Agenda item

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Steve Wright; [email protected]; 020 7983 4390

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report, put questions to the Mayor and senior GLA officers on the 2015/16 GLA Group Budget and note the discussion;

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chairman, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the Committee’s response to the Mayor’s Draft Consultation Budget for 2015/16.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on the 2015/16 GLA Group Budget to the following invited guests:

·  Boris Johnson, Mayor of London;

·  Sir Edward Lister, Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor, Policy and Planning;

·  Martin Clarke, Executive Director of Resources, GLA; and

·  David Gallie, Assistant Director – Group Finance, GLA.

6.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached as Appendix 1.

6.3  During the course of the discussion, the Committee requested the following additional information in writing:

·  Details of any GLA Group assets sold at below market level for affordable housing;

·  Details of the Mayor’s decision-making process and officers involved in decisions about disposals at below market level, as well as the Mayor’s priorities for disposals;

·  Details of the numbers of people affected by increases to the Zones 1 to 6 Travelcard and the pay as you go cap in outer London zones;

·  A follow-up to the undertaking to look again at the increases to Zones 1 to 6 travelcards and pay as you go caps, along with increases to group fares, particularly in connection with schools;

·  An explanation for the proportion of homes being built for discounted rent with three or more bedrooms falling short of the 36% target;

·  Details of the youth unemployment rate and how it impacts on the number of young people available for apprenticeships; and

·  The funding levels available for Team London in 2015/16 and 2016/17.

6.4  Resolved:

(a)  That the report and discussion be noted; and

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chairman, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree the Committee’s response to the Mayor’s Draft Consultation Budget for 2015/16.