• Reference: 2025/2351
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Thank you for your answer to MQ 2025/1756, in which you confirmed 15 councils have had bids approved under the Council Homes Acquisition Programme (CHAP). How many councils have used this funding to purchase properties outside their boroughs?

• Reference: 2025/2350
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Thank you for your answer to MQ 2025/1756, in which you confirmed 15 councils have had bids approved under the Council Homes Acquisition Programme (CHAP). What are the reasons councils have reported about the barriers to further uptake?

• Reference: 2025/2349
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Thank you for your answer to MQ 2025/1756, in which you confirmed 15 councils have had bids approved under the Council Homes Acquisition Programme (CHAP). What reasons have you heard from non-participating councils about why they have not bid for funding?

• Reference: 2025/2348
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

There are more underoccupied than overcrowded homes in London. Please can you tell me: a) how many applications has your seaside and country homes scheme had, b) how many have successfully moved, and c) how the scheme is advertised?

• Reference: 2025/2347
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

There are more underoccupied than overcrowded homes in London. How are you using your powers to make the most out of our existing housing stock, and what additional powers are you lobbying Government for?

• Reference: 2025/2346
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Thank you for your answer to MQ 2025/1757, in which you outlined your successor schemes to the Good Growth Fund. What key learnings will you take from the Good Growth Fund to improve how you manage these schemes?

• Reference: 2025/2345
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

A private developer has just made a £36m profit after buying and sitting on an empty parcel of land in the centre of Elephant and Castle for over a decade. No homes were built in that time. What steps are you taking to combat land banking in London?

• Reference: 2025/2344
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Thank you for your answer to my question 2024/1884. Could you tell me how many people, broken down by ethnicity, age and gender, have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) under the Vagrancy Act since your previous answer to me?

• Reference: 2025/2343
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

In May 2025 the London Drugs Commission published its report, The Cannabis Conundrum: a way forward for London. Recommendation 4 in this report calls on you to: “expedite considerations to introduce a drug testing service in London, which includes the capability to test cannabis, as soon as practicable.” What steps will you be taking to ensure that this recommendation is actioned?

• Reference: 2025/2342
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Funding for London Holistic Advocacy Wrap Around Service (LHAWAS), a partnership project led by Southall Black Sisters, is currently due to end at the end of September 2025 with no alternative provision planned for this financial year, leaving a six-month gap until the new service would begin and a cut in the continuation of the service. Could you tell me: a) what other services funded by MOPAC are also going to experience a gap in funding and a cut in service, b) which of these services are specific to Black, minoritised and migrant women, c) what the reason for each...