Thursday 21 January, I was pleased to hold the GLA’s 39th People’s Question Time, which took place at the Dominion Centre in Haringey. This public event had been postponed from November 2019 as a result of the general election. Chaired by Assembly Member for Enfield and Haringey, Joanne McCartney, both I and the Assembly Members answered questions on Transport, Housing, Air Quality and the Environment, and Growing London’s Economy. The event had approximately 400 local residents in attendance.

Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony – Monday 20 January

On Monday 20 January, alongside the Chair of the London Assembly Jennette Arnold OBE, I was honoured to welcome survivors of the Holocaust and Bosnian genocide and guests to City Hall for a special service. The service marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of

Page 14 Auschwitz-Birkenau and the 25th anniversary of the Genocide in Bosnia, and reflected this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme, ‘Stand Together’.

We were privileged to hear moving accounts of personal experiences from Lily Ebert BEM and Sabit Jakupović, survivors of the Holocaust and Genocide in Poland and Bosnia respectively and an impactful address by Rabbi Marcus MBE. Young Ambassadors reflected on their experiences of the Holocaust Educational Trust’s ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ Project and students from London read a ‘Statement of Commitment’.

London’s diversity is its greatest strength, but with a worrying rise in anti-Semitism at home and abroad, this year’s theme, ‘Standing Together’ could not be more important. Progress in opposing hatred and promoting equality must never be taken for granted. As the years pass, and we have fewer survivors to pass on their extraordinary stories, we must work even harder to ensure younger generations learn from history.

Brent London Borough of Culture 2020 Opening Show

Brent’s year as London Borough of Culture coincides with EURO 2020. The world’s eyes will be fixed on the borough as Wembley Stadium is set to host seven matches including the semi- finals and final of the prestigious tournament, creating an opportunity for Brent to reshape itself as a destination for creativity and culture.

On 18 January, I attended the opening show of Brent 2020; the London Borough of Culture, with my Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries, Justine Simons OBE. Hosted by the Leader of the Council, Councillor Mohammed Butt. RISE was an outdoor spectacular featuring over 300 community dancers and attended by over 3,000 members of the public. A further 5,000 watched the show online via livestream. As part of Brent 2020 they have written a charter, made policy recommendations and designed a space for the Wembley Park development.

Joint venture to counter violent extremism and hate crime

On 14 January, I joined forces with Google.org to launch the new £800,000 fund to fight intolerance and extremism in the capital. This fund will empower communities to tackle violent extremism and a rise in hate crime offences in the capital.

Extremism, intolerance and hate crime of any kind has absolutely no place in our city and I have worked closely with the police and all communities across London as we battle against this scourge. I am determined to continue to lead from the front and do everything possible to keep Londoners safe. The fund is part of my new £1 million investment made after delivering the first ever London Countering Violent Extremism programme.

London Power launched

On 13 January, I launched the landmark green energy company, London Power - delivering on my manifesto commitment to ensure Londoners have access to energy that is always fair, always affordable, always green with excellent customer service.

The London Power primary tariff, my London fixed yearly plan, is a competitive 12-month fixed price plan which will be fairly priced at the point of sign up. For pre-payment customers, our tariff will always be at least 2 per cent cheaper than the price cap. At the time of launch, the average credit customer could save around £300 per year and the average prepayment

Page 15 customer could save £160 per year by switching to London Power. For the first time we have a fair, affordable, green energy company specially designed for Londoners.

Urgent action needed to support young undocumented Londoners

On 9 January, I released figures that revealed an estimated 107,000 children and a further 26,000 18 – 24 year olds are living in London without secure immigration status.

Despite more than half being born in the UK, these young people are being excluded from life in London by Government policies that leave them unable to access higher education, open a bank account, apply for a driving licence, secure housing or employment.

It is vital that ministers provide financial support to advice services, cut extortionate immigration and citizenship fees and reinstate legal aid for children’s immigration cases.

£1 million invested to support victims of domestic abuse

On 8 January, I announced a new £1 million investment in training doctors and healthcare professionals to boost their abilities in identifying the signs of domestic violence and offering earlier help to victims. This investment is a crucial part of London’s Violence Reduction Unit and its work to deliver early interventions that break a cycle of violence and address the complex root causes behind violent crime.

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New funding to tackle domestic violence and abuse.

There is strong evidence of the links between domestic violence and other forms of serious violent crime, with City Hall data showing that 13 per cent of serious youth violence victims are also victims of domestic violence, while a third of female serious youth violence victims also victims of domestic violence and abuse.

On 8 January, I announced a new £1 million investment through the Violence Reduction Unit in training doctors and healthcare professionals to boost their abilities in identifying the signs of domestic violence and offering earlier help to victims.

Specialist training for doctors and GPs is currently available in ten boroughs. The new funding will expand the programme across 17 boroughs, providing two dedicated domestic violence advocates per borough, with the potential to support more than two million Londoners to access support and guidance. The programme has been developed by IRISi, a social enterprise which works to improve the response to gender-based violence in the health sector, along with partner organisations.

A new grassroots fund to tackle hatred and extremism

On 14 January, I addressed an event at Google’s London offices, announcing a new fund to empower communities to tackle violent extremism and the rise in hate crime offences.

The programme is funded with £400,000 investment from City Hall, match-funded by Google.org – Google’s philanthropic arm. The new fund, run in partnership with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), will be invested in local communities and grassroots groups because evidence shows they are best placed to counter hate, intolerance and extremism. Organisations will have the opportunity to bid for grants up to £50,000.

I was also pleased to announce a new network of civil society groups who wish to stand up to hate and extremism. Groups will be invited to join and benefit from free capacity-building opportunities and best practice information sharing, irrespective of how successful they are in bidding for this fund.

This funding is on top of the £6 million I have already invested in tackling all forms of hate – more than any other Mayor – and is the next phase of my Countering Violent Extremism programme, set up in 2017.

Police funding announcements

On 22 January, the Government finally announced police funding allocations for England and Wales. The delays to this announcement had caused significant problems for forces, with the uncertainty over future funding frustrating efforts to recruit officers.

While I welcome the additional funding, the Government’s settlement does not make up for the number of police officers lost since 2010, even though the capital’s population has grown. To make matters worse, the Metropolitan Police was told of a £9.1 million reduction in its capital grant and the Government has hit London with a new £7 million bill towards the cost of national IT programmes.

Page 17 Both the Commissioner and I will continue to push the Government to give us the 6,000 extra police officers our city needs, and a proper long-term funding commitment in order to recruit and support them.

But more police officers to deter and catch criminals is just one half of the equation - we also need to be tough on tackling the root causes of crime. Sadly there is little sign that the Government will reverse their huge cuts to youth services, schools, councils and community facilities that caused crime to rise in the first place.

On 29 January, I put forward my budget proposals for the year ahead. This includes a proposed increase in the share of council tax I can raise by £11.56 a year – 22p a week - from April, meaning that an average Band D household will pay £332.07 to City Hall.

Of this increase, £10 (19p a week) will go directly towards policing and tackling violent crime in the city. This is the maximum amount by which the Government allows me as Mayor to increase the share of council tax that goes directly to policing and crime reduction. The proposed increase will raise an additional £15.7 million for policing and crime reduction on top of my initial council tax proposals. This will allow us to fast-track funding to bring forward 600 extra police officers into 2020/21, who would otherwise not have been recruited until 2021/22.

I am extremely concerned that Ministers are continuing to shift the burden of police funding from Government grant to Council Tax. The stark reality of the increase in violent crime that we have seen in London and around the country means that I have no choice but to increase the policing element of the council tax by the maximum amount allowed.

Sharing learning and best practice on tackling violence with other global cities

Tackling violent crime is a key priority in global cities around the world and on 31 January, I was pleased to address the Institute for Global City Policing (a collaboration between MOPAC, the MPS and University College London) Dealing with Violence Conference, developed with support from the London VRU and the Home Office.

The conference, also addressed by my Director of the London VRU, Lib Peck, and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Sophie Linden, brought together practitioners, policy makers and community representatives with academics from the global cities of London, New York and Chicago to discuss research evidence in this area and to identify what actions policing and other partners can take to reduce violence.

We are keen to continue to build strong relationships and learn from with our counterparts in other major cities and conferences like this are a vital element of that work.

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Changes to some London Overground ticket offices in response to customer needs

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that the hours at some London Overground ticket offices are being changed to better match the times customers use them.

With the significant reduction in office-based ticket sales, it had been proposed that ticket offices at many stations on the London Overground network would have permanently closed. TfL listened to concerns raised by the trade unions, and has worked with Arriva Rail London, the operator of London Overground, who conducted a station-by-station review of the network, including consulting its staff for their views. Following this, a decision was taken to keep ticket offices staffed during those times of day when customers need them most.

Safety and security remain the top priority for TfL. All stations will continue to be staffed from 15 minutes before the first train of the day until 15 minutes after the last - a continuing commitment that makes London Overground stations stand out on the national rail network. Staff will continue to be available at all London Overground stations to provide customers with any help and assistance needed, including journey planning and ticketing.

TfL investment to create nearly 8,000 new cycle parking spaces

Transport for London (TfL) has announced the award of more than £3.5 million of investment to 30 London boroughs to create 7,800 new cycle spaces in town centres, stations, schools and residential areas.

This investment will enable thousands more cycle journeys to take place each week by ensuring more journeys begin and end with a place to park, with the first spaces set to be in place by the spring. The investment has been carefully targeted to add spaces where they are most needed.

The funding is part of TfL’s Cycle Parking Implementation Plan, published last year, which showed that thousands of new parking spaces are needed to keep up with increased levels of cycling. TfL is working with councils, schools, universities and hospitals across the capital to ensure the number of cycle parking spaces can meet demand.

The Plan sets out an aspiration to ensure that all stations outside Zone 1 have a minimum of 20 cycle parking spaces within 50 metres of the station and a minimum of 30 per cent spare capacity. Ten stations will be brought up to this new benchmark in the coming year.

TfL unveils plans to build a major new Cycleway in southeast London

TfL has launched a consultation on a new high quality 6.5km Cycleway, between Greenwich and Woolwich. This would connect to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s future Liveable Neighbourhood plans for Greenwich Town Centre and to Cycleway 4 to create a continuous safe cycling route from Tower Bridge to Woolwich.

TfL is asking people to have their say on the first phase of this route, between Charlton and Woolwich, with plans including:

A new two-way, fully segregated high-quality 2.5km Cycleway, which would run along the A206 Woolwich Road

Page 19 Six new pedestrian crossings will be created, with improvements to several others along the route, serving key local communities, schools, the Woolwich Ferry and Warspite Road, where a person walking was tragically killed in a collision in 2018

Extending the existing bus lanes to make journeys by bus quicker and easier. Half of all trips along Woolwich Road are currently made by bus

New Routemaster buses to become front-boarding only

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that all New Routemasters will be converted to make the middle and rear doors exit only, following a successful pilot on the route 8 that reduced fare evasion without affecting the reliability of the route.

The New Routemasters currently allows boarding through all doors, but this has seen fare evaders deprive London’s transport network of millions of pounds of vital revenue. Fare evasion on New Route masters is more than double the rate of other buses, with TfL estimating that more than £3.6 million is lost each year on New Routemasters. The current system also means that customers with accessibility needs cannot always board buses first.

Early indications suggest that fare evasion dropped by more than half during a trial of front- door-only boarding on route 8, with no adverse effect on service efficiency. The pilot, which started in August, was successful in communicating the change and encouraging people to board through the front doors – reducing fare evasion and improving accessibility.

The changes, beginning on 25 January and continuing over the coming months, will also make using buses in London simpler for all, as boarding arrangements for New Routemasters will now be the same as on other London buses. All drivers have undergone training to improve their customers’ experience, and by boarding at the front, it will be easier for passengers to interact with drivers.

TfL and Santander launch a year of celebrations to mark ten years of London’s flagship cycle hire scheme

This year, Transport for London (TfL) and Santander will celebrate the tenth anniversary of cycle hire in the capital, with a series of events, competitions and offers throughout 2020.

TfL launched London’s flagship cycle hire scheme on 30 July 2010 across eight London boroughs with 315 docking stations. Now there are more than 12,000 bikes available from 781 docking stations. In the past decade users have made more than 87 million hires, with over 10 million hires in 2019 for the fourth year in a row and 34,500 hires on Christmas Day. New docking stations around parks and extra capacity at busy rail stations has helped ensure another strong year of hires.

This spring, five new docking stations will open along Cycleway 4 in Southwark and there are plans to expand docking stations along Cycleways going forward. New docking stations are already in place at Blackfriars, Victoria, Queensway and Paddington railway stations and extra capacity has been added recently around London Bridge station.

Page 20 Freight innovation challenge launched to tackle congestion and keep goods moving

Transport for London (TfL) has begun a search for the best innovators to apply for an innovation challenge, London FreightLab, to develop new ways of tackling some of the biggest issues associated with freight and servicing in London.

This new challenge is part of the Civic Innovation Challenge, which brings together London’s public and private sector with tech companies to develop solutions to the most pressing problems facing the city, delivered in partnership with Microsoft and the Social Tech Trust.

London FreightLab is looking to offer funding, land sites, and subject matter expertise during the pilot stage for up to six innovative ideas, which could be further developed and tested through the London FreightLab challenge. Ideas should help make the way goods move around London safer, cleaner and more efficient.

Applications are open to everybody and full details are available at: http://www.tech.london/challenges/tackling-congestion.

TfL using artificial intelligence to help fuel London’s cycling boom

Transport for London (TfL) has been working with Vivacity Labs, an innovative London tech firm, on a UK-first trial of artificial intelligence technology, which could make it much easier to plan and operate new cycle routes in the capital.

Until now, TfL has relied mainly on manual traffic counts to work out how many people are cycling on any given road. This helps assess demand for new cycle routes and helps TfL improve how it operates the road network for the growing numbers of people cycling. Manual traffic counts, which are carried out at limited locations on London’s road network, are only able to give a snapshot of road use on the given day or time.

Since 2018, TfL has trialled using Vivacity Labs sensors at two busy locations along Millbank. The sensors use artificial intelligence to detect road users and decide which mode of transport they are using. The competitive trial, which is the first time the technology has been used within London, showed that the Vivacity sensors are up to 98 per cent accurate.

The sensors gather data around the clock, which provides a significantly more detailed picture of how London’s roads are being used by everyone 24/7. All video captured by the sensors is processed and discarded within seconds, meaning that no personal data is ever stored. TfL is in the process of introducing 43 more Vivacity sensors at 20 central London locations to gather data and further test to understand the full range of capabilities the technology has to offer

Safety features now in place on more than 8,000 lorries

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that it has issued more than 8,000 Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Safety Permits, as part of the Direct Vision Standard since it launched in October 2019. Freight operators are required to obtain a free Safety Permit, which is needed to be compliant with TfL’s world-leading scheme, before enforcement commences on 26 October 2020.

The number of permits issued so far is encouraging. However, TfL estimates that there are around 250,000 HGVs entering London each year that will need to apply for a permit by the October deadline. Every HGV over 12 tonnes will require a permit and it is possible to apply for

Page 21 multiple vehicle permits in a single application, making it easier for operators with larger fleets. Almost 6,000 of the permits issued so far have been done through this process.

Operators are encouraged to apply for a free HGV Safety Permit now ahead of enforcement beginning on 26 October. Operators with vehicles rated zero star will need to allow extra time to apply for their permit as Safe System measures, including cameras and sensors, need to be installed and evidenced for a permit to be issued.

HGV operators who fail to meet these new minimum safety standards and obtain a permit will be issued a penalty charge of £550 a day for driving in the capital. The Direct Vision Standard will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will be enforced within the Greater London Boundary.

TfL and local boroughs work together to improve six local high streets

Transport for London (TfL) is working with borough council partners to enhance high streets in six locations across London, as part of its commitment to create healthy streets across the capital.

TfL and the boroughs are using creative low-cost ideas from local communities to improve busy high streets in Barnet, Croydon, Islington, Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Wandsworth, with the aim of creating better environments for the local areas. Improvements include refreshing road markings, repainting and planting new trees. Some areas will also receive new cycle parking, water fountains and pavements will be cleared of clutter.

TfL and boroughs are also working with local communities in each area to give the high streets local branding and identity. This includes welcome signage, wayfinding to local points of interest such as markets and artwork championing subjects of local significance.

Fire and Resilience

Meeting with Her Majesty's Inspector of the Fire & Rescue Services Matt Parr CB

On 6 January, my Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Dr Fiona Twycross AM, and London Fire Commissioner, Andy Roe, met with Her Majesty's Inspector of the Fire & Rescue Services, Matt Parr CB, to discuss the findings of the Inspectorate’s report on the London Fire Brigade.

Care Quality Commission meeting

On 16 January, my Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Dr Fiona Twycross AM, met with Alison Murray, Head of Inspection, Care Quality Commission (CQC), to discuss the CQC’s collaboration with the London Fire Brigade on fire safety in care homes.

Meeting with the London Fire Brigade’s Counselling and Trauma Service Team

On 20 January, my Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Dr Fiona Twycross AM, met with the London Fire Brigade’s Counselling and Trauma Service Team to discuss the support they provide to London Fire Brigade staff.

Page 22 Fire Diversity Champion Network

On 22 January, my Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Dr Fiona Twycross AM, spoke at and chaired the launch of the Local Government Association’s Fire Diversity Champion Network. The purpose of the Network is to bring together Fire and Rescue Authority members to highlight the importance of culture, diversity and inclusion within the fire and rescue services.

Fire Commission - Local Government Association

On 24 January, my Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Dr Fiona Twycross AM, spoke at the Local Government Association Fire Commission about the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report’s recommendations and their implications for fire and rescue services nationally and the need for culture change both at London Fire Brigade and across the sector.

Edmonton Fire Station visit

On 31 January, my Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Dr Fiona Twycross AM, visited Edmonton fire station with Assembly Member, Joanne McCartney.

London Resilience Forum

On 6 February, my Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Dr Fiona Twycross AM, chaired the London Resilience Forum.

Plumstead Fire Station visit

On 7 February, my Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience, Dr Fiona Twycross AM, visited Plumstead Fire Station with Assembly Member, Len Duvall OBE, and London Fire Commissioner, Andy Roe.

Growth, Skills and Regeneration

Crowdfund London

January marked the deadline for applications to the latest round of my Crowdfund London programme; offering funding and support to community-led projects that promote active participation in regeneration. We received 65 applications and I’ll be announcing the projects we’re supporting in March.

High streets and town centres guidance and support

As part of my Good Growth by Design programme, on 21 January, my Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe CBE, and Deputy Mayor for Education and Childcare, Joanne McCartney AM, launched our new guidance, ‘High Streets - Adaptive Strategies’. High streets are vital to our communities and local economies but face a range of challenges. In response to this, my London Plan advocates a strategic approach to enable town centres to adapt and diversify. The new guidance showcases the great work taking place across London and sets out the investment case for high streets. It will support London’s boroughs, high street custodians and communities to deliver innovative strategies and projects for high

Page 23 street renewal. Almost a quarter of a million pounds worth of funding will be available this summer to support boroughs to prepare adaptive strategies of their own for their local high streets.

Making London Child-Friendly Guidance

As part of my Good Growth by Design programme, my Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe CBE, launched our new guidance, ‘Making London Child- Friendly – designing places and streets for children and young people’ on 27 January. The design of the built environment has a huge impact on the physical, social and mental development of children and young people, so the report advocates for a holistic approach to planning and designing cities that puts young Londoners at the forefront.

My new London Plan requires developments to increase opportunities for play and informal recreation and emphasises the creation of safe, accessible routes for children and young people to move freely and independently within their neighbourhoods. The guidance sets out indicators, principles and best practice approaches to help local authorities, commissioning clients and designers to create opportunities for young Londoners to be independently mobile and make London child-friendly. The guidance will be followed by a new piece of Supplementary Planning Guidance to cover child-friendly approaches to city making, including independent mobility, play and recreation.

Apprenticeships for Londoners and National Apprenticeship Week

My Deputy Mayor for Business, Rajesh Agrawal, announced plans to support the creation of apprenticeship opportunities for Londoners at an event on 4 February, during National Apprenticeship Week. The event marked the public launch of the London Progression Collaboration, a two-year initiative to create over 1,000 apprenticeships delivered by the GLA and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), with financial support from J. P. Morgan.

We also announced that Croydon College and Local London had been successful in their bids to deliver two additional three-year projects worth £786,000 as part of my Apprenticeships for Londoners programme. These projects will support businesses to use more of their apprenticeship levy to increase participation in apprenticeships, particularly for Londoners from disadvantaged backgrounds. This is part of my commitment to ensuring all Londoners can access the opportunities a quality apprenticeship provides, and that the apprenticeship system better meets the skills needs of the capital’s employers.

Housing

Lewisham Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Services Visit

On 10 January, I visited a site in Lewisham where I fund services to help people who have been sleeping rough, and who are on various stages of their journey away from the street. It was great to see my Life Off the Streets programme in action, made possible by the dedicated staff at St Mungo’s. I was able to see the fantastic new No Second Night Out Hub, a safe place for new rough sleepers from where they receive further support and a bespoke plan for a

Page 24 sustainable route off the streets. I also saw the new ‘staging post’, individual rooms, for people waiting for longer-term accommodation to become available. I’m proud to have funded the construction of these two vital services, and to be continuing to fund them to help rough sleepers get in from the street for good. The stories of the people I met will stay with me for a long time – they show how crucial it is to keep fighting for more funding to help this vulnerable group.

My Winter Programme for people sleeping rough

As part of my Life Off the Streets programme, I am funding 300 extra beds in temporary accommodation from January through to the end of March. This is thanks to my inaugural Winter Programme, which is aimed at getting more people sleeping rough off the street and into my support services.

I am proud to say that in January, 315 people were accommodated through this programme, in addition to the various other services that I provide along with my partner charities and faith- based groups. Anyone helped by this instant accommodation solution will then be offered a support plan, potentially containing longer term accommodation or other solutions to get them off the streets for good. The temporary bed space will then be free for another person who has been sleeping rough to ensure we’re helping as many people as possible. As ever, I’m committed to do all I can to help end rough sleeping and homelessness in London.

The Economy, Business and Enterprise

Business Advisory board meeting at Transport for London On 15 January, I chaired my Business Advisory Board meeting. I invited the TfL Commissioner, Mike Brown MVO, and TfL Chief Finance Officer, Simon Kilonback, to present TfL’s five-year Business Plan. The Board discussed how best to ensure continuous investment into our transport system and infrastructure to safeguard London’s global competitiveness. I called on the Board to join me in making the case for London to Government – that if the UK is to retain its status, they need o invest in the capital too.

Tourism Means Business

On 20 January, I attended London & Partner’s annual ‘Tourism Means Business Conference’, speaking to around 300 of the capital’s tourism and hospitality businesses on the importance of the sector to our economy. I highlighted key opportunities including EURO 2020 and reiterated my message that London Is Open. I announced the results of Domestic Tourism Consortium’s ‘Let’s do London’ campaign and the VisitLondon App hitting 1 million downloads. I called on the industry to join me in making the case for London to Government – that if the UK is to retain its status they need to invest in the capital too.

Meeting with Virgin Media on Connectivity

On 6 February, I met with the CEO of Virgin Media, Lutz Schuler, to listen to their plans for London and encourage them to invest in full fibre connectivity. I informed Lutz of my new London Plan and the impact that policy S16 will have on new developments in London. My Connected London team and Chief Digital Officer, Theo Blackwell MBE, were also in

Page 25 attendance and will continue to work with Virgin Media and other providers in London to support with coordination between boroughs and share best practice. I also agreed that my team, with support from Virgin Media will host a CPD accredited workshop for London boroughs to learn about planning policies for digital connectivity ahead of the London Plan launch.

London Growth Hub My London Growth Hub has now opened five physical Hubs where fully trained business advisers are ready to support local entrepreneurs and SME’s to achieve their ambitions. The sites are at: Sussex Innovation Centre (Croydon); Woolwich Library (Greenwich); Huddle (Hammersmith and Fulham); 639 Community Enterprise Hub (Haringey) and; Tintagel House (Lambeth). Businesses can find out more information and book appointments here: https://www.growthhub.london/get-support/

Environment

London Power launched

On 13 January, I launched London Power, delivering on my manifesto commitment, to ensure Londoners have access to energy that is always fair, always affordable, always green with excellent customer service. The London Power primary tariff, my London fixed yearly plan, is a competitive, 12-month fixed price plan which will be fairly priced at the point of sign up. For pre-payment customers, our tariff will always be at least 2 per cent cheaper than the price cap. At the time of launch, the average credit customer could save around £300 per year and the average prepayment customer could save £160 per year by switching to London Power.

The creation of London Power is part of my commitment both to address the climate emergency and to alleviate fuel poverty in London. London Power supplies 100 per cent renewable electricity – all the electricity used is matched with power generated from renewable sources like the sun and the wind. London Power supports those in fuel poverty by offering affordable tariffs for the long term and by providing a gateway to support for vulnerable customers.

London Power is being delivered in partnership with Octopus Energy, the only ‘Which?’ recommended energy supplier in the UK, who will provide their customer service expertise.

To officially launch the company, I attended a ceremonial ‘switch on’ with Stuart Jackson (Co- Founder and CFO of Octopus Energy), as well as Adam Scorer (CEO of National Energy Action), and Nina Skorupska (CEO of Renewable Energy Association), important stakeholders in my work to reduce fuel poverty and tackle the climate emergency.

Visualising London’s air pollution challenge

On 14 January, my Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Shirley Rodrigues, provided a keynote address at an event in Covent Garden hosted by the environmental charity Hubbub. The event launched Hubbub’s ‘Pollution Pavilion’, an innovative and interactive installation

Page 26 designed to help members of the public to understand the dangers of London’s air pollution and encourage them to take action.

My Deputy Mayor outlined our work to help clean up London’s air toxic air, including reducing emissions from transport and other sources. My Deputy Mayor explained that I want London to achieve World Health Organization (WHO) recommended targets on air pollution by 2030 but at present I lack sufficient powers to act on non-transport sources that make a significant contribution to London’s PM2.5 pollution. I will therefore, continue to urge Government to support a legally binding target for meeting WHO levels of PM2.5 by 2030 in the forthcoming Environment Bill, alongside giving local leaders the powers and funds to achieve the target.

Encouraging more private investment in greener neighbourhoods

On 16 January, my Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Shirley Rodrigues, spoke at UCL’s Bartlett Real Estate Institute (BREI) to discuss the changing nature of real estate investment. Research by BREI has indicated that investors in real estate should support developments that include more and better green infrastructure, in order to generate a more sustainable and secure return on investment. The seminar explored what is needed to leverage more private investment in order to support my ambition to make London an even greener city and the long-term benefits this provides.

Visit to Salisbury School to view success of the air quality audit programme

On 21 January, I visited Salisbury Primary School in Newham to view the success of my air quality audits, a policy now being expanded to state run schools in some of London’s other most polluted areas.

Salisbury Primary School has relocated their Day Care Centre playground away from Romford Road reducing children’s exposure to harmful emissions. This intervention was made possible through a £10,000 starter grant from my audit programme. Newham have also committed to extending air quality audits to all primary and secondary schools in the borough as part of a long-term air quality monitoring study.

I was also joined at the school by leading British Formula E driver, Sam Bird, who showcased the new ‘Gen2’ electric racing car. Sam spoke to pupils about how Formula E is helping to innovate electric vehicle technology and support London’s electric vehicle revolution which will help tackle the climate emergency and air pollution.

Six more business Low Emission Neighbourhoods to be delivered for Londoners

On 22 January, I announced £1.75 million in LEAP funding to deliver six additional business-led Low Emission Neighbourhoods. These join the 11 borough and business-led Low Emission Neighbourhoods that have already been supported in 2016 and 2017 by previous rounds of this fund and that are delivering innovative and targeted pollution-busting measures across London.

This includes the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Vehicle-only streets in Shoreditch, emissions- based parking measures that have led to a 16 per cent reduction in older more polluting vehicles parking in Marylebone, and new clean air routes to destinations such as Guys Hospital and Regents Park which help pedestrians reduce their exposure to pollution by up to 60 per cent.

Page 27 The six new projects will include:  Transforming London Road in Croydon into a ‘Healthy High Street’  Measures to drive down delivery-based emissions for markets in Tower Hamlets  Installing of one of the UK’s first Ultra-fast Electric Vehicle charging depts in Redbridge,  A zero-emission freight service in Hammersmith and Fulham,  And series of greening initiatives and walking and cycling improvements in Wandsworth and Waltham Forest.

These initiatives will all help to drive down air pollution emissions and make London’s high streets even more attractive places to visit and do business in.

More projects funded through the London Community Energy Fund

I announced the 17 successful new community energy projects I will be supporting under the third phase of the London Community Energy Fund (LCEF). The fund was established in 2017 to provide the much-needed support to get community energy projects up and running following the Government’s decision to end funding to them. This is helping to improve the energy efficiency of community buildings and supply London with more clean and efficient energy sources.

As part of this phase of the fund, I made a further £100,000 available bringing the total given to community groups to £500,000. Projects funded include retrofitting a theatre, solar panels on a car park and more solar on schools. This brings the total number of community energy projects the fund has supported to 48, across 82 buildings in London. And for solar PV alone, phase 1 and 2 of LCEF are supporting projects which will lead to an additional 1.3MWp of solar capacity in London and phase 3 has the potential to add another 3.8MWp.

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Leadership in Climate Action Event

On 28 January, my Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Shirley Rodrigues, was the keynote speaker at the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Leadership in Action Event. The event brought together representatives from business, local authorities, investors, and other public sector organisations to share insights into leadership on climate change actions, and what actions need to be taken to ensure the transition to net zero in London and the UK.

My Deputy Mayor outlined the actions we are taking in London to achieve the ambitions in the Environment Strategy and specifically focused on my work to drive stronger environmental performance in the business sector and gave examples from my London Business Climate Leaders programme. This programme consists of 11 international businesses that have a significant footprint in London and have committed to be leaders in acting on their footprint.

Roundtable on Net Zero

On 28 January, my Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Shirley Rodrigues, attended a roundtable at the Tony Blair Institute on how we achieve Net Zero Carbon as quickly as possible. This event discussed how we can speed up the political agenda to achieve net zero, how we safeguard against falling short and how we ensure a just transition for our society. This

Page 28 informed the policy agenda of the Institute in the run up to COP 26 later this year with examples of the action being taken and delivered in London to tackle the climate emergency.

Resource London Peabody Flats Recycling Project

On 28 January, my Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Shirley Rodrigues, attended the launch of the final report from the Resource London Peabody Flats Recycling Project. London has the lowest recycling rate of any region in England and I have set ambitious targets to increase recycling across the capital.

One factor is that London has a high proportion and increasing number of flats. However, recycling in flats is challenging as they are expensive to provide services to and often have limited and easily accessible space for recycling storage. This project has developed and trialled solutions to improve recycling in flats, including engaging with residents, clearer signage and better maintained bin stores.

The project has had a positive influence on the recycling behaviour in the trial locations. Findings show that the solutions have encouraged some residents to recycle for the first time, and others to recycle more consistently. The projects also decreased contamination and provided residents with a positive experience of the recycling services on their estate.

£1.1 million awarded to help communities make London greener

On 29 January, I awarded £1.1 million from my Greener City Fund to 54 projects that will create and improve green spaces across our capital. These projects, the final round of my Community Green Space Grants, will improve Londoners’ access to nature in our parks, clean up waterways, reduce children’s exposure to air pollution and help communities to green their streets.

In total they will improve over 100 hectares of green space and involve over 15,000 volunteers. Over 250 community greening and tree planting projects have now been supported by my Greener City Fund since 2018, improving more than 275 hectares of green space and funding more than 280,000 trees.

New website launched to help reduce air pollution from the construction sector

Diesel powered construction machinery is a significant source of air pollution in London. The Non-Road Mobile Machinery Low Emission Zone is a unique project which uses my planning powers to ensure that construction machinery meets minimum emission standards. On 30 January, I launched a new website designed to make it easier for construction sites to demonstrate that they are complying with my Non-Road Mobile Machinery Low Emission Zone and aid enforcement of air pollution limits. This year will see significant changes to the scheme for the first time since its introduction: from 1 January this year, I removed a “block exemption” which previously allowed older more polluting generators to operate in central London and, from the end of September I will be tightening up the minimum standards, and helping drive down air pollution emissions, on construction sites throughout London.

The website can be found here: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we- do/environment/pollution-and-air-quality/nrmm

Page 29 Funding for Better Futures Project

I approved the extension of my Better Futures project from three years to six years. Better Futures supports companies that deliver low carbon and circular economy goods and services that help us reduce waste and other negative impacts on our environment. The project works with ‘clean tech’ companies to accelerate their growth and develop technologies that support London’s transition to a low carbon, circular economy more quickly. The project has supported 100 companies to date and will support a further 100 over the next three years.

During the next three years we will be building on this programme. We will also be increasing the number of very early stage SMEs we work with to accelerate their growth, building on lessons from the first three years.

The three-year extension brings the total project funding up to £4.2 million for the full six years. The project remains 50 per cent funded by the European Regional Development Fund, with match-funding from the GLA and the project partners: Imperial College, Sustainable Workspaces, Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation and West London Business.

Education and Youth

Newham Nursery Schools’ annual conference

On 9 January, my Deputy Mayor for Education and Childcare, Joanne McCartney AM, had the pleasure of opening Newham Nursery Schools’ annual conference. Early years practitioners from across the borough (and beyond) attended to explore this year’s theme: ‘what are the building blocks of a high-quality early years curriculum?’

My Deputy Mayor celebrated the great work of my three Early Years Hubs - one of which is led by Sheringham Nursery School in Newham. This hub aims to improve the take-up and quality of early education in the borough. Since we launched the hubs programme back in 2018, it has supported over 100 local early years settings and over 1000 practitioners.

Peer Outreach Team

On 31 January, my Deputy Mayor for Education and Childcare, Joanne McCartney AM, hosted a ceremony in London’s Living Room, led by my Peer Outreach Team. The team have been working in partnership with the youth advisory committee of the Mary Seacole Trust, providing young people with an exciting opportunity to explore their culture and heritage. Some of the brilliant pieces of artwork created through this project were on display on the night, with some of the best pieces winning.

My Peer Outreach Team are a fantastic reflection of our city and its diversity, with young people joining us from a cross section of different areas, cultural backgrounds and religious beliefs.

Young Londoners Fund announcement

On 4 February, I announced the successful projects benefiting from the second round of my Young Londoners Fund at the Harrow Club, a youth centre in Kensington and Chelsea. I was

Page 30 joined by Andre Gray from Watford Football Club. We saw the excellent work Harrow Club is delivering as part of their own Young Londoners Fund grant, including helping young people create short plays about knife crime.

Round two of my £45 million Young Londoners Fund has been extremely popular, with over 500 application received. Overall, this second round of funding will see a total of £16.4 million supporting 109 fantastic projects and providing positive activities to 40,000 young Londoners.

The fund first launched in February 2018 to support community groups, charities, youth centres and schools to provide much-needed positive opportunities for young people in the capital. Against a backdrop of government cuts, it’s part of a package of measures aimed at encouraging young people to make the right choices and, for some, diverting them away from knife crime and youth violence.

LondonEd conference

On 7 February, my Deputy Mayor for Education and Childcare, Joanne McCartney AM, welcomed over 200 delegates to LondonEd: a research conference for London schools. LondonEd, run in partnership with the London South Teaching School Alliance, returned to City Hall for a second time to celebrate the strength and power of the teacher research movement across London schools.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Education Endowment Foundation, Professor Becky Francis, presented powerful findings from research to identify the most effective ways to raise the attainment of disadvantaged children. Becky reflected on the ways in which evidence can support teachers and school leaders to narrow the attainment gap. It was fantastic to bring together so many educational leaders and academic researchers to share their findings and open up a dialogue about the implications for practice in London schools.

Communities and Social Policy

New Research: Young Londoners without immigration status or citizenship

On 9 January, I released research on the number of young Londoners without immigration status or citizenship. The research, carried out by the University of Wolverhampton, estimated there are around 107,000 children and a further 26,000 18-24year olds living in London without secure immigration status. Despite more than half being born in the UK, these young people are being excluded from life in London. The report received national media coverage and provided opportunities for young people affected by this issue to speak on BBC London News, BBC radio, in The Guardian and more.

Africa in London

On 13 January, City Hall welcomed participants in the Africa in London mentorship programme. The seven mentorships are part of a pilot delivered by Hatch Ideas as part of the Africa in London campaign launched by my Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard in 2019. The Africa in London 2020 programme will launch in late May guided by a community advisory group and supported by the British Council.

Page 31 Shared Learning Workshops

On 21 January, City Hall’s first Shared Learning workshop of 2020 was held. The workshop explored the use of Peer Research as a mode of community engagement. Our Shared Learning Workshops are a forum for policy makers from across the public sector to reflect on challenges and successes, and share best practice on how we engage London's communities. I am committed to putting communities at the heart of Policy Making here at City Hall.

Community Sponsorship in London

On 23 January, my Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, welcomed London Community Sponsorship Groups and stakeholders from the banking sector, the housing sector, the NHS, and local authorities to City Hall. The event was organised in partnership with Reset Communities and Refugees to discuss the challenges and opportunities for community involvement in resettling refugees in London. City Hall will investigate the issues community groups have shared and work with relevant stakeholders to respond.

Chinese New Year Celebrations

On Sunday 26 January, my Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, attended and spoke at the Chinese New Year Celebrations, a highlight of London’s cultural calendar.

I’m immensely proud of London’s Chinese New Year celebrations. Visitors to central London enjoyed the famous lion parade through the streets of Chinatown, spectacular stage performances in Trafalgar Square, and martial arts displays, music shows and traditional Chinese street food across the West End.

As we started the Year of the Rat, we payed homage to the rich culture and the huge contribution that London’s Chinese community brings to our capital.

Visit of Pakistani Parliamentarians to City Hall

On 28 January, my Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, welcomed fifteen female parliamentarians from the National Assembly of Pakistan to City Hall. The politicians were part of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus of Pakistan - a non-partisan forum for women parliamentarians in Pakistan.

The politicians visited City Hall as part of a tour hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK, which saw them visit a number of political institutions at different levels of national and regional government, including the London Assembly. In their meeting with Debbie they heard more about my work to tackle the gender and ethnicity pay gaps, diversify the workforce in growth sectors such as construction and technology, and build a gender and racially diverse mayoral team and executive boards.

Social Integration Design Lab

On 29 January, my Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, and my Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe CBE, hosted a showcase of our Social Integration Design Lab. The showcase welcomed local authorities, built environment professionals and service design

Page 32 experts to City Hall to mark the publication of our 2019 programme report. The report showcases the work of 17 London boroughs funded by City Hall over the past year to improve social integration through local regeneration projects. Our new Social Integration and Regeneration Learning Network was also announced at the event. This network will share and develop learning across London boroughs on how to embed social integration principles into regeneration work.

European Londoners Micro-grants

In January, I awarded a third round of micro-grants, of £5,000 each, to 12 different community organisations to engage with European communities and help European Londoners get the information they need to stay in the UK. This round of funding brings the total investment to £110,000 in the last year. The grants have already helped nearly 3,000 marginalised Europeans through vital advice and support.

The Older People’s Stakeholder Network Event

On 10 February, my Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, hosted the Older People’s Stakeholder Network Event at City Hall to progress the age-friendly London action plan. This meeting supports London’s involvement in the World Health Organisation’s global network of age-friendly cities and communities. The event focused on hearing from older Londoners about how to best develop a city-wide partnership to take action to make London more age-friendly.

Health

Right to Thrive grants scheme

The Right To Thrive grants scheme launched on 6 January to help support the mental health and wellbeing of Londoners who experience higher levels of discrimination. The scheme aims to make additional support available to communities and groups who are particularly susceptible to experiencing poor mental health. Research has shown that individuals and communities with multiple backgrounds, particularly minority groups, are more likely to experience unfair treatment which negativity impacts their mental health and wellbeing.

I have made £200,000 available to support activities over the next two years. The initiative will specifically support local grassroots providers who typically find it difficult to access other forms of grant funding.

London Health Board

On 8 January, I chaired the London Health Board which received a presentation on progress against the priorities set out in the London Vision and considered how London partners can progress further and faster on integrating health and care. The board welcomed the progress made across many of the ten areas but highlighted the health of homeless Londoners as an area for urgent partnership action at London level. It was agreed that an implementation plan for the Vision would be brought to the next meeting.

Page 33 The board also heard from Paul Lindley OBE and Professor Corinna Hawkes, chairs and vice- chair of the London Child Obesity Taskforce. The Board endorsed the ambitions and next steps from the Taskforce and considered where they can contribute to a whole-systems approach across London. I will be responding to the taskforce’s ten ambitions and I encouraged the Board partners to do so. The London Health Board also heard updates on the important work of the Violence Reduction Unit, the London Estates Board, Thrive LDN and Dementia Friendly London.

Healthy Early Years London Year One Evaluation Report

I am pleased to have received the findings of the Year 1 Evaluation of Healthy Early Years London (HEYL) which concluded in December 2019. HEYL is my awards programme targeted at London’s 13,000+ childcare settings with the aim of tackling health inequalities across the city at the earliest opportunity in a child’s life. The report reflected the positive views stakeholders have of the scheme and the positive impact it is having on improving the health of young children in the capital. The report noted that the HEYL has helped bring consistency in approach across London and complemented its practical approach and the quality of its framework.

Since the launch of HEYL in October 2018, 31 London boroughs have become involved in HEYL, 1 more is planning to start in the spring and over 1600 settings have registered to take part. In the next few months, my health will be responding to the recommendations in the report.

Thrive LDN Insights Report

Thrive LDN published their Interim Insights Report at the London Health Board meeting on 8 January which outlines the impact the citywide movement is having on mental health. The report highlights programmes and interventions happening at range of levels and shows how the movement has spread across the city with activity in every single London borough.

I am pleased we have reached so many, with over 200,000 people taking part in over 550 events linked to Thrive LDN. With the Young London Inspired grant scheme awarding 32 grants to voluntary and community organisations to support young Londoners at risk of poor mental health, Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructors delivering training to over 1300 education staff and over 40,000 Londoners having already taken the Zero Suicide Alliance’s free online suicide prevention training, there is much to celebrate.

Meeting with the London Ambulance Service

On 9 January, I held my regular quarterly meeting with the leadership of the London Ambulance Service. I was happy to be able to congratulate them on the outcome of their recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission. There is still work to do on improvement but they maintained their ‘Good’ rating overall.

I also asked them to pass on my thanks to all the staff of the London Ambulance Service who routinely put themselves in harm’s way – including at the recent attack on London Bridge – and we discussed lessons that could be learned.

We went on to discuss a day-long event held in the autumn to test out if they could reduce the number of patients conveyed to A&E by 50 per cent, by using different ways of treating people closer to home. I pressed them on their overall performance given the pressures on the NHS,

Page 34 particularly during the winter months. Whilst they are treating more people at home or advising them over the phone, Emergency Departments in hospitals are still struggling to take patients, resulting in waits for ambulances to accept patients into A&E. This clearly impacts the availability of ambulances for others.

I was also pleased to hear that they are on track to make their ambulance fleet compliant with the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). They explained that they are developing a zero emission ambulance for London that will be rolled out across the whole country.

Meeting with Sir David Sloman, Regional Director NHS London

On 17 January, I had my regular meeting with the senior leadership of London’s NHS. On the agenda were a number of important issues, including a discussion on recent NHS performance and winter pressures in the system. Sir David Sloman was able to give me an update on local performance figures and I was pleased to hear about the importance he was placing on patient safety.

We also reflected on the discussions at the London Health Board the week before, including how work on how the implementation of our Vision is progressing. I also updated Sir David on the work being undertaken to assess the upcoming local responses to the NHS Long Term Plan and a number of hospital reconfigurations, using my six tests.

London Health Inequalities Strategy: one year on

On 22 January, my Health Advisor’s, Dr Tom Coffey OBE, and Professor Paul Plant were invited, as part of a panel of experts to discuss progress in the first year of my Health Inequalities Strategy. The panel included senior leaders from NHS England, NHS England London, a public health consult, and an academic.

Questions covered programmes and polices led by the Health team, as well as interrogating progress on my approach to health in all policies – weaving health through all my strategies. There were many positive examples to celebrate and we also looked to the future and further opportunities for London wide action to tackle health inequalities.

The session was conducted in public and livestreamed, and is available here: https://www.london.gov.uk/health-committee-2020-01-22

London workshop on tackling health inequalities and adversity in childhood

On 5 February, my Health Advisor, Dr Tom Coffey OBE convened a workshop to bring together senior leaders to explore childhood adversity in London. This is one of the five workshops I committed to convene as part of the mobilisation of the London Health Inequalities Strategy – bringing together partners to focus on some of the most challenging health inequalities issues we face in London. Among the speakers was Miriam Bullock, who discussed the report commissioned by the GLA Health team titled: ‘ACEs in London: Investigating ways that Adverse Childhood Experiences and related concepts of vulnerability can help us to understand and improve Londoners’ health’.

Page 35 Team London, Sports and Volunteering

Team London Young Ambassadors

On 16 January, over 180 Team London Young Ambassadors aged 13-14 came together for City Hall’s Social Integration Youth Summit. The summit was delivered by WE Charity. The CEO of My Life May Say, Cllr Mete Coban MBE, opened the event by sharing stories on how he became passionate about social integration. During the event, pupils from 25 schools across London took part in workshops exploring social integration, learning who it benefits, and how they can make contributions in their local areas. This gave them the opportunity to start their own social action plans, and make pledges to develop their ventures.

Our Content – Change The Game

On 23 January, ‘Our Content – Change the game’ was launched. This is an exciting new programme which gives young Londoners from underrepresented groups - particularly young women, BAME and LGBTQ+ people - the opportunity to fulfil a career in sports media and photojournalism. The programme has recruited 14 Londoners aged 14-25 for its first cohort. The launch event took place in Stratford Olympic Park.

Under the guidance of esteemed photographers, participants will learn techniques and skills in the classroom whilst also having the unique opportunity to access some of London's major sporting events. The first round of the programme will culminate in an opportunity for young participants to document the Olympic Boxing Qualifiers at the Copper Box Arena.

Major Events volunteering

On 26 January, 40 Team London event volunteers supported the delivery of the Chinese New Year London celebrations in Trafalgar Square and China Town. Volunteers provided signposting and wayfinding services and supported visitors to access all the Chinese New Year event had to offer.

HeadStart Action Showcase

On 30 January, City Hall hosted the HeadStart Action Showcase alongside the programme partners The Challenge, The Diana Award, Groundwork London, and Inspire!.

Over 100 young people and business partners attended to celebrate the social action projects, business mentorship and skills workshops that formed part of the programme. HeadStart Action has so far supported over 400 young people since February 2018.

National Apprenticeships Week 2020

This month I released a video to introduce and launch National Apprenticeships Week 2020, which took place 3-7 February. This video is for all schools and colleges in London and the rest of the country to promote the fantastic opportunities apprenticeships can provide to London's young people. National Apprenticeships Week aims to encourage parents, teachers, employers and young people to ‘Look Beyond’, and celebrate the diversity and value that apprenticeships bring to employers, apprentices and communities across England today.

Page 36 Culture and Events

London Fashion Week Men’s

On 6 January, my Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries, Justine Simons OBE, attended the London Fashion Week Men’s dinner. Menswear now accounts for 26 per cent of the total UK clothing market. The UK menswear market grew by 1.2 per cent in 2019, to reach £15.4 billion. This season featured over 36 designer businesses showcasing their latest collections. Mayoral funding also supports emerging designers and provides opportunities for business to trade and exhibit their designs.

Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019 Stories Now Online

On 16 January, my Culture and Creative Industries Unit hosted the launch of a collaboration between Waltham Forest, my first London Borough of Culture, and the online platform Google Arts & Culture. Guests included Cllr Paul Douglas, cabinet member for Culture at Waltham Forest, representatives from Brent, the London Borough of Culture and participants in the programme, including artist Shiraz Bayjoo.

The Google platform will host a visual archive of highlights from 2019, celebrating the diversity and heritage of Waltham Forest. Millions of people around the world can now access over stories, photographs, videos and original artworks created for the platform, which works with over 1800 cultural institutions in 80 countries and hosts more than 2000 online exhibitions.

Picasso Reception at the Royal Academy

On 21 January, my Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries Justine Simons OBE, attended the launch of a new exhibition at the Royal Academy, Picasso on Paper. The exhibition is jointly organised by the Royal Academy, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Picasso Museum, Paris and comprises more than 300 works on paper spanning the 80-year career of the artist. It includes studies of some of Picasso’s most important works such as ‘Guernica’ and ‘Demoiselles d’Avignon' seen for the first time together in London and is set to attract huge visitor numbers around the world. My Deputy Mayor also met with the Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, at the reception. The city of Malaga supported the exhibition which represents a positive collaboration between Malaga and a London institution.

Night Czar Surgery in Bromley

On 24 January, my Night Czar, Amy Lamé, and the 24-Hour London Team held a Night Surgery in partnership with the London Borough of Bromley and Your Bromley Business Improvement District (BID). They accompanied councillors and local business leaders in Bromley Town Centre and met with staff from businesses including McDonald's, the Churchill Theatre and The Richmal Crompton pub. They discussed evening and night time opening hours and how transport infrastructure impacts activity at night.

Night Czar holds Night Surgery in Hounslow

On 6 February, a Night Surgery was held in partnership with the London Borough of Hounslow. the Leader of the Council, Cllr Steve Curran, led the visit which included business meetings with traditional late night venues and retail businesses. Issues discussed included transport,

Page 37 environment and how night time activity can activate high streets. The Night Czar also met representatives from local resident and community groups.

Night Surgeries help give my Night Czar and her team a better understanding of the challenges facing outer London boroughs and the opportunities that night time activity can offer. To date, my Night Czar has carried out 19 Night Surgeries across 17 London boroughs.

ACCESS: A Cultural Network with European Cities, meeting in Dublin

On 4 February, my Culture and Creative Industries Unit represented London at a new cultural network of capital cities including Amsterdam, Sofia, Tallinn, Dublin, Vilnius, Riga and Lisbon. The network is part of URBACT III, a European Funding programme which brings together 26 countries and 203 partners.

Culture is part of creating healthy communities, but there are still Londoners who cannot access culture and the huge benefits it can bring. This new city network will help us find practical solutions to ensure that all Londoners have equal access to the capital’s artistic riches and is also an opportunity to continue to engage with our European partner cities.

International

Strengthening London’s global ties

On 8 January, I welcomed the Mayor of Vancouver, Kennedy Stewart, to City Hall, where we discussed the shared priorities and challenges facing London and Vancouver, such as access to housing and health issues. We also discussed how our two cities can work together to increase the collaboration and exchanges in business, tourism and talents.

On 23 January, I welcomed the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, to City Hall for a discussion about our common priorities, and how we can strengthen London’s relationship with this growing economic powerhouse. We also discussed the hugely valuable contribution the Nigerian community makes to life in the capital.

London Legacy Development Corporation

Bridges for Schools

From 21-23 January, 180 schoolchildren from Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest experienced a taste of civil engineering as part of the Bridges for Schools programme, which aims to raise awareness of the exciting careers engineering and the built environment can offer young people.

The event, led by the London Legacy Development Corporation, the Institution of Civil Engineers and Balfour Beatty, taught participants the importance of safe working practices and collaboration as well as the engineering principles and techniques involved in building a bridge.

Page 38 Year of Sport

2020 brings an incredible year of sport with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and EURO 2020 on the horizon. Marking the road to Tokyo, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has a fantastic Year of Sport ahead in its own Olympic venues and across the Park.

To start the year, the Copper Box Arena played host to the Vitality Netball Nations Cup on 25- 26 January. The action returns to the Copper Box Arena on 2 February, with England Hockey’s Jaffa Super 6s indoor hockey event returning to the venue.

Later in the year, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will also host four Olympic qualifiers (boxing, diving, swimming and skateboarding), alongside a variety of free community activities.

East Bank

On 27 January, the Smithsonian Institution confirmed plans to co-curate a gallery with the Victoria & Albert museum (V&A) at the V&A East museum at East Bank; the new cultural and education quarter at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The two-year collaboration will begin when V&A East opens to the public in 2023.

In addition to the display, the Smithsonian Institution will work with my team, the London Legacy Development Corporation, Foundation for Future London and east London communities to expand the STEP into the Smithsonian programme which is designed to build skills and inspire careers in cultural organisations.

Call of Duty League: London Royal Ravens

London Royal Ravens, representing the UK in Call of Duty’s brand new global eSports league, hosted their Home Series matches at the Copper Box Arena on 8-9 February. Facing elite teams from around the world, including France, Canada and USA, the event attracted eSports fans from across the city, to engage in what is becoming a rapidly-growing sport.

National Apprenticeship Week

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), marked National Apprenticeship Week (3-7 February) celebrating its success in developing and supporting apprenticeship opportunities on the Park since its transformation in 2013/14.

To date, LLDC led developments on the Park have supported 375 apprenticeships, with 47 per cent of apprentices from BAME groups and 46 per cent residing in the four local boroughs.

The Park’s future development will continue to offer a broad range of apprenticeship opportunities, ranging from technical and trade apprentices in construction to business, management, digital technologies and leisure apprentices.

Page 39 Planning

Planning and Development Control 3 January 2020 – 10 February 2020

London Plan

On 28 January, I wrote to formally lay the London Plan before the London Assembly. I attended the Assembly plenary on 6 February, where the Assembly considered the ‘Intend to Publish’ version of the Plan and I answered questions from Assembly Members.

This version of the Plan, published in December last year, follows the conclusion of the Examination in Public process, where the draft Plan was scrutinised in detail by Government- appointed inspectors.

While the inspectors agreed on many aspects of the draft Plan, they suggested significant changes to a number of key policies to reflect Government policy – which I did not accept, including:

 reducing protection for the Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land;  removing the aviation policy which reflects my objections to the expansion of Heathrow airport; and  removing the complete rejection of any fracking in London.

Having written to the Secretary of State about the version of the London Plan that I intend to publish, I expect a response from him by 17 February.

Planning Decisions (Call ins)

My Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe CBE, under powers I delegated to him, has approved plans for the redevelopment of 100 West Cromwell Road in Kensington and Chelsea, which will deliver 462 new homes – including 40 per cent affordable housing, up from 35 per cent when the application was called in. The development will also include a new public leisure centre, along with commercial and retail premises and new public spaces. The application was rejected by Kensington and Chelsea Council last May.

In July, I decided to call in the application in order to subject it to further scrutiny. Since then, City Hall planners have worked with the developer to increase the number of homes overall as well as the amount of affordable housing. Prior to the representation hearing, Kensington and Chelsea Planning Committee expressed their support for the revised scheme.

Planning Decisions (Stage II referrals)

5-9 Rockingham Street and 2-4 Tiverton Street, Elephant and Castle, LB Southwark I have written to the London Borough of Southwark stating that I am content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

1-5 Paris Gardens and 16-19 Hatfields, Southbank, LB Southwark I have written to the London Borough of Southwark stating that I am content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

Page 40 South Grove Site C, Walthamstow, LB Waltham Forest I have written to the London Borough of Waltham Forest stating that I am content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

Canada Water Masterplan, Rotherhithe, LB Southwark I have written to the London Borough of Southwark stating that I am content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

49-53 Glengall Road, Peckham, LB Southwark I have written to the London Borough of Southwark stating that I am content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

Delegated Planning Decisions (Stage II referrals)

My Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe CBE, under powers I delegated to him, has sent letters in response to the following statutory referrals:

Site of former Greenwich Magistrates Court, RB Greenwich The Deputy Mayor has written to the Royal Borough of Greenwich stating that he is content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

1-4 Capital Interchange Way, Brentford, LB Hounslow The Deputy Mayor has written to the London Borough of Hounslow stating that he is content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

60 Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, RB Kensington and Chelsea The Deputy Mayor has written to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea stating that he is content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

Former Truman Brewery, Stour Road, Fish Island, London Legacy Development Corporation The Deputy Mayor has written to the London Legacy Development Corporation stating that he is content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

304-312 High Street, Stratford, London Legacy Development Corporation The Deputy Mayor has written to the London Legacy Development Corporation stating that he is content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

1 Bradfield Road, Silvertown, LB Newham The Deputy Mayor has written to the London Borough of Newham stating that he is content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

156 Beddington Lane, Beddington, LB Sutton The Deputy Mayor has written to the London Borough of Sutton stating that he is content to allow the Council to determine the application itself.

Planning Decisions (Stage I referrals)

I have asked officers to send letters giving comments about the following stage one referrals:

 Macbean Street, Woolwich, RB Greenwich  Site at Tesco Extra, 822 High Road, Goodmayes, LB Redbridge  Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, City of Westminster

Page 41  Underground Car Park, Cavendish Square, City of Westminster  72-76 Broadway, West Ealing, LB Ealing  Herringham Quarter, Charlton Riverside, RB Greenwich  Former Nestle Factory, Hayes, LB Hillingdon  Brethren Meeting Hall, Beckenham Hill Road, Beckenham, LB Lewisham  Imperial Phase 3, Land at Imperial Street, Bromley By Bow, London Legacy Development Corporation  587-595 High Road, Seven Kings, Ilford, LB Redbridge  Car Park Site, Naval Row, Poplar, LB Tower Hamlets  300 Harrow Road, City of Westminster

Delegated Planning Decisions (Stage I referrals)

My Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe CBE, has asked officers to send a letter giving comments about the following stage one referrals:

 National Westminster Sports Ground, Beckenham, LB Bromley  Bournewood Sand and Gravel, Swanley, LB Bromley  39-47 East Road, Hoxton, LB Hackney  B&M Homestore, 867-879 High Road, Tottenham, LB Haringey  Solar, Serena, Sunrise Court, Hornchurch, LB Havering  Woodlands Nursing Home, Lambeth, LB Lambeth  Land at corner of Briant and Besson Street, New Cross Gate, LB Lewisham  1-4 Francis Grove, Wimbledon, LB Merton  Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, LB Newham  Bradfield Club, Commercial Way, Peckham, LB Southwark  Former Poplar Bus Depot, Leven Road, LB Tower Hamlets  Score Centre, 100 Oliver Road, Leyton, LB Waltham Forest  Berger House, 36-38 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, City of Westminster  Royal Parks, Greenwich Park, RB Greenwich  Canbury Place Car Park/Kingsgate Road, RB Kingston Upon Thames  92-98 Vauxhall Walk, Vauxhall, LB Lambeth  223 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, LB Tower Hamlets  Bow Common Gas Works, Mile End, LB Tower Hamlets

Decisions made under delegation to Director – Built Environment

 Agar Grove Estate, LB Camden  Central Somers Town, LB Camden  156 West End Lane, LB Camden  Camden Goods Yard, LB Camden  Former Middlesex University Campus, LB Enfield  Land East of Kellaway Road and South of 188-202 Holburne Road, RB Greenwich  Land North of Cranford Lane, LB Hillingdon  Central Foundation School, LB Islington  Car Park East Side Ron Leighton Way, LB Newham  198 York Road, LB Wandsworth  119 Upper Richmond Road, LB Wandsworth

Page 42  Kentish Town Planning Framework November 2019 (SPD), LB Camden  Issues and preferred options document for the South London Waste Plan, LB Croydon, RB Kingston upon Thames, LB Merton and LB Sutton  Croydon Local Plan Review Issues and Options (Regulation 18) 2019, LB Croydon  Surrey Canal Triangle Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), LB Lewisham  New Cross Gate Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), LB Lewisham

Key Engagements

Among my additional engagements since my last report were the following:

 I chaired my regular planning decisions meeting on 6 January  I attended the Budget and Performance Committee on 7 January to answer questions on my draft GLA group budget for 2020/21  I had my regular meeting with Cllr Peter John, Chair of London Councils, on 7 January  I had an introductory meeting with Kennedy Stewart, the Mayor of Vancouver, on 8 January  I chaired the London Health Board on 8 January  I had an introductory meeting with Shobi Khan, the new CEO of Canary Wharf Group, on 8 January  I chaired a meeting, along with Paul Maynard MP, Minister for Transport, with Costain Skanska Joint Venture (CSJV), who are delivering the Bond Street and Paddington Crossrail stations, on 8 January  I attended my monthly Speak to Sadiq radio phone-in at LBC on 9 January  I had my regular meeting with the London Ambulance Service on 9 January  I had my regular meeting with Transport for London on 9 January  I visited St Mungo’s Spring Gardens in Lewisham on 10 January to see the GLA's new hub for rough sleepers  I launched London Power, the new energy company for all Londoners, on 13 January  I chaired my regular planning decisions meeting on 13 January  I visited Google Central in Westminster on 14 January to announce the launch of a new £800,000 Shared Endeavor Fund to Counter Violent Extremism  I chaired the London Crime Reduction Board on 14 January  I met with Fraser Nelson, Editor of the Spectator, on 14 January  I chaired a meeting of the Mayor's Business Advisory Board at Palestra on 15 January  I attended Mayor's Question Time on 16 January  I had my regular meeting with Dame Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, on 16 January  I addressed the London Government Dinner at Mansion House on 16 January  I had my regular meeting with Sir David Sloman, the joint Regional Director for NHS England & Improvement London, on 17 January  I visited Brent on 18 January to launch Brent’s 2020 London Borough of Culture programme  I attended the annual GLA Holocaust Memorial Day Remembrance Service at City Hall on 20 January

Page 43  I visited Redbridge on 20 January to see the scene of the triple stabbing that took place in Elmstead Road, Seven Kings  I addressed the Tourism Means Business Conference taking place at Kings Place on 20 January  I visited Salisbury Primary School, Newham, on 21 January to promote the Formula E Championship 2019/20 season finale which is coming to London on 25 and 26 July  I chaired the VRU Partnership Reference Group on 21 January  I had my regular meeting with Andy Roe, the Fire Commissioner, on 21 January  I chaired the Transport for London Board meeting on 22 January  I had my regular meeting with Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu on 22 January to discuss policing and security  I met with representatives of Grenfell Utd on 22 January  I had an introductory meeting with Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State, on 23 January  I attended People's Question Time in Haringey on 23 January  I hosted a Foreign Media Roundtable on 24 January  I visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camps Site, Oświęcim, Poland on 27 January to attend the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps  I had an introductory meeting with Chris Philp MP, Minister for London, on 28 January  I attended the Draft Budget Assembly Plenary on 29 January  I had my regular meeting with representatives from the GLA Unison Branch on 29 January  I had my regular meeting with representatives of the TUC LESE on 29 January  I had my regular meeting with Sir Stephen House, the Deputy Police Commissioner, on 30 January  I addressed the Institute for Global City Policing - Dealing with Violence Conference on 31 January  I had an introductory meeting with Dr Adam Bodnar, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, on 31 January  I hosted an event at City Hall on 31 January to invite European Londoners and their families to receive free advice on the EU Settlement Scheme from immigration lawyers  I met with the Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 3 February ahead of the Budget  I attended a meeting hosted by the Rt Hon Sajid Javid, Chancellor of the Exchequer, with Metro Mayors on 3 February ahead of the budget  I visited the Harrow Club Youth Centre in Kensington and Chelsea on 4 February to announce the launch of the latest round of the £45 million Young Londoners Fund  I launched the London City Resilience Strategy on 5 February  I attended the Assembly Plenary on 6 February to answer questions on the London Plan  I had an introductory meeting with Lutz Schuler, CEO Virgin, on 6 February  I had my regular meeting with Transport for London on 6 February  I met with Jonathan Goldstein, Chair of the Jewish Leadership Council, on 6 February to discuss community relations  I had my regular meeting with Paul Plant, the interim Director for Public Health England (PHE) London and Statutory Health Advisor, on 7 February  I visited Streatham on 8 February to take part in a community event following the terrorist attack that took place in Streatham High Street

Page 44  I met with Cllr Peter John, Leader of Southwark, and Cllr Teresa O’Neill, Leader of Bexley, on 10 February  I chaired my regular planning decisions meeting on 10 February

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Mayor’s Report to the Assembly

Background Document – List of decisions published between 3 January 2020 and 10 February 2020.

The Part 1 of Mayoral Decisions (from 6 April 2009), Executive Director Decisions (from 1 November 2010), Assistant Director Decisions (from 18 April 2013) and the non-confidential facts and advice supporting those decisions, are published on the GLA website here within one working day of approval, unless deferred. * = previously deferred publication.

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor MD2097* Albert Island Disposal 03/04/17 Sadiq Khan/ Financial implications included in Part 2 James Murray of the decision form. Approved: Page 47 Page 1. Additional expenditure of £475,000 to undertake site investigations, and measures as necessary to assist with the site’s management and disposal. 2. An exemption from the GLA Contracts and Funding Code to allow the appointment of White Young Green (WYG) for the production of site investigation reports. MD2164* Albert Island Developer Section 09/08/17 Sadiq Khan/ The Decision is seeking approval to James Murray appoint L&R, the successful bidder of a Approved: competitive procurement process, as development partner for the development The selection of London & Regional Group Holdings Ltd (L&R) and economic regeneration of the Albert as development partner which will signal the closure of the Island site, which is located within Royal procurement process and GLAP entering into a Development Docks Enterprise Zone. The Agreement and supporting agreements with L&R. redevelopment will include the delivery of a Boatyard and Marine facility. Additional funding approval has been secured through MD2097 to assist with the land assembly and if further estate management costs are to be incurred Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor additional approval will be sought.

MD2405* Energy for Londoners Supply Company (EfLSCo) 04/02/19 Sadiq Khan/ The project costs listed in 4.1 are of a Branding, Awareness activities and Research Shirley revenue nature. The EfLSCo programme Rodrigues budget is currently made up of Approved: £2,756,000 capital for 2018-19, therefore there is a need to swap £1,266,000 from The allocation and expenditure of revenue funding of up to the capital budget into revenue. The £1,266,000 as follows: spend will be incurred in 2018-19 will be 1. Up to £236,000 on brand development support from a approximately £460,000 and the specialist branding agency to deliver an effective and remaining £806,000 in 2019-20. impactful visual identity that will enable the company to cut through and meet its objectives; Page 48 Page 2. Up to £950,000 on customer awareness and pre- acquisition activities development (including procurement of a specialist agency and production of creative assets) to ensure that the hardest to reach Londoners most in need of the service are properly engaged; and 3. Up to £80,000 on consumer research and testing to support the development of a brand and customer awareness and pre-acquisition activities. This will ensure all decisions and investments are driven by insights, to facilitate the delivery of all objectives in the most effective manner. MD2429* London’s Local Industrial Strategy – new research to 19/02/19 Sadiq Khan/ The London Economic Action Partnership address knowledge gaps Nick Bowes (LEAP) has been awarded £200,000 from Government via the Cities and Local Approved: Growth Unit to support the production of a robust evidence base to underpin Expenditure of up to £170,000 (in the 2019/20 financial year) London’s Local Industrial Strategy. The on research required to support the development of London’s

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor Local Industrial Strategy. proposed research projects detailed within this report totalling up £170,000 will be funded from this Government Grant in 2019-20. The expenditure for the balance of the grant totalling £30,000 will be subject to separate approval once scoped out. MD2528* Urban Tree Challenge Fund – London Grant 28/10/19 Sadiq Khan/ As the GLA acted as in intermediary to Shirley the Urban Tree Challenge Fund, all grant Approved: Rodrigues monies will be administered to participating boroughs accordingly, The GLA’s receipt of up to £2.2m from the Forestry making the Authority responsible for up Commission; and expenditure of up to £3.4m (comprising the to £3.4m of this project. sums to be reimbursed from the Forestry Commission funding Page 49 Page and up to £1.2m from the GLA’s Greener City Fund) to deliver It should be noted that the Forestry street tree planting through the Urban Tree Challenge Fund. Commission’s grant is to be transferred to the GLA as capital grant. However, as the GLA accounts for tree planting as revenue expenditure (in line with previous tree planting programmes), the grant of £2.2m will be subject to a capital/ revenue swap via the Authority’s Capital Programme Reserve.

MD2545* Adult Education Budget Grant Allocation Approach 02/12/19 Sadiq Khan/ The proposed approach uses the 2019/20 2020/21 Jules Pipe allocation as the baseline for 2020/21 indicative allocations, subject to Approved: confirmation of the London AEB allocation in January 2020. On the basis The grant allocation approach for the Adult Education Budget that the budget is confirmed at a similar (AEB) for the 2020/21 academic year subject to the final level to 2019/20, the approach ensures London AEB allocation being confirmed by the Department for that grant allocations will be issued within Education in early 2020. the overall AEB funding envelope. For

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor 2020/21, the AEB allocation for London is expected to increase from £306m to £311m as funding related to continuing learners who are London residents is included in the London funding. The final allocations will be considered at the AEB Mayoral Board meeting in February 2020, alongside a full breakdown of the planned AEB expenditure for 2020/21. MD2562 Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation Grant Funding 07/01/20 Sadiq Khan/ Approval is sought to provide £300,000 in Leah grant funding to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Approved: Kreitzman/ Foundation to support the conservation Debbie and preservation of the Auschwitz- Payment of £300,000 in grant funding to the Auschwitz-

Page 50 Page Weekes- Birkenau Memorial site so that Londoners Birkenau Foundation to support the conservation and Bernard can continue to visit the site into the preservation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum future. site so that Londoners can continue to visit the site into the

future. Grant of £300,000 will be funded from 2019-20 Corporate Contingency budget. MD2565 EastPlus – retention of services of specialist property 07/01/20 Sadiq Khan/ The decision requests approval for consultant by GLAP David Bellamy revenue expenditure of up to £180,000 on specialist property services to be Approved: provided to GLAP by Lambert Smith Hampton on the EastPlus project 1. Expenditure for GLAP on the EastPlus project of up to (including the upgrade of Hindmans Way £180,000 for specialist property services to be provided in Dagenham Dock). to GLAP by Lambert Smith Hampton on the EastPlus project (including the upgrade of Hindmans Way in The above expenditure will be funded Dagenham Dock); and from GLAP Land & Property budget. The 2. A related exemption from the GLA Contracts and forecast expenditure is approximately Funding Code to directly appoint Lambert Smith £52k in 2019/20, £60k in 2020/21, £40k Hampton without a competitive process, for the in 21/22 and £28k in 22/23.

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor reasons outlined at paragraph 1.9.

MD2563 London Vehicle Scrappage Scheme amendment 14/01/20 Shirley This decision extends the scope of Rodrigues/ MD2417 by way of amending Appendix Approved: Heidi 1’s reference to “businesses” (rather than Alexander/ only microbusinesses), alongside third That the Delegation and Direction Document set out in Nick Bowes sector organisations as originally Appendix 1 to MD2417 be amended to refer to “businesses” approved, and authorises TfL under (rather than only microbusinesses), alongside third sector sections 30 and 38 of the GLA Act 1999 organisations as originally approved, and authorises TfL under to operate the London Vehicle Scrappage sections 30 and 38 of the GLA Act 1999 to operate the London Scheme under the powers delegated to it Vehicle Scrappage Scheme under the powers delegated to it by by MD2417 in accordance with that MD2417 in accordance with the Delegation and Direction

Page 51 Page Delegation & Direction Document as so Document as so amended. amended.

MD2567 Urban Tree Challenge Fund - revised London grant 14/01/20 Sadiq Khan/ Approval is being sought for the receipt award Shirley and expenditure of up to the revised Rodrigues £3,211,461 for the Tree Planting Project. Approved: Although the overall project has a value of up to £4,451,461 the GLA will manage The GLA’s receipt of £2,011,461 from the Forestry and be accountable for up to £3,211,461 Commission; and expenditure of up to £3,211,461 (comprising only. The Forestry Commission has the sums to be reimbursed from the Forestry Commission confirmed it will award £2,011,461 of this funding and up to £1.24m from the GLA’s Greener City Fund) with the GLA funding the remaining to deliver street tree planting through the Urban Tree £1,200,000. Challenge Fund. As the grant will be paid in arrears, it is recommended the Authority ensure all related expenditure is eligible before it takes place. This reduction in funding has resulted in the need to rescope the project and further re-profiling of the budget as set out in table 3. This

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor reprofiling will be highlighted as part of the quarter three reporting process.

MD2569 Safeguarded Wharves Review 2018-2019 14/01/20 Sadiq Khan/ This MD has no direct financial Jules Pipe implications to the GLA. Approved: 1. The final recommendations of the Safeguarded Wharves Review, that: - Safeguarding directions be removed from eight wharves; - Safeguarding directions be applied to two new wharves; and Page 52 Page - Safeguarding directions are re-issued for 22 safeguarded wharves to amend the boundaries to reflect site ownership and/or marine infrastructure; and 2. The submission of the above recommendations and supporting documents to the Secretary of State to request that they agree to and issue the relevant safeguarding directions. MD2572 GLA 2018/19 Treasury Management Outturn & 2019/20 14/01/20 Sadiq Khan/ Financial considerations are addressed Mid-Year Report David Bellamy throughout the report.

Approved: 1. The Treasury Management activities and the performance against its benchmark in the year 2018/19 and first half of the 2019/20 financial year; 2. The balance of investments as at 31 March 2019 and 30 September 2019; 3. The outstanding loan balances as at 31 March 2019

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor and 30 September 2019; 4. The acquisition of London Treasury Limited (LTL) by the GLA; and 5. That all Treasury activities in the reporting period have been within the boundaries and levels set by the Authority. MD2573 Appointment of the GLA’s Executive Director, 16/01/20 Sadiq Khan/ This decision requests approval for the Resources/Chief Finance Officer David Bellamy appointment of David Gallie to the role of the GLA Executive Director of Resources. Approved: The agreed salary for the role is £130,000 per annum. In addition, the GLA will pay The appointment of David Gallie as the GLA’s Executive standard on-costs such as National Director, Resources, incorporating the statutory role of Chief Page 53 Page Insurance and pension. Finance Officer and noting this is a joint decision with the

London Assembly. The appointment will take effect from 1 The cost will be funded from the April 2020 and will be in line with the terms and conditions set Executive Director of Resources budget. out in the Contract appended to Part 2 of this decision form.

MD2579 Crossrail Business Rates Supplement – Approval of 29/01/20 Sadiq Khan/ The income raised through the Crossrail Policies for 2020-21 David Bellamy BRS in the 2020-21 financial year net of billing authority administrative expenses The Mayor: and rating reliefs is estimated at this stage to be £267.4 million before appeals and - Approved the following policies for the Crossrail Business £247.4 million after an allowance for Rates Supplement (BRS) for the 2020-21 financial year: appeals. As outlined above, up to £132.7 1. The Crossrail BRS will apply for the full 2020-21 million of this is expected to be used to financial year across the entire GLA area; finance the GLA’s estimated interest costs 2. The Crossrail BRS multiplier (or tax rate) shall be set at with the balance applied to repay its 2p per pound of rateable value; Crossrail debt. The actual sums collectable in 2020-21 taking into account reliefs and 3. The rateable value threshold above which the Crossrail losses on collection will be forecast by BRS applies shall be £70,000; and London billing authorities before the end 4. Any reliefs for the Crossrail BRS will continue to apply of March 2020.

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor on the same basis at the same percentage rate as for National Non Domestic Rates (NNDR) having regard to In line with the final prospectus It is the local policies in place in the 33 London billing estimated that the BRS for Crossrail will authorities and those set by central government. run for a period of 24 to 31 years with a Section 45 ratepayers (that is, those owning or entitled current target end date of 2037-38 and to occupy empty properties) will not be exempt from raise no more than £8.1 billion to finance the Crossrail BRS as a class. The same automatic empty and repay debt and/or provide a direct property reliefs will apply, however, at the same contribution towards Crossrail percentage rate to the Crossrail BRS as for NNDR. The construction costs. GLA will not exercise its powers under section 16 of the BRS Act to apply an offset for eligible ratepayers liable to pay a levy towards a Business Improvement District. - Authorised the Executive Director, Resources, to issue a

Page 54 Page notification of the above policies to the 33 London billing authorities as required by section 18 of the BRS Act and the explanatory note for non-domestic ratepayers for 2020-21 as set out in Appendix A. DD2009* Abbey Wood and South Thamesmead Housing Zone (LB 27/07/16 David Lunts/ There was a financial transaction of Bexley) and Abbey Wood, South Thamesmead and Martin Clarke £23,932,366 covering the Thamesmead Plumstead Housing Zone (RB Greenwich) – Thamesmead project. This was broken down with £12,874,366 in Bexley and £11,058,000 The Executive Director of Housing and Land and the Executive in Greenwich. Director, Resources: In removing the financial transaction from 1. Confirmed that the outcomes of the financial and legal the project this reduces the risk of any due diligence are satisfactory; loss of funds to the GLA, taking into 2. Approved contractual commitment of an affordable account that all funding is now Grant and housing grant of £47,556,893 to fund the interventions if Peabody do not build the affordable specified below within the Abbey Wood and South properties that the grant relates to the Thamesmead Housing Zone in the London Borough of GLA will be reimbursed the appropriate Bexley and the Abbey Wood, South Thamesmead and amount. Plumstead Housing Zone in the Royal Borough of Greenwich that have been subject to finance and legal The £47,556,893 that this DD is

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor due diligence; requesting a commitment of is the agreed amount in MD1457. This amount is 3. Approved transfer of an existing Peabody Trust grant allocation of £9,226,893 from the Building the Pipeline broken by £12,775,000 to be spent in programme to the Housing Zones programme for the Greenwich, £25,555,000 to be spent in purposes of including this allocation in the above Bexley and a transfer of an already funding commitment; approved £9,226,893 from the Building the Pipeline programme for Bexley. 4. Approved a change in the boundary of the Housing Zone in the Royal Borough of Greenwich to include Pettman Crescent as per the appendix; 5. Agreed the revised site details and re-profiled completion dates for the delivery of housing completions; and

Page 55 Page 6. Noted the deduction of £12,775,000 (RB Greenwich) and £25,555,000 (LB Bexley) from the grant budget for Housing Zones for the interventions specified below. DD2344* Licence Lite 28/03/19 Debbie Jackson Executive Director’s approval is sought for the expenditure of up to £125,000 to pay Approved: for additional costs related to the Licence Lite project. This will bring the total spend 1. Additional project costs of up to £125,000 (taking total on Licence Lite up to £287,000. forecast project costs up to £287,000), including:

- Receipt of income of up to £225,000 from Npower Approval is also sought for receipt of for the generation they sold for the GLA; and income of up to £225,000 from Npower - Expenditure of up to £415,000 for the costs for the generation they sold for the GLA, Npower incurred for supplying TfL’s electricity and expenditure of up to £415,000 for requirements on behalf of the GLA. the costs Npower incurred for supplying TfL’s electricity requirements on behalf of the GLA.

The net additional cost of up to £125,000 will be funded from the Environment Team’s 2018/19 programme revenue

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor budget. The funds will be from specific programme budgets that have not been approved to slip into 2019/20, specifically from under-spends against the Commercial and Income Maximisation projects of the overall programme. DD2348* Evaluation of The Mayor’s Construction Academy 16/04/19 Michelle Cuomo The estimated cost of up to £80,000 for Boorer (on the proposed programme evaluation will Approved: behalf of be funded from the revenue element of Debbie the Mayor’s Construction Academy Expenditure of up to £80,000 on services required for the Jackson) Programme budget as approved by evaluation of the Mayor’s Construction Academy programme to MD2213 (with the programme costs assess the effectiveness of the programme to achieve the spanning to 2021 in line with the phasing stated aims and objectives and to inform future work in this

Page 56 Page of the budget). area.

DD2427 Sport Unites Sport Tech: Using Open Data for Social 07/01/20 Sarah Mulley This expenditure will be funded from the Prescribing Sport Unites Programme budget, within the Team London and Community Sports Approved: Unit.

Expenditure of up to £76,000 by way of the award of grant funding to London Sport (comprising of £30,000 in 2019/2020 and £46,000 in 2020/21) as a contribution to the costs of delivering its Open Data for Social Prescribing project. DD2441 Allocation of Business Low Emission Neighbourhood 07/01/20 Mary Harpley Funding was initially secured for this (BLEN) funding programme under MD2495, with the repurposing of £2 million (The LEAP Approved: Board endorsed a recommendation that £1,550,000 capital, £450,000 revenue) of Allocation of grant funding to six recommended Business Low Cleaner Heat Cashback underspend to Emission Neighbourhood proposals with a total value of support further BLENs and Air Quality £1,758,000. The proposals and respective funding requests are projects through the Good Growth Fund listed below: Round 3.

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor - Love London Road, Love Clean Air – London Road Healthy High Street Project (London Borough of It is proposed that the repurposed Croydon) £325,000; £1,550,000 capital element is increased by £208,000 to £1,758,000 via converting - Tower Hamlets Town Centres and Markets (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) £350,000; revenue to capital in addition to that already approved via MD2495. - Ley Street Business Low Emission Neighbourhood (London Borough of Redbridge) £250,000; These proposals will generate £2,245,000 - North End Road Business Low Emission Neighbourhood in match funding from the boroughs, (London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham) already committed through the preceding £250,000; Low Emission Neighbourhood scheme.

- Thesally Road Business Low Emission Neighbourhood (London Borough of Wandsworth); and Page 57 Page - Leytonstone Business Low Emission Neighbourhood (London Borough of Waltham Forest) £250,000. DD2443 High Streets Adaptive Strategies 22/01/20 Philip Graham The proposed LEAP investment will be sourced from the ‘Research & Approved: Development Funding’ element of the Good Growth Fund up to a maximum of Expenditure of £225,000 to support a competitive call to £50,000 per strategy. Under this Boroughs/Business Improvement District (BID) led partnerships programme applicants are required to to prepare strategies for high street and town centre renewal in provide 50% match funding to support line with published High Streets – Adaptive Strategies these strategies. guidance. It is proposed that £185,000 will be grant awarded to

several London Borough/BID led partnerships. A further All expenditure will take place within £40,000 will be used to provide externally procured programme 2020-21 financial year. support and advisory work with London Boroughs, and

externally procured evaluation to support the dissemination of findings. DD2437 Clerkenwell Fire Station Conversion and Redevelopment 28/01/20 Rickardo Hyatt This grant will be funded from the MHCLG Small Sites fund. Approved: The grant may be recovered by the GLA in

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor The provision of grant funding to the London Borough of the case of underspend and/or the Islington for up to a maximum of £4 million from the Small achievement of enhanced sales values. Sites Fund (MD2396 Land Assembly, Small Sites and Accelerated Construction Funds) to contribute towards the cost The GLA retains the ability to recover of acquiring the former Clerkenwell Fire Station site, which is funding under certain circumstances. expected to enable the delivery of 50 homes including a minimum 50 per cent affordable. ADD2397 Wholesale Market Consolidation Barking and Dagenham 06/01/20 Juliemma The expenditure will be funded from the Planning Performance Agreement McLoughlin Pre App Planning reserves.

Approved: The receipt will be transferred at the end of the financial year to the Planning Pre- 1. The Planning Performance Agreement for £90,000 Application and Smoothing Reserves, as expenditure in respect of the Wholesale Market outlined within the Local Government Act Page 58 Page Consolidation Barking and Dagenham scheme; and 2003. 2. Receipt of £90,000 on a cost recovery basis from the developer City of London Corporation. ADD2395 Flyunder Planning Permission 07/01/20 Simon Powell This decision seeks approval for expenditure of up to £20,000 on Approved: professional fees to secure planning for the provision of light industrial workspace 1. Entering into a Section 106 document and any further on GLAP land beneath the Silvertown ancillary documents to secure planning permission Flyover. including highways agreements; and

2. £20,000 in expenditure on professional fees and The expenditure will be funded from monitoring fees incurred in securing planning within the Land and Property budget in permission. GLAP and will be incurred in 2019/20 financial year.

ADD2414 External Challenge – GLA Group Diversity and Inclusion 14/01/20 Mary Harpley This will be funded from the 2019/20 Action Standard (on behalf of corporate contingency budget. Charmaine De Approved: Souza)

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor 1. Expenditure of £39,750 on services from EW Group to provide external challenge of progress against the Diversity and Inclusion Action Standard for 8 organisations (GLA, TfL, MET, LLDC, OPDC, MOPAC, LFB, L&P); and 2. A related exemption from the GLA’s Contracts and Funding Code requirement to undertake a competitive procurement exercise. ADD2413 Open Project System enhancements – Recycled Capital 16/01/20 Rickardo Hyatt This decision seeks approval for Grant Fund returns (part 1) and new processing route expenditure of £28,854 from the H&L management and consultancy budget to Approved: the Open Project System (OPS) team

Page 59 Page 1. Expenditure of £28,854 to cover the costs of two budget to cover the costs of two enhancements to Open Project System (OPS) that enhancements made to OPS that benefit benefit Housing & Land; and Housing & Land as detailed in section 1. 2. Transfer of £28,854 from the Housing & Land management and consultancy budget to the Open Project System (OPS) team budget to cover the costs of the two enhancements to OPS. ADD2415 Enhanced Setting the Standard programme 16/01/20 Rickardo Hyatt This decision seeks approval for grant funding of £50,000 to London Borough Approved: of Ealing to fund the shortfall of Expenditure of £50,000 to be paid to LB Ealing to part-fund development for the enhanced Setting the development of the enhanced Setting the Standard the Standard programme as detailed in programme, to improve standards in temporary section 1.6 accommodation. The expenditure will be funded from the GLA’s management and consultancy budget. As set out below, £25,000 would be paid in 2019/20 and £25,000 in 2020/21.

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor

ADD2420 Planning Management Team Coaching Plan 2020 16/01/20 Debbie Jackson Approval is being sought for the expenditure of £10,500 on professional Approved: development for the planning unit. Expenditure of £10,500 on delivery of one to one coaching This expenditure will be funded from the sessions with management team staff by Management Futures, planning reserve and take place within the to supplement the Management Training the staff have last quarter of 2019/20. undertaken. ADD2376 Mental Health Awareness Training 27/01/20 Jazz Bhogal Approval is being sought for expenditure of up to £15,000 for a provider to be Approved: confirmed to deliver mental health Page 60 Page awareness training. This expenditure will Expenditure of up to £15,000 (from the C&I minor programmes be funded by the Communities & budget) for this training. Intelligence Minor Programme budget for 2019-20. ADD2406 Mental health and wellbeing needs assessment for 27/01/20 Jazz Bhogal Approval is sought for the expenditure of London’s Further Education student population £30,000 in financial year 2019/20 to commission a mental health needs Approved: assessment of London’s Further Education settings. Expenditure of £30,000 in financial year 2019/20 to commission a mental health needs assessment of London’s The funding will be managed by the Further Education settings. Health Team from within the Health, Education and Youth Unit budget. ADD2422 Customer Relationship Management for Economic 05/02/20 Luke Bruce A supplier has been identified to provide Development – selection of a preferred provider and this system and quoted the cost of both decision to purchase licenses and implementation implementation and licensing at £25,000. support Payment will be an upfront cost to cover licenses and implementation with Approved: continual moderating for satisfactory

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor Expenditure of up to £25,000 on a one-year contract with delivery. Insightly to cover licenses and implementation costs of the preferred Customer Relationship Management system. This system will be funded by the 2019/20 Economic Fairness budget held within the Good Growth Directorate.

ADD2416 South Lambeth Road, London Borough of Lambeth – 06/02/20 Tim Steer TfL confirms that the making of this GLA Side Road Designation Order has no additional financial implications for the functional Approved: body, being contained within the operations funded under their Business The removal of a slip road section of South Lambeth Road Plan. There are no additional financial carriageway from Clapham Road from the existing London implications for the GLA or GLA Group. Borough of Lambeth, GLA Main Roads Designation Order, so

Page 61 Page that the space can be utilised as a paved/landscaped area. ADD2417 Canning Town On and Off Slip Roads, London Borough 06/02/20 Tim Steer TfL confirms that the making of this of Newham – GLA Main Road Designation Order has no additional financial implications for the functional Approved: body, being contained within the operations funded under their Business The removal of the Canning Town Roundabout and Newham Plan. There are no additional financial Way On and Off Slip Roads from the TLRN GLA Main Road implications for the GLA or GLA Group. Order, to facilitate the redevelopment of the Canning Town

Area. This will permit London Borough of Newham to have Highway and Traffic Authority status to redevelop and maintain the area. ADD2418 Highbury Corner – London Borough of Islington – GLA 06/02/20 Tim Steer The making of this Designation Order has Main and Side Road no additional financial implications for the functional body, being contained within Approved: the operations funded under their Business Plan. There are no additional 1. The inclusion of small lengths of St Pauls Road and financial implications for the GLA or GLA Canonbury Road as GLA Side Roads to existing lengths of Group. these roads in the GLA Side Roads (London Borough of

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor Islington) Designation Order 2007 and amend the definition of the Main Road description in The GLA Roads (No.3) Designation Order 2008; and 2. Formalisation of the change by signing the new orders, The GLA Side Roads (London Borough of Islington) Designation Order 2007 (No. 6) Variation Order 2019 (Appendix A(1)) and The GLA Roads (No.3) Designation Order 2008 (No. 3) Variation Order 2019 (Appendix A(2)). DMFD36* Resilience of the London Fire Brigade Fleet 10/10/19 Fiona Twycross LFC-0175y to the London Fire Commissioner requests authority to Approved: purchase six four-wheel-drive utility vehicles at a total cost not exceeding The placement of an order through the London Fire £237,000 in the 2019/20 financial year,

Page 62 Page Commissioner’s Vehicles and Equipment contract with Babcock which is to be funded from a charitable Emergency Services for six, four-wheel-drive low-emission donation from the charitable arm of the utility vehicles at a cost not exceeding £237,000, in line with London Freemasons Metropolitan Grand report LFC-0175y to the Commissioner. Lodge. There will be additional costs in respect of the running and maintenance of the vehicles which is expected to cost £13,836 per annum and this is not covered within the existing budgets. The management of this pressure will be considered within the ongoing 2020/21 budget process.

DMFD46 Legal costs related to the Grenfell Tower Fire 24/12/19 Fiona Twycross This report recommends that projected spend on legal costs be agreed in The Deputy Mayor: 2019/20 and in 2020/21 including a 10 per cent margin of tolerance, as set out in 1. Approved the expenditure by the London Fire the report to the Commissioner appended Commissioner to secure continuing legal services to Part 2 of this decision, in relation to relating to the Grenfell Tower as set out in report LFC- the Grenfell Tower fire. The forecast

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor 0241 to the Commissioner; and expenditure in 2020/21 will be included as part of the budget process for future 2. Waived the requirement for further approvals relating to the Commissioner’s insurance arrangements relating years. The report notes that these figures to legal services arising from the Grenfell Tower fire, can fluctuate depending on the actions, conditional upon the receipt of periodic expenditure requests and decisions by other agencies. reporting relating to such legal services as determined Actual legal expenditure in relation to this by the Deputy Mayor at her Fire and Resilience Board. work, net of any relevant insurance income, will continue to be reported on as part of the published Quarterly Financial Position reports. The proposed expenditure will be funded from the Commissioner’s existing budgets. No further funding from the Greater London Authority is required. Page 63 Page DMFD49 Fire and Rescue Staff Pay Settlement 2019-20 15/01/20 Fiona Twycross Report LFC-0270x recommends the approval and implementation of Approved: the pay offer made to Fire and Rescue Staff. This includes the provision of an Expenditure of £939,000 by the London Fire Commissioner for additional 0.5% for FRS B and FRS C the implementation of the 2019-20 Fire and Rescue Staff pay staff, at a total additional cost of settlement as set out in report LFC-0270x to the Commissioner. £72,000. If agreed this additional cost will be included as part of the regular financial position reporting and also as part of the budget process for future years.

MD2568 Extension to Bishopsgate Goodsyard Planning 05/02/20 Sadiq Khan/ Approval is sought for expenditure of up Performance Agreement Jules Pipe to a total of £75,000 exclusive of VAT on the continuing engagement of a Approved: designated Planning Officer to oversee the Bishopsgate Goods Yard planning 1. the extension to the Planning Performance Agreement application through to a Mayoral Planning and the receipt of £75,000 exclusive of VAT on a cost Hearing and completion of any necessary recovery basis from the developer of the Bishopsgate section 106 legal agreement. All costs will Goodsyard scheme; and be reimbursed in full by the Applicant.

Ref Decision Date Approved by/ Financial Implications (summarised Signed Mayoral where long) Advisor 2. expenditure of £75,000 exclusive of VAT on the extension to the Planning Performance Agreement for in respect of the Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme taking total expenditure to £260,000.

MD2576 Land Adjacent to 20 Bury Street Public Inquiry 05/02/20 Sadiq Khan / Approval is sought for expenditure of up Jules Pipe to a total of £350,000 on the engagement Approved: of a Leading Counsel and other expert witnesses necessary to defend the reasons Expenditure of up to £350,000 exclusive of VAT to cover for refusing planning permission. The the costs of defending the decision to refuse the estimates of cost may increase or planning application. decrease but the intention is to remain within the overall envelope of £350,000,

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