London Assembly

Sunday, 19 July 2020

  • Living Wage Employers

    How many employers within Greater London are accredited as Living Wage employers?

  • TfL Announcements

    One London Borough recently found its officers were only given ten minutes notification of a major change to a strategic road layout with huge knock-on implications for traffic and air quality....

  • London Covid-19 Transport Task Force

    How often will the London Covid-19 Transport Task Force meet and what have been its outcomes so far?

  • OJEU - Business cases

    Will you consider putting out an OJEU and publicising widely to other public sector, third sector and business asking for short executive summary business cases on how to drive GLA income from...

  • GLA financial audit

    Will you consider conducting a forensic audit of all GLA budgets to identify budget lines where money has been over allocated?

  • Protecting biodiversity alongside London Underground lines

    Further to your reply to 2020/1652 where you stated in relation to the trimming of grass verges “More wildlife-friendly management of all green spaces adds natural sound and colour that...

  • Leisure and Hospitality Grant Scheme

    I understand that a social enterprise or business occupying a listed building with no business rates is not entitled to any support from the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund. Will you...

  • Working from home (2)

    Will your Good Work Standard look into best practice for London’s employers that now have more employees working from home than pre-COVID-19?

  • Support for microbusinesses (2)

    The Central Activities Zone is unlikely to see a full return of its workforce in the near future due to the ongoing need for physical distancing and limited safe lift and public transport...

  • Easing of lockdown restrictions

    How important is clear messaging on the easing of lockdown restrictions for supporting London’s economy?

  • Face coverings on tube

    You have rightly required tube users to wear face coverings; however, many passengers are not obeying this instruction, especially in ticket halls and on platforms, as well as in carriages. Will...

  • Borough lockdowns

    If the Government bring in specific borough lockdowns to deal with areas of high infections, how will this be effectively enforced, especially along borough borders?

  • Encouraging recycling [2]

    Is Barnet Council’s policy of charging residents who wish to swap waste bins for recycling bins compliant with your waste plan? If you agree with me that it is not in the spirit of the...

  • Future of the Creative Land Trust

    If the Creative Land Trust does not meet its objectives and performance targets envisaged in MD2362, will you consider wrapping up the project and redirecting funding to existing established...

  • Competition and the Creative Land Trust

    How does the Creative Land Trust ensure its work does not unduly affect the artist studio sector by competing with existing community and charitable providers to purchase buildings or, because of...

  • Hampstead Heath Ponds

    In 2005 The City of London, who run Hampstead Heath introduced a ‘self-policed’ charging system at the bathing ponds which had hitherto always been free to use in much the same way as...

  • Creative Land Trust fundraising

    What is the total amount of money the Creative Land Trust has so far succeeded in raising, from sources external to the GLA, to purchase buildings to provide affordable workspace in...

  • Securing the future of artist studio organisations

    During the coronavirus crisis, arts organisations have needed emergency funding to meet their rent obligations. A major long-term problem, outlined in MD2362, has been that these organisations...

  • Creative Land Trust governance (2)

    What governance or oversight arrangements are now in place for the Creative Land Trust’s use of GLA administrative and capital funding, in order to ensure it delivers its intended outcomes...

  • Creative Land Trust governance (1)

    Why has no artist or creative beneficiary, or existing studio sector body, been included in the governance, board or staffing of the Creative Land Trust?

  • Working from home (1)

    How will you work with London’s businesses to ensure that they are protecting their employee’s health and wellbeing if they are now working from home?

  • London Borough Private Rented Sector Partnership

    In April 2017, you established the London Borough Private Rented Sector Partnership aiming to: “improve coordination, joint working and information sharing to drive forward improvements in...

  • Creative Land Trust funding

    Further to MD2362, MD2363, ADD2043, ADD2194 and the new Culture at Risk Business Support Fund, could you provide data on the total funding that has been made available by the GLA for the...

  • Cultural and sporting events

    What has been the total financial impact on London of not hosting cultural and sporting events this year?

  • Budget cuts at LFB

    What impact on transformation at LFB will its forecast £25m share of GLA group savings have?

  • 30cm tolerance on clad buildings

    How many a) ACM clad and b) other forms of dangerously clad buildings would be added to the total yet to be remediated in London if the height threshold had a 30cm tolerance flexibility (i.e....

  • Fire Safety Bill

    What extra staffing requirement will LFB have to meet the demands of the expanded powers in the Fire Safety Bill?

  • GLA role in £1bn Building Safety Fund

    What role will the GLA have in administering the new £1bn Building Safety Fund?

  • Collecting data on buildings of varying heights

    What preparations is the GLA making for MHCLG's planned summer 2020 data collection exercise on buildings of 11m to 18m height?

  • Completion of non-ACM dangerous cladding survey

    In response to my question 2020/1992, you said the data collection exercise for 11m+ buildings with non-ACM dangerous cladding will not finish until summer 2020. Please will you write to me once...

  • Assessing the damage of the limits on social sector applications to the Building Safety Fund

    In response to my question 2020/1999, you said: “registered providers and councils may have to divert resources away from building the new genuinely affordable homes that London desperately...

  • Hoteliers refusing to accept ACM must go

    The National Audit Office report into ACM cladding removal noted that some hotel operators dispute their ACM clad buildings need remediating. How many hotel operators in London does this apply to?

  • Competition and Markets Authority oversight of state aid rules

    In response to my question 2020/1994, you said that five leaseholders had received a reduced share of the cladding remediation fund owing to state aid restrictions. Given the relatively low level...

  • High street support (3)

    Gareth Bacon MP: Have you identified any London boroughs whose high streets and small businesses will be particularly hard hit by the pandemic?

  • High street support (2)

    Gareth Bacon MP: What engagement have you had with high street retailers and small business owners over the course of this crisis, what concerns have they raised with you, and how do you plan to...

  • Met police social media complaints

    Please provide data on how many complaints the Met has received regarding its posts on social media in 2017,2018,2019 and 2020 to date?

  • Support and advocacy for self-employed Londoners

    How is the Mayor supporting, and advocating for, Londoners who are self-employed (particularly freelancers), who have fallen through the cracks of government financial support measures?

  • Sustainable waste management (2)

    Residents near incinerators report harmful air pollution and respiratory issues, which is particularly concerning right now, during COVID-19. What are you doing to help mitigate the impact of...

  • Sustainable waste management (3)

    I recently published a reporton London’s food waste which showed that we could power 75,000 homes by sending all London’s food waste for anaerobic digestion. I asked you to consider...

  • The London Plan and electric charging points

    In answer to question 2019/19622 you stated “In order to effectively monitor the implementation of draft London Plan Policy T6.1, the London Development Database (LDD) is updating its...

  • PPE quality checks (1)

    How many items of PPE distributed via the SCG’s logistics routes have had to be recalled owing to safety concerns?

  • Culture at Risk Office

    How many organisations and individuals has your Culture at Risk Office helped since the start of the COVID-19 crisis?

  • Theatre Closures

    Are you aware of any theatres that have closed in London as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic?

  • PPE quality checks (2)

    How many items of PPE distributed by the SCG’s logistics routes have been found to be out of date? Please provide the final date of quality sign off for each batch of these items where possible.

  • Architecture Design and Urbanism Panel

    How many of the 92 companies appointed to your Architecture Design and Urbanism Panel are led by people from a) Black; b) Asian and c) other minority ethnic groups?

  • New Permitted Development Rights

    Do you support the Government’s introduction next month of a new permitted development right for the two-storey upward extension of blocks of flats? How can you assist boroughs in...

  • Westferry Printworks decision

    Could you provide copies of all emails, agendas, minutes and notes associated with the planning decision for the Former Westferry Printworks that was made on 27 April 2016, GLA case number 3363....

  • Mayoral meetings and hospitality

    Could you provide a list of engagements, hospitality and gifts received by the Mayor of London and/or his Chief of Staff between 1 July 2015 and 1 May 2016?

  • School exclusions (4)

    How many young people have been reached through Violence Reduction Unit run programmes during the lockdown period?

  • COVID-19 Adult Education Budget (AEB) response fund (1)

    Thank you for your answer to question 2020/1875. Can you confirm how many applicants there were to Strand 1 of the COVID-19 AEB response fund, and when successful applicants will be announced?

  • School exclusions (1)

    Given the known link between children being excluded from school and becoming involved in the drugs trade, will you consider allocating greater resource to supporting those children made even...

  • Breach of human right to adequate housing

    A constituent has made me aware of a report from the UN https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublic CommunicationFile?gId=25199 on a private lettings company operating in London,...

  • School exclusions (2)

    In Lib Peck’s letter to the Police and Crime Committee on May 18th, she specifically identified the Stepping Stones and Nurturing London programmes as making a difference for children...

  • Community Infrastructure Levy

    The Planning and Regeneration Committee has seen that the Mayor has written to the Secretary of State at MHCLG to outline his concerns about the impact of the guidance to local authorities to...

  • Heat resilience (1)

    Will your post-coronavirus recovery work provide new funding to make existing buildings, particularly domestic dwellings, more heat resilient?

  • Joint Inspection Team activity

    How many buildings in London has the Joint Inspection Team a) visited and b) supported visits for?

  • Underspend in cladding remediation funds

    The National Audit Office report into ACM cladding removal noted the social sector and private sector cladding remediation funds will underspend by the time all remediation is complete. Does this...

  • Review of statues, street names, and other memorials

    When will you commence recruitment of the panel charged with the review of statues, street names, and other memorials; how many people do you intend to recruit; what will be the recruitment...

  • The Need for More Social Housing in London Post-Coronavirus

    The COVID-19 crisis makes the case for more social housing in London, with its secure tenancy and relative cheap rent, more important than ever. Underpaid keyworkers including nurses, shop staff...

  • Heat resilience (2)

    Will your post-coronavirus recovery work provide new funding to make existing streets, public spaces and public buildings more heat resilient?

  • Affordable homes (2)

    Further to your response to question 2020/1685, given that the GLA website only shows site and bedroom breakdowns for the latest quarter and not the whole financial year, could you therefore...

  • Diversity in the London Fire Brigade (1)

    The Q4 2019-20 People Services Performance Report states that in the last 12 months there has been no overall increase in the numbers of BAME or female individuals in operational senior...

  • Mental Health Support for Young People (1)

    How are you working to ensure that there are enough resources to cope with the number of young people requiring mental health support in London, especially since there will inevitably be an...

  • Mental Health Support for Young People (2)

    Research shows that young people are experiencing worse mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic than their older counterparts. What work are you undertaking with boroughs and other...

  • Ethnic Diversity in the Met

    Recent figures on ethnic diversity in UK police forces showed that although black individuals make up 13.3% of London’s population only 3.5% of Met Police officers are black. Furthermore,...

  • Politicised policing

    Do you think the Met police have become too politicised?

  • State of London Council finances

    What has each London Borough reported as being its expenditure due to Coronavirus, what additional funding has been provided to each of them to cover the costs of Coronavirus by the Government,...

  • GLA Risk Assessments (1)

    You recently announced that some employees across the GLA family will have access to Covid-19 risk assessments. Which members of staff will be denied a risk assessment?

  • The Westferry Scheme (1)

    I, along with many other Londoners have been surprised at recent press revelations about the Isle of Dogs Westferry Scheme and the roles played by developer Richard Desmond and Secretary of State...

  • The Westferry Scheme (2)

    I note a report in the Times of 27 June 2020, which stated: ‘Mr Desmond said that he had revised his original plan from 772 to 1,524 homes in east London after being encouraged by Sadiq...

  • Digital divide

    As many Londoners shift to working from home for an extended period, there will be large quantities of unused IT equipment in offices across the city. Could you explore the possibility of setting...

  • Stop and Search Increased use (1)

    There was a 22 per cent rise in stop and search across London between March and April of this year. Do you support the sharp rise in the use of stop and search in London during the lockdown and...

  • The Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm

    As I stated at the last Mayor’s Question Time, I am perturbed by your decision to establish a Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, thus making City Hall the arbiter of history in...

  • Desmond House

    I recently had to write to Metropolitan Housing with East Barnet Councillors after seeing videos posted to twitter (https://twitter.com/DesmondHouseEN4/status/1273377207554060 294) about the...

  • Students in London [3]

    Given the importance of overseas students to London’s economy, do you agree that measures are needed to demonstrate that not only is the UK open to international students, but that it is...

  • Students in London [2]

    Government is prioritising elite universities through student number controls and measures to create additional places, as well as in research policy development and funding. Do you agree that...

  • Students in London [1]

    Middlesex University tell me that many of their students don’t have laptops or a calm home environment in which to study. Do you agree that a package of direct means-tested support for...

  • Publication of Q4 2019 Bus Safety Data

    In your response to Question 2020/0922 in February, you undertook to have TfL publish its Q4 2019 Bus Safety Data before 23 March. When will this data be published?

  • TfL BAME Bus Fatalities

    Since you were elected Mayor in May 2016 until 30 September 2019, at least 34 people were killed in Bus Safety incidents. How many of these fatalities were BAME?

  • Croydon Tram Crash

    As a result of the Croydon Tram Crash, were TfL or its contractor First Group TOL investigated for Corporate Manslaughter?

  • Force management statement

    When will the Met be releasing their force management statement for 2020/2021?

  • Waste reduction and recycling targets during coronavirus

    Could you provide an update on the effect coronavirus has had on meeting your waste reduction and recycling targets?

  • Use of Tasers Against BAME communities

    The IOPC have recently called for greater scrutiny on use of Tasers following a series of incidents and increasing BAME community concerns. Do you agree whether there is need to investigate and...

  • Removal of Statues

    Has the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm identified any further statues, landmarks or street names to be recommended for removal/change?

  • Changing Careers and Adult Education Post-Coronavirus

    The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting our economy in unprecedented ways, with many people losing their jobs. How are you working to use your adult education budget to best support those who are...

  • Working from home and mental health

    What research have you undertaken into the impact of working from home on mental health?

  • Working with English Heritage

    On the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm, how do you intend to work with English Heritage who are responsible for many of the disputed statues in Central London boroughs, for example...

  • Making Sure Accurate and Up to Date COVID-19 Case and Testing Data is Available to Local Authorities in London

    It has been widely reported that the spike in COVID-19 cases in Leicester, resulting in a ‘local lockdown’, has been partly due to the speed at which the Government and Public Health...

  • London housing market and crime

    Are you concerned about reports that a London property, 60 Sloane Avenue, has allegedly been involved in a £40m money-laundering scheme involving the Catholic Church and an Italian...

  • Supporting housing

    With domestic violence up dramatically after the enforced lockdown in response to the global pandemic, what can we expect for the supported housing sector in the foreseeable future?

  • Green New Deal funding

    In the final GLA budget for 2020-2021 you allocated £50 million towards a Green New Deal. Could you now share what plans you have to spend this money?

  • People facing street homelessness in London (2)

    In your answer to my question 2020/1467, you told me that between 400 and 800 people are still sleeping rough each night in London. Could you provide an update of this estimate?

  • Health in all Policies

    How are you utilising and adapting your "health in all policies" approach to tackle the issues of Covid-19?

  • Supporting Londoners in Need During Lockdown

    How have you been filling the gaps in the Government’s furlough scheme and supporting Londoners whose employers (such EPayMe) have refused to put them onto this scheme?

  • Helping private renters facing arrears debt

    In your statement on 22 April 2020, calling for measures to solve the problems faced by private renters due to the coronavirus crisis, you included a call to: "restore Local Housing Allowance...

  • Risks to London’s Economic Recovery

    What are the main risks to London’s economic recovery that have been identified by the Recovery Board?

  • Build to let buildings

    The National Audit Office report into ACM cladding removal noted build to let buildings have no recourse to the remediation funds and this is stalling works. How many build to let buildings are...

  • Sector Specific Business Support following COVID-19

    The economic impact from COVID-19 will hit some sectors harder than others with construction and manufacturing hit particularly hard at the start of the virus and hospitality and cultural and...

  • Low interest Rates and London’s Businesses

    How are you encouraging businesses to take advantage of historically low interest rates which could provide a boost to businesses?

  • Digital Support for Businesses following COVID-19

    The crisis has accelerated and intensified the shift towards a digital economy. How will you be working with your Deputy Mayor for Business and your Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and...

  • Re-opening of Retail and Hospitality

    How is the London Transition Board coordinating the safe re-opening of further retail and hospitality outlets in London?

  • Sunday trading

    What is your view on the relaxation of Sunday trading laws and the potential impact in London?

  • Overcrowding performance indicators (1)

    What performance indicators are in place to measure the size of bedrooms in new developments?

  • Plastic Recycling

    How much of London’s plastic waste is going to Turkey right now?

  • Support for London’s Homeless

    A constituent, referring to a recent article in the Independent on 14 GLA hotels used for homeless people during the pandemic, has expressed concerns that the GLA is gradually stopping the use of...

  • Bicycle thefts

    Please provide the total number of reported bicycle thefts in 2017, 2018, 2019 and in the first six months of 2020? Please also advise how many sanction detections were recorded for bicycle...

  • Cladding

    ACM cladding and other fire risks has meant building insurance has been critically compromised for leaseholders in blocks like M&M Buildings, Paddington Walk, W2. This is putting even more...

  • Learning Disability Nurses

    Care Quality Commission (CQC) data has shown a 134 per cent rise in deaths among people with a learning disability this year. Harrow Mencap are campaigning for more learning disability nurses to...

  • Alternatives to Hotel Accommodation for Rough Sleepers

    A constituent has written to me to suggest that homeless people could be temporarily housed in moored cruise ships on the Thames as rough sleepers are being moved out of hotels. Could this be a...

  • Housing Start on Site & length of contracts

    What is the average length of building contracts started on sites in 2018, 2019 & 2020 and the extensions of time given on these contracts on the various sites?

  • Supported housing funding

    The challenges facing people who are sleeping rough in London have been even more sharply brought into focus during the pandemic. The Government has announced funding for more supported housing;...

  • Green Dale pitch and playing fields

    Constituents have contacted me regarding your decision that special circumstances warrant relocating the Green Dale playing pitch onto Green Dale Playing Fields, which is designated as...

  • Incinerator use in London

    Your Environment Strategy states that by 2030, 65 per cent of London’s municipal waste will be recycled. Yet, London sends 58 per cent of local authority collected waste to incineration...

  • Building in net zero emissions to London’s coronavirus recovery

    At the final meeting of the Climate Assembly UK in May 2020, members discussed the changed context for reaching net zero created by the coronavirus pandemic and overwhelmingly agreed that:...

  • Support for Grassroot Music Venues

    In London, grassroot music venues hold huge cultural and economic importance. Will you support the Music Venue Trust’s campaign to government for support for grassroots music venues during...

  • Expanding the ULEZ to reduce coronavirus infections

    In the June 2020 DEFRA report, Estimation of changes in air pollution emissions, concentrations and exposure during the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK, experts said that: “it would not be...

  • ACM cladding and building insurance

    Residents in Paddington Walk are affected by the ACM cladding crisis which has meant their building insurance has been critically compromised. The management company has struggled to secure terms...

  • Affordable homes (1)

    Further to your response to question 2020/1686, can you confirm how many of the 7,416 GLA-funded affordable homes started in 2016/17 are part of the current programme and therefore count towards...

  • Resources for reconfiguration

    Are you concerned that small businesses, concentrated in poorer areas of London, will not have the resources to adhere to COVID-secure guidance?

  • COVID-19 Adult Education Budget (AEB) response fund (2)

    How will you monitor the success of funding awarded under both strands of the response fund, to ensure it is working for providers during this highly volatile time?

  • Equality data on businesses given support grants by your Growth Hub

    Could you share any equality data you hold on the owners of businesses who are applying for support through your Growth Hub?

  • Health Equity group (2)

    What are the terms of reference for the Health Equity group and will you publish its meetings and papers in future?

  • London's Pandemic Preparedness

    Is there anything else you could have done to better prepare London for a pandemic?

  • Coronavirus and planning

    Do you expect planning rules and guidance to start including social distancing measures and pandemic prevention measures as part of the planning process? If so, in what way?

  • Encouraging recycling [1]

    Do you agree with me that encouraging more recycling is a vital component of London’s environmental and waste management challenges? Recently, I came across a case of a residents...

  • Health Equity group (1)

    How is the membership of the Health Equity working group, to form part of the London Recovery Board, being decided?

  • Infectious Disease Transmission Advice

    Have you acted on all the advice given to you regarding the prevention of transmitting infectious diseases in London?

  • Inclusive commissioning

    How can the GLA become better at inclusive procurement to enable small and community organisations to deploy their expertise despite the legalistic processes involved?

  • Communications for future COVID-19 outbreaks

    Do you agree this pandemic has shown the necessity of involving community organisations in public health messaging, and what are you doing to ensure this is done better in preparation for...

  • Impact on health inequalities from delayed treatments

    What discussions have you had with health leaders to ensure that long delays for surgery and elective procedures does not worsen health inequalities in London?

  • GLA Risk Assessments (2)

    What preparation and mapping out of the GLA BAME risk assessment policy was undertaken before its announcement?

  • GLA Risk Assessments (3)

    What measures will be considered as a result of the GLA BAME risk assessments if an employee is found to be at risk?

  • GLA Risk Assessments (4)

    How will the level of risk be measured within the GLA BAME risk assessments?

  • Future financial support during future waves

    What conversations are you or the London Transition Board having regarding Government financial intervention for workers and businesses if there were to be a second or third wave of COVID-19...

  • Support for young people in the wake of the coronavirus crisis

    As a result of the coronavirus crisis we are already seeing jobs losses in the hospitality and retail sectors which are likely to be predominately affecting 18-24-year-olds. What action will you...

  • Impact of the coronavirus crisis on young people

    The GLA Economics Labour Market Analysis, released on 27 May 2020, reported that across the UK one-third of 18 to 24-year-old employees (excluding students) have lost jobs or been furloughed,...

  • Crowding in green spaces (3)

    Much of London’s green space currently is private gardens, which is why I appeared at the Examination in Public for the London Plan to argue for increased provision for accessible green...

  • Support for microbusinesses (1)

    At the meeting of the London Assembly Economy Committee on 17 June 2020. Rowena Howie, London Policy Chair of the Federation of Small Businesses said there were 885,000 microbusinesses in London....

  • Peer-to-peer support for businesses in London

    At the meeting of the London Assembly Economy Committee on 17 June 2020, Richard Burge of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry said he wanted your Growth Hub to do more to enable...

  • ThriveLDN

    Is ThriveLDN, the Mayor’s mental health and wellbeing programme, providing support to Londoners whose mental health has been affected by COVID-19, whether that be due to bereavement,...

  • Skills

    How can your Skills for Londoners programme support those Londoners who have lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?

  • Blue light collaboration

    Will you consider an integrated estates and back office strategy for blue light services to merge MPS, LFB and LAS estates / back offices to drive tens of millions of pounds of savings to protect...

  • Public body cooperation

    Will you consider opening talks with London Councils and NHS London in order to merge staff posts and departments and buildings, to eliminate any duplication in functions to protect front line...

  • Key worker housing

    Do you agree with Olivia Harris, CEO of Dolphin Living, that key worker housing has been ignored by policymakers for far too long? If so, how do you plan to address this?

  • Return to Work

    Will you add your voice to calls to encourage both public and private sector workers back to the office, at least part time with suitable social distancing during July to help save jobs?

  • Local Electricity Bill

    Does the Mayor support the Local Electricity Bill?

  • London Power (2)

    Can the Mayor clarify whether or not the deal with Octopus means that London Power customers must have any correspondence with London Power on it?

  • LFB independent audit committee

    When will the Independent Audit Committee be set up and will its membership and papers be published?

  • LFB decarbonisation progress

    What impact has the coronavirus pandemic had on LFB's works to achieve a 60% reduction on 1990 emission levels by 2025 and become carbon neutral by 2050?

  • Overcrowding performance indicators (2)

    What performance indicators are in place to measure the number of bedrooms per home in new developments?

  • Working from home (3)

    In your opinion, does London’s housing market, particularly private rented accommodation and house shares, provide Londoners with suitable working from home conditions and what can we do to...

  • TfL Staff Furlough (3)

    Is it correct that TfL are ‘topping-up’ the salaries to 100% of its furloughed staff and, if so, what is the cost of this?

  • Use of Fingerprint Scanners in the Met (2)

    Please provide a breakdown of those who had their fingerprints scanned by Met officers in the last year broken down by: a) month, b) BCU, and c) ethnicity.

  • National Housing Federation’s ‘Homes at the Heart’ Campaign

    The National Housing Federation has launched the ‘Homes at Heart’ campaign, urging the government to put building more social housing at the centre of the economic and social recovery...

  • Measuring the success of LFB's transformation

    When will London Fire Brigade publish a suite of measures to track the impact of its transformation plan?

  • LFB transformation plan updates

    Will you publish quarterly updates on progress of the programmes in LFB's transformation plan?

  • LFB incident command training operator

    Will all incident commander training be delivered under the Babcock contract, rather than requiring Fire Service College supplements, after this year?

  • LFB incident command training recommencement

    What delay to acquisition, refresher and revalidation IC training has been caused by the suspension of most in person training owing to the coronavirus pandemic?

  • Crowding in green spaces (2)

    Your Streetspace programme is already making a huge difference for social distancing on streets. Will you consider adding pocket parks and other forms of local green space to the programme?

  • Crowding in green spaces (1)

    According to the Fields in Trust green spaces index, London has the lowest level of green space access in the country, with just 18.96 square metres per person compared to a national average of...

  • Waste self-sufficiency

    A recent BBC investigation found that waste exported to Turkey for recycling was often being dumped or burned, which highlights the importance of your goal for London to be waste self-sufficient....

  • Committee on Climate Change

    The Committee on Climate Change’s Annual Report has warned that Government needs to act now to prevent a post-lockdown surge in carbon emissions. How are your officers lobbying Government...

  • Plastic waste

    COVID-19 has caused an increase in plastic waste due to customers’ understandable concerns about reusable shopping bags and hot drinks cups. What incentives will you offer to London’s...

  • Net zero-carbon target

    Can you reassure me and my constituents that you will retain your ambitious target for London to be net zero-carbon by 2030, even in the face of our budget challenges?

  • Sustainable waste management (1)

    During the London Plan Examination in Public, I highlighted that your target for all Energy from Waste facilities to have a carbon intensity of 400g of CO2 per kilowatt hour of energy produced is...

  • Working conditions

    How are you working with businesses to protect working conditions and employee’s wellbeing during the economic downturn?

  • Preparing for a summer heatwave

    What actions is the GLA taking to protect vulnerable people from high temperatures this summer?

  • Making health settings more heat resilient

    Will you consider amending your energy retrofitting schemes and greener building funds to enable hospitals, general practices, and care homes to improve their facilities to deal with excess heat?

  • Journey to a new health and care system

    Will you raise the NHS London plans to reconfigure health services in the city in one of your regular meetings with Sir David Sloman, and seek assurances about public consultation on these plans?

  • London living wage accreditation

    Will you raise an item at the next possible London Health Board meeting to ask members what steps they are taking to become Living Wage Foundation accredited?

  • Self-isolation in London

    Do you receive figures from the NHS on how the test and trace system is performing in London and if so, will you publish them? If not, will you ask the NHS to supply this data?

  • Protecting the care sector in the pandemic (1)

    When did the Strategic Coordinating Group first discuss problems facing the care sector as a result of coronavirus and what actions were taken as a result?

  • Protecting the care sector in the pandemic (2)

    In response to my question 2020/1605, you said that ADASS provides London with a daily capacity figure which enabled the COVID-19 response to cope with discharge from hospital patients. Given you...

  • GLA budget guidance impact on health

    What outcomes from your Health Inequalities Strategy do you expect to be altered as a result of the spending reductions in your 2020/21 budget guidance?

  • Preparing for Local Lockdowns

    What actions are you taking to prepare London for potential local lockdowns?

  • Bringing unoccupied homes into use during the coronavirus crisis (2)

    Thank you for your answer to my question 2020/1471. Could you now provide any details of the work you have done, or are doing, to bring unoccupied homes into use for Londoners who are in...

  • Wine Fraud

    For each of the years April 16 to March 17, April 17 to March 18, April 18 to March 19, and April 19 to March 12, please provide the number of Wine Fraud offences in London.

  • Spirit Fraud

    For each of the years April 16 to March 17, April 17 to March 18, April 18 to March 19, and April 19 to March 12, please provide the number of Alcohol Spirit Fraud offences in London.

  • Long Range Tasers

    Does the Met use Long Range Tasers? If so, how many does it have?

  • Second peak preparation

    Gareth Bacon MP: What response have you prepared from City Hall if London experiences a second peak of the coronavirus?

  • Funding for Coronavirus-related Projects per Borough

    How much funding for coronavirus-related projects have you given to each London borough? Please give a breakdown of projects and boroughs.

  • London Power (1)

    Does the Mayor agree with me that London Power customers ought to have all correspondence from the company with both Octopus and London Power branding?

  • Nominee passes (2)

    Gareth Bacon MP: What consideration have you given to withdrawing the nominee pass staff benefit at TfL to generate income?

  • International Bus Benchmarking Group and Covid-19

    Will you commission Imperial College’s International Bus Benchmarking Group (IBBG) to produce a study looking at how London compared to all other IBBG members for Deaths and...

  • Completions on housing programme

    With housing completions expected to sink by 30 per cent this year compared with 2019 and to spring back only halfway in 2021, can we expect a similar pattern for the completions on your housing...

  • Roads Policing

    It’s important that users of London’s streets follow the rules. There is evidence from the Metropolitan Police of more speeding offences. We know this will concern vulnerable road...

  • London’s tourism industry

    How will you support London’s tourism industry during this period of lockdown and into recovery from COVID-19?

  • Cycling

    Could the Mayor set out the number of people who have been cycling during the lockdown period in comparison to the same months last year?

  • Targets

    What targets have you set the Metropolitan Police to increase efficiency?

  • Support for BIDs

    How have you been working with BIDs across London during the coronavirus pandemic and what support are you giving them as lockdown eases?

  • Support for SMEs to Work from Home

    How are you supporting Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to work from home?

  • Economic Challenges for Inner and Outer London

    What have you identified as being the major differences between the economic challenges faced in inner and outer London as we come out of lockdown?

  • Possible connection between air pollution and transmission of Covid-19

    On 24 June 2020 an article by Science of the Total Environment (Reference: STOTEN 140515) stated: “Our analysis shows that short-term exposure to air pollution (both NO 2 and PM2.5) is...

  • GLA planning process

    Following the extensive media reports relating to the planning process for the proposed development on the former Westferry Printworks site raising concerns about undue influence being sought in...

  • Short-term reserves

    Could you detail all of the GLA's short-term reserves/investments - where they sit, and how much they add up to?

  • PHE COVID-19 inequalities report (1)

    What discussions have you had with Professor Kevin Fenton about priority actions for London in light of the findings and recommendations from PHE’s report on coronavirus inequalities?

  • Culturally competent mental health programmes

    How are you ensuring Thrive LDN and other mental health programmes you support are culturally competent?

  • 79 Step Free Tube Stations

    Mill Hill East is the 79th station to become step-free on the London Underground network. Can you provide me with a list in excel format of all 79 step-free London Underground Stations?

  • Tree felling by TfL (2)

    Please set out the overall policies that TfL adopts towards tree cutting and felling alongside London Underground lines, specifying (a) the consultation undertaken with local residents, (b)...

  • Advice about Middle-Door Boarding

    Please provide me with (a) a copy of the advice upon which TfL based its 17 April decision to commence to middle-door boarding, and (b) any drafts, analyses and correspondence (including emails...

  • Disorder in Brixton (2)

    In the scenes of violent disorder in Brixton on the night of 24/25 June 2020, following the Brixton Black Lives Matter live music protest’, how many people were arrested and charged by the...

  • Spit Guards

    Please provide the demographic breakdown of suspects who have been placed in a spit hood by the MPS in each of the following years: 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 to date.

  • Section 60 use

    How many section 60 orders were issued in each of the past 12 months? Please break down this data by borough.

  • Black Lives Matter (2)

    On 10 June 2020, Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu the Metropolitan Police’s head of counter-terrorism issued a statement through Scotland Yard's Press Office - condemning the death of...

  • High street support (1)

    What specific work have you undertaken, or are yet to undertake, on supporting London’s high streets through this crisis?

  • Borough Streetspace schemes funded by Transport for London

    You announced on 3 June 2020 the award of £6 million to schemes for Streetspace in ten London boroughs. Can you provide the list of all 136 schemes, their type, funds awarded, delivery...

What is this?

The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London.

The London Assembly was established in 2000 and meets at City Hall on the south bank of the River Thames, close to Tower Bridge. The Assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners (transport, environmental matters, etc.), publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the Mayor.

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