7.1 Question from Councillor Rathbone to the Cabinet Member for Planning, Business and Investment:
What progress is being made to help local businesses - shops and markets - to survive the current 'austerity' period following a downturn in the retail market this last Christmas, following our manifesto pledge to support our high streets and markets to thrive and prosper?
7.2 Question from Councillor Joseph to the Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education, Young People and Children’s Social Care:
The NEU reports a projected loss of £15,283,365.06 in Hackney 2015-2020 and £610.10 in per pupil funding over the same period. Could the Deputy Mayor update us on the real impact on schools of the current funding arrangements and will the Council join the NEU in calling on the Government to properly fund schools?
7.3 Question from Councillor Billington to the Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing Needs:
What progress has been has been made in our manifesto commitment to invest in and develop temporary accommodation for those who through no fault of their own find themselves homeless in our borough?
7.4 Question from Councillor Smyth to the Cabinet Member for Energy, Sustainability and Community Services:
What progress has been made to reduce use of single use plastics in the council and what policies is the council putting in place to enable residents and business to reduce their use of single use plastics across Hackney.
7.5 Question from Councillor Fajana Thomas to the Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education, Young People and Children’s Social Care:
We have pledged to give all our young people the best start in life. There have been stories in the media about headteachers callously excluding and off - rolling under achieving children to make their school’s results improve. Can you tell us whether this is happening in Hackney, and whether there is any statistics available in Hackney, in particular on BAMER students?
7.6 Question from Councillor Patrick to the Cabinet Member for Finance and Housing Needs:
What effect is universal credit having on the residents of Hackney? What has the council put in place to assist residents who are struggling?
7.7 Question from Councillor Race to the Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education, Young People and Children’s Social Care:
The Cabinet member will have noted media coverage of a case in which a man found guilty of rape sought access to his child through the local council’s care services. Can the cabinet member confirm that Hackney Council has strict policies in place that, while complying with the law, have a bias against putting children and women in a situation whereby they are contacted by the perpetrator of a crime such as this?
7.8 Question from Councillor Hercock to the Cabinet Member for Planning, Business and Investment:
What can the council do for the residents of Denman Court who have historically been able to access Church St via Barn Street but who are no longer able to do so since the development of new houses on Barn Street included a gated fence?
7.9 Question from Councillor Stops to the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Transport and Parks:
The council has proposed a novel cycle scheme for the Balls Pond Road. However, members and residents would not have been aware of the full details of the scheme because the details were either not available or not known.
Members and residents will not have known that it is proposed to introduce rubber blocks and plastic bollards into the carriageway, because the consultation said nothing of this. They would not have known the Kingsbury Road junction details, because the detailed design is not available. Bus passengers would not have known of the delays expected for buses, because nobody appears to have considered this.
Can the consultation be re-run with these details included?